JUNCACEiE. 



875 



7. Round-fruited Rush. Juncus compressus, Jacq. 

 (Fig. 1052.) 



(J. bulbosus, Eng. Bot. t. 934, and J. camosus, Suppl. t. 2680.) 



Stems 1 to 1\ feet high, erect and 

 rather slender, slightly compressed at the 

 base, with a few nearly radical leaves 

 shorter than the stem, and one or two 

 higher up, all very narrow and chan- 

 nelled or grooved. Flowers arranged 

 singly or scarcely clustered, in a rather 

 loose terminal panicle, of a shining 

 brown. Perianth-segments obtuse, scarce- 

 ly above a line long. Capsule as long or 

 rather longer, with a short style. 



In wet, marshy places, especially 

 near the sea, in Europe and Hussian 

 Asia, from the Mediterranean to the 

 Arctic regions. In Britain not so gene- 

 rally spread as some other Rushes, and 



rare in inland districts. Fl. all sum- -,-,. ,^ Krt 



Fig. 1052. 



8. Heath Rush. Juneus squarrosus, Linn. (Fig. 1053.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 933.) 



Leaves all radical or nearly so, nu- 

 merous 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 glossy brown, with 

 broad, scarious edges. Capsule about 

 the same length. 



On moors and heaths, in drier situa- 

 tions than most Bushes, in central and 

 northern Europe and Asia, but scarcely 

 an Arctic plant, although in southern 

 Europe chiefly confined to mountain dis- 

 tricts. Abundant in Britain. Fl. summer. Fig. 1053. 



