364 90. JTJNCACE^. 



as the elliptic anthers. J. nigritellus Koch. St. 78. 2. — B^gy 

 and -wet places. |3. Ivy Bridge, Devon (in a hog). Mr. Keys. 

 Connemara, Gaiway. i*. VI.— VIII. E. S. L 



ttt Flowers solitary, remote, or corymhose and forming a 

 terminal panicle. Seeds not apendaged. 



19. J. squmrdsus (L.) ; st. leaflesi simple, 1. linear channelled 

 radical, panicle terminal compound vsdth cymose branches, seg- 

 ments of perianth ovate-lanceolate acute or hluntish equalling the 

 obovate blunt mucronate capsule, anth. 4 times as long as their 

 filaments.— -B. B. 933. St. 36. 11. R. ix. 400.— St. erect, 

 6 — 12 in. high. L. many, somewhat spreading, rigid, half as 

 long as the stem, Caps, pale brown, shining. — Wet heaths and 

 moors. P. VI. VII. E.S.I. 



20. Ji eompres 'siis ( Jacq.) ; st. with 1 leaf in the middle, 1. Hnear 

 channelled, panicle terminal compound subcymose usually fall- 

 ing short of the bract, segments of perianth oval-oblong blunt 

 falling short of the rotmdly ovate shortly tmKronate capsule. — 

 'K B. 934. St. 36. 13. R. ix. 399.— St. slender, erect, round and 

 leafy below, naked and compressed above. Floral bracts usually 

 pale. Style half the length of the ovary. Anth. oblong. — 

 Damp places. P. VI.— Vni. E.S.I. 



21. J. Oerar'di (Lois.) ; st. with 1 or more leaves, L linear 

 channelled, panicle terminal compound subcymose usually ex- 

 ceeding the bract, segments of perianth oval-oblong blunt 

 abcyut equalling the oval-oblong strongly mucronate capsule. — J. 

 ccenosus Bich., Sm., K B. S 2680. St. 71. 8. R. ix. 398.— St. 

 trigonous in its upper part. Floral bracts usually shining, 

 brown. Style as long as the ovary. Anth. long. — Salt marshes. 

 P. VI.— VIII. Mud-Rush. E.S.I. 



[J. tm'uis (Wind.).— £. B. 2174.— A mistake.] 



22. /. bufinius (L.) ; st. leafy forked, 1. setaceous, fl. solitary 

 unilateral scattered mostly sessile, segments of the perianth 

 unequal lanceolate-acuminate exceeding the oblong blunt cap- 

 sule, seeds roundly oval. — K B. 802. St. 36. 12. R. ix. 395. 

 — St. 4 — 8 in. high. Usually with only 1 leaf on the slender 

 stems. — 0. J. fasdculatus (Bert.) ; st. shorter (2 — 3 in. high) 

 and thicker, fl. 2 or 3 together. — Marshy and wet places. A. 

 VII. Vm. Toad-Rush. E. S. I. 



23. J. pygmce'us (Kich.) ; st. nearly or quite leafless, 1. sub- 

 setaceous, fl. in few small clusters sessile, perianth-segm. nearlv 

 equal narrowly lanceolate exceeding the oblong-acute caps", 

 seeds fusiform-pear-shaped. — J.ofB.xi. 128. — St. very short. 

 Upper cluster of fl. stalked, naked ; lower with a long bract. 



