JUNCUS. 329 
= diffuse. Anth. linear.—Marshy ground. P. VII. Common . 
ush. 
5. J. glaucus (Sibth.); st. naked deeply striated rigid, pith 
interrupted, panicle loose much branched erect, segments of pe- 
rianth lanceolate-subulate rather longer than the elliptic-oblong 
mucronate capsule, stam. 6.—E. B. 665, St. 71.5. R. ix. 415. 
—Panicle ascending, diffuse. Fr. black. St. rigid, attenuated, 
glaucous. Sheaths dark. L. none or reduced to minute slender 
Aeneas at the top of the scales —Wet places. P. VII. -Hard 
ush. 
6. J. diffusus (Hoppe); st. naked finely striated rigid, pith 
continuous, panicle loose much branched erect, segments of peri- 
auth lanceolate-subulate longer than the obovate-obtuse mucronate 
capsule, stam. 6.—St. 77.10. RB. ix. 414.—Very similar to the 
preceding, but caps. much smaller. St. green.—In wet places, 
rare? P. VII. VIII. E. 8. 
7. J. balticus (Willd.); st. naked very faintly striated rigid, 
pith continuous, panicle erect slightly branched, segments of 
perianth ovate-lanceolate acute, caps. elliptical scarcely trigonous 
obtuse mucronate —E. B. 8.2621. St.71. 2. R. ix. 411.—Root 
creeping widely. L. none or reduced to very minute points at the 
top of the sheathing scales.—Distinguished from J. arcticus by 
its rounded not trigonous capsules, and from J. glaucus by its 
extensively creeping root, scarcely striated st. and continuous 
pith.—Sandy and wet sea-coasts. P. VII. 
8. J. filiformis (L.); st. naked filiform faintly striated, panicle 
simple of few (about 7) fl. placed near the middle of the st., seg- 
ments of perianth lanceolate acute, caps. roundish-obovate obtuse 
mucronate.—E. B. 1175. St. 36.10. R. ix. 412.—L. none or 
as in the preceding plants. St. remarkably slender, about 1 ft. 
high ; small panicles placed very low.—Stony margins of lakes in 
the north. P. VII. E. 8S. 
*& No barren stems. 
+ Fl. capitate or solitary and terminal. Seeds appendaged. 
9. J. castaneus (Sm.); st. bearing 2—3 channeled 1., heads 
terminal solitary or 2 or 3, segments of perianth elliptic-lanceo- 
late acute half as long as the ovate-oblong pointed trigonal cap- 
sules, root creeping.—E. B. 900. St. 71.14. R. ix. 393,—St. 
8—12 in. high. Root with lax runners. Caps. chocolate-coloured. 
Filaments about twice as long as the anthers.— Micaceous moun- 
tain bogs at a great elevation, rare. P. VII. VIII. E.? 8. 
10. J. triglumis (L.); st. naked round, |. radical subulate chan- 
neled, head solitary terminal of 1—3 erect fl. usually as long as 
