874 



THE RUSH FAMILY. 



Fig. 1050. 



compound, brown or green panicles 5 or 

 6 inches diameter. In dried-up sandy 

 or muddy places the rootstock is more 

 creeping, with ascending stems, from a 

 few inches to a foot or more, with much 

 lessbranched panicles of arichbrown. On 

 the edges of ponds and watery ditches 

 the stems w r ill spread over the water, 

 rooting in it at the joints, often covering 

 it to a great extent with dense floating 

 masses. At high elevations the stems 

 are often short and erect, with small 

 panicles of 4 or 5 clusters of dark- brown 

 flowers. 



6. Obtuse Rush, Juncus obtusiflorus, Ehrh. (Fig. 1051.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 2144.) 



Probably to be added to the nume- 

 rous varieties of the jointed J?., only 

 differing from the common larger erect 

 form in having all the segments of the 

 perianth obtuse or nearly so, and about 

 as long as the very pointed capsule. 



Mixed with the jointed JR. on the 

 continent of Europe, and in some loca- 

 lities as common. Apparently rare in 

 Britain. Fl. summer. 



Fig. 1051. 



