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UNCUS CAMPESTRIS. HAIRY FIELD KUSH. 



JUNCUS "Llnnai Gen. PL Hexandria Monogynia. 



Cah 6-phyllus. Cor. o. Capfula i-locularis. 

 RaiiSyn.Gen. 27. Herb^ graminifoli^ flore imperfecto culmiferje. 



JUNCUS campejlris foliis planis fubpilofis, fpicis feffilibus pedunculatifque. Lin. Syfi. Vegetab. f. 280. 

 Sp. PL p. 468. 



JUNCUS planifolius; fpicis petiolatis, nutantlbus ; petalis ariftatis. Haller. hifi, 



JUNCUS campejlris. Scopoli PL Carniol. p. 258. 



GRAMEN hirfutum capitulis Pfyllii. Bauhin. Pin. 7. 



GRAMEN exile hirfutum. Gerard, emac. 17. 



GRAMEN nemorofum hirfutum minus anguftifolium. Parkin/on. 1185. 



Rati Syn, p. 416, Small Hairy Wood-Grafs. 



Hud/on. PL Angl. 132, ed. 2. p. 152. 



Lightfoot PL Scot. 186. 



^ »v,u U u.i lsjisvyx* ^uiwui, 11UL lUlllUUCU W1LU 



any membrane : two fmall, upright, unequal 

 leaves, placed under the fpiculae, terminate 



RADIX perennis, craffitie pennae coracis, fublignofa, J ROOT perennial, the fize of a crow quill, fomewhat 

 fibris plurimis nigricantibus inftru&a, repens. | woody, furnifhed with numerous blackifh 



% fibres, creeping. 



CULMUS fimplex, palmaris, aut dodrantalis, ere£tus, | STALK fimple, from three to nine inches high, up- 

 foliofus, bafi tumidus, teres, Levis, enodis. | right, leafy, fomewhat enlarged at bottom, 



I round, fmooth, and without joints. 



FOLIA plana, pilofa, pilis e margine foliorum erum- | LEAVES flat, hairy, the hairs proceeding from the 

 pentibus, acuta, apicibus faepe rufis, mern- f edges of the leaves, pointed, the tips often of 



brana deftituta, foliola duo erecla insequalia | a reddifh brown colour, not furnifhed with 



fpiculis fubjecla culmum terminant, | 



I the ftalk. 



SPICULE plerumque tres, fubovat£e, fig. 1. florefcen- $ SPICULvE, generally three, fomewhat oval, fig. 1, 



te planta ere6ta, pedicellis inaequalibus infi- | upright when the plant is in flower, fitting 



dentes, inferiore fubfeffili. | on uneven foot-ftalks, the lowermoft fpicula 



% nearly feffile. 



PEDUNCULI filiformes, e vagina ciliata prodeuntes. | FLOWER-STALKS thread-fhaped, proceeding from 



% a fmall fheath edged with hairs. 



FLORES decern aut duodecem circiter in fingula fpicu- % FLOWERS about ten or twelve in each fpicula 



la, feffile*. I feffile. 



CALYX: fquamulae plerumque quatuor, ovato-acutse, % CALYX: moil: commonly four fmall fcales, of an oval 



membranacese, inaequales, foliolis calycinis | pointed fhape, membranous and uneven, and 



multo breviores, fingulum flofculum ambiunt, % much fhorter than the leaves of the true 



fig- 2 - I Calyx, furround the bafe of each floret, fig. 2. 



CALYX proprius, hexaphyllus : foliolis lanceolate- | CALYX: the proper Calyx is compofed of fix leaves, 



acuminatis, patentibus, perfiftentibus, nitidis, % fpear-fhaped, with a long point, fpreading' 



carinatis, e fufco-purpureis, fig. 3. | permanent, mining, keeled, of a brownifh 



% purple colour, fig. 3. 



COROLLA nulla. % COROLLA wanting. 



STAMINA: Filamenta fex, fubulata, breviffima : | STAMINA: fix Filaments, tapering, and very fliort: 



Anthers oblongse, calycem asquantes, fla- % Anther je oblong, the length of the Calyx* 



vae, quadrifulcatae, bicufpidatas, fig. 4, 5, | yellow, with four grooves, terminating in 



demiffo polline tortuofae. % two points, fig. 4, 5 ; on fhedding the Pollen 



I becoming twilled. 



PISTILLUM: Germen viride, triquetrum, acumina- | PISTILLUM : Germen green, three-cornered, poin- 



tum : Stylus brevis, filiformis : Stigmata % ted : Style fhort, thread-fhaped : Stigmata 



tria, longa, filiformia, flexuofa, villofa, fig. 6. | three, long, thread-fhaped, crooked, and vil- 



I lous, fig. 6. 



PERICARPIUM : Capsula tefta, triquetra, unilocu- t SEED-VESSEL : a Capsule covered by the Calyx, 



laris, trivalvis, fig. 7, 8, 9. | three-cornered, of one cavity and three valves,' 



I fig- 7> 8 > 9- 



SEMINA plerumque tria, fubrotunda, olivacea, fig. 10, | SEEDS ufually three, of a roundilh fhape, and olive 

 11. ¥ colour, fig, 10, 11. 



THE above defcription is taken from the Juncus campejlris when growing in its moft, ufual ftate in dry 

 paftures ; in fuch fituations it has feldom more than three or four fpicuke ; in moifter and richer foils, par- 

 ticularly on boggy ground, it will often have a much greater number : but though it varies in fize and the 

 number of its parts, it Hill continues very diftincl from the pilojus, or Hairy Wood Rufij. 



It flowers in April and May, and ripens its feeds in June. 



The hairs of this, and fome of the other Junci, are of a very lingular kind ; a flranger to plants, would 

 fuppofe that fome animal had been robbed of its hair by rubbing on it. 



The appearance of this plant indicates a dry, and confequently not very luxuriant pafturage. 



