360 90. jFNCACBa:. 



radical 2-ranked tufts, half the height of the stem. Fl. bright 

 yeUow.— Turfy bogs. P. VI. VII. E.S.I. 



Order XC. JUNCACEJE. 



Perianth of 6 glume-like scarious segments. Stam. usually 

 6, on the base of the segments ; or S, opposite to the outer 

 series. Anth. 2-ceUed, attached by base. Ovary 1 — 3-celled, 

 superior. Ovules 1, 3, or many in each cell. Style 1, stigmas 

 3. Fr. capsular, 3-valved, loculioidal. Embryo subcylindrical, 

 very minute, within firm albumen, near the hile. — No raphides. 



1. Jdncus. Perianth glume-like, 6-leaved. Filaments gla- 

 brous. Style undivided. Stigmas 3, filifonn. Caps. 3- 

 celUd, 3-valved. Seeds attached to the inner edge of the 

 dissepiments. — L. mostly not flat. 



2. LuzuLA. Caps. 1-celled, 3-valved, with dissepiments. 

 Seeds 3, at the base of the capsule. Otherwise like Juncus. 

 — L. flat, grass-like. 



1. Jun'cfs Linn. Rush. 



* Barren and fertile stems subulate, with sheathing radical long 

 leaves like the stems, or mucronate sheaths. Seeds with a 

 loose testa forming a sack at each end (appendagei). 



1. J. mariiimus (Sm.) ; sheaths short pale, 1. terete sharp- 

 pointed, panicle compound erect, perianth-segm. equal lanceo- 

 late acute equalling the elliptic mucronate capstile, seeds fusiform. 

 —E. B. 1725. R. ix. 402.— St. erect, 1—2 feet high. Panicle 

 long, lax. — Salt marshes near the sea. P. VII. VHI. E. S. I. 



2. J. acutus (L.) ; sheaths long shining, 1. terete sharp-pointed, 

 panicle very compound mostly compact, perianth-segm. equal 

 half the length of the roundish ovoid caps., 3 inner ones blimt with 

 a membranous border, seeds broad-ovate.- — E. B. 1614. St. 71. 

 6. B. ix. 401. — St. erect, rigid, with a very sharp rigid point, 

 3 — 6 feet high. Panicle dense, corymbose. Fr. twice as large 

 as that of the preceding. — Sands on the sea-coast, rare. P. VI. 



E.I. 



** Barren and fertile sterna subulate with sheaths at their bases 

 which are either leafless or bear rudimentary leaves. Seeds 

 with a close testa {not appendaged). 



3. J. efftisus (L.^ ; st. faintly striate soft, pith continuous, 

 panicle close or diffuse, caps, obovate retuse not mucro7iate, 

 stam. Z.—E. B. 836. B. ix. 413.— Height 1—2 feet. L. none 

 or minute and slender at the top of sheathing scales. Panicle 



