No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. II5 



& Bissell), Lyme (Graves & Bissell), Granby (Weatherby). 

 Fruit July — Sept. 

 Juncus tenuis Willd., var. Williamsii Fernald. 



Rare. Open moist or dry ground: Groton (Graves), Put- 

 nam (Weatherby & Bissell), Salisbury (Bissell). Fruit July 

 — Aug. 



Juncus secundus Beauv. (one-sided). 



Juncus tenuis Willd., var. secundus Engelm. 



Sandy places and ledgy hillsides, mostly in dry ground. 

 Occasional in most districts but apparently rare in the south- 

 western part of the state. Fruit July — Sept. 

 Juncus Dudleyi Wiegand. 



Rare. Sandy or sterile ground : Windsor (A. W. Driggs), 

 Meriden (Andrews), South Windsor, Sharon and Salisbury 

 (Bissell). Fruit June — July. 



Juncus dichotomus Ell. (forking by pairs). 



Rare on borders of salt marshes and in dry open fields near 

 the coast: Groton (Graves), Milford (Harger). Fruit July — 

 Aug. 

 Juncus dichotomus Ell., var. platyphyllus Wiegand (broad- 

 leaved). 

 Rare. Fields : Groton (Graves), Fruit July — Aug. 



Juncus Greenei Oakes & Tuckerm. 



Dry, open, generally sandy but sometimes ledgy places. 

 Frequent along the coast ; becoming occasional or rare inland, 

 reaching Waterbury (A. E. Blewitt), Southington, on Wol- 

 cott Mt. at 900 ft. elevation (Andrews), and Union, on Bald 

 Hill at 1250 ft. elevation (Bissell). Fruit July — Sept. 



Juncus effusus L. (loosely spreading). 



Bulrush. Common, Soft, Bog, or Candle Rush. 



Common. Marshes, low fields and open swamps. Fruit 

 July — Aug. 



The var. compactus Lejeune & Courtois (pressed to- 

 gether) has been collected at Franklin (R. W. Woodward). 

 Sometimes used for weaving into mats. 

 Juncus brachycephalus (Engelm.) Buchenau (short-headed). 

 Juncus canadensis J. Gay, var. brachycephalus Engelm. 



