472 THE RUSH FAMILY, [ Juncus. 
Mixed with J. articulatus on the continent of Europe, and in some 
localities as common. Not uncommon in marshy places from mid- 
Scotland southwards, and in Ireland. Fl. summer. [Considered to be 
very different from any form of articulatus, not only in the obtuse 
perianth-segments, but in the ovoid mucronate capsule and tall stout 
habit. ] 
7. J. compressus, Jacq. (fig. 1066). Rouwnd-fruited R.i—Stems 1 to 
14 feet high, erect and rather slender, slightly compressed at the base, 
with a few nearly radical leaves shorter than the stem, and 1 or 2 
higher up, all very narrow and channelled or grooved. Flowers 
arranged singly or scarcely clustered, in a rather loose terminal — 
panicle, of a shining brown. Perianth-segments obtuse, scarcely above 
a line long. Capsule as long or longer, with a short style. 
In wet, marshy places, especially near the sea, in Europe and 
Russian Asia, from the Mediterranean to the Arctic regions. In 
Britain not so generally spread as some other species, and rare in 
inland districts. Fl. all summer. J. Gerardi, Loisel., is a variety with 
a narrower mucronate capsule, found in salt marshes. _ 
[8. J. tenuis, Willd. (fig. 1067). Slender Rush.—Rootstock tufted. 
Leaves few, nearly all radical, very slender, channelled and deeply 
striate, base membranous. Flower-stems very slender, 6 to 15 inches 
high, cylindric, wiry. Flowers in terminal panicles, sessile or pedi- 
celled. Perianth-segments pale, lanceolate, acuminate. Capsule 
shorter, ovoid, obtuse or pointed. 
In wet sandy places of north-western Europe, France, Holland, and 
Germany, and the western United States; quite recently found in 
Herefordshire, Carnarvon, and in Kerry in Ireland. Fl. summer.] 
8. J. squarrosus, Linn. (fig. 1068). Meath R.—Leaves all radical 
or nearly so, numerous at the base of each stem, and not half its length, 
very narrow, grooved, stiff, but spreading, rarely longer and more erect. 
Flower-stem usually under a foot high, rigid, with a terminal, com- 
pound but not much branched panicle. Flowers usually distinct, not 
clustered. Perianth-segments about 2 lines long, rather broad, of a 
elossy brown, with broad, scarious edges. Capsule about the same 
length. | 
On moors and heaths, in drier situations than most Junci, in central 
and northern Europe and Asia, but scarcely an Arctic plant, although 
in southern Europe chiefly confined to moorlands. Abundant in 
Britain. Fl. summer. 
10. J. bufonius, Linn. (fig. 1069). Zoad R.—A small, pale-coloured 
annual, with numerous stems, often forming dense tufts, from 1 or 2 
to 6 or 8inches high, branching and flowering almost from the base. 
Leaves chiefly radical, short and slender. Flowers solitary or rarely 2 
or 3 together along the branches, with the lower bracts leaf-like but 
short. Perianth-segments narrow and pointed, above 2 lines long, of a 
pale green, with scarious edges, 3 outer ones longer than the 3 others. 
Capsule oblong, shorter than the perianth. 
In wet places, widely spread over the greater part of the world. 
Abundant in Britain. FV. all summer. 
11. J. pygmeeus, Rich. (fig. 1070). Dwarf R.—A tufted annual, 1 
to 3 inches high, with the flowers collected in terminal clusters as in 
J. capttatus, but there are usually 3 to 5 clusters on each stem, sessile — 
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