330 89. JUNCACER. 
the membranous bract, segments of the perianth elliptical-oblong 
obtuse rather shorter than the ovate-oblong obtuse-mucronate 
caps., root cespitose.—E. B. 899. St. 28.3. R. ix. 392.—Root 
scarcely creeping. St. several from one root, 3—6 in. high, per- 
fectly round. Caps. chestnut-coloured. Filaments many times 
longer than the anthers.—Boggy places on mountains. P. VII. 
VII. E. 8. 
ll. J. biglumis (L.); st. naked channeled on one side, 1. radi- 
cal subulate compressed (not channeled), head usually shorter 
than the leaflike bract solitary terminal of 2 unilateral fl. one of 
which is stalked, segments of perianth oblong-obtuse rather 
shorter than the turbinate retuse caps., root fibrous.—E. B. 898. 
—S8t. 2—4 in. high, seldom more than ] from each root. Caps. 
light brown with purple margins. Anthers short.—Boggy spots 
on mountains, rare. P. VIII. Ss. 
12. J. trifidus (L.); st. with 1 leaf on its upper part, the basal 
sheaths awned, upper sheath with a short l., head terminal of 1—3 
fl, with two setaceous leaflike bracts, segments of perianth acute 
shorter than the rounded elliptical beaked caps., root creepmg.— 
E. B. 1482. St. 71. 12. R. ix. 394.—St. crowded, erect, slender, 
2—6in. high. Occasionally the stem-l. is wanting and sometimes 
it has a second head in its axil. Remarkable for its long seta- 
ceous bracts. Perianth and caps. dark brown.—Damp rocky 
places on mountains. P. VI. VIII. 
tt Flowers in a terminal head or 2 heads one above the other, 
or in panicled heads. Seeds not appendaged. 
[13. J. eapitatus (Weigel); st. naked erect simple, 1. radical 
filiform, head terminal mostly solitary shorter than the setaceous 
bract, segments of the perianth unequal, outer ovate-lanceolate 
acuminate-aristate twice as long as the truncate apiculate caps., 
stam. 3.—E. B. S. 2644.—Plant 1—4 in. high. L. half as long 
as the stems. Heads large, of 3-—6 sessile flowers.—Sandy 
ground in Guernsey and Jersey. A. VI. VII.] 
14. J. obtusiflorus (Ehrh.) ; st, 2-leaved and as well as the in- 
ternally jointed J. terete, panicle repeatedly compound spreading 
divaricate, segments of perianth equal obtuse as long as the ovate 
acute trigonous (pale brown) capsule.—E. B. 2144. St. 77. 12. 
R. ix. 404.—Erect, 2—3 feet high. St. and 1. not compressed. 
Segments of perianth pale, often tinged with purple, quite blunt 
or with asmall inflexed point.—Marshes, rather rare. P. VIL.— 
TX. 
15. J. acutiflorus (Ehrh.); st. 3—4-leaved and as well as the 
internally jointed J. subcompressed, panicle compound pyramidal, 
segments of perianth acuminate-aristate inner ones longest all 
