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juncace^;. 
Order LXXXVI. JUNCACEiE. 
Perianth more or less glumaceous, 6-parted. Stam. 6, inserted 
into the^base of the segments, or 3 opposite to the outer series. 
Anth. 2-celled. Ovary 1 — 3-celled, superior. Ovules 1, 3, or 
many in each cell. Style 1, stigmas usually 3. Fr. capsular, 
3-valved, loculicidal, sometimes not bursting. Embryo sub- 
cylindrical, within firm albumen, near the hilum. 
1. Narthecium. Perianth partly coloured, of 6 linear-lan- 
ceolate persistent leaves. Filaments woolly. Style undivided. 
Stigma simple obtuse. Caps, pyramidal, 3-celled, 3-valved. 
Placenta extending only a short distance up the inner edge of 
the dissepiment. Seeds with a long filiform appendage at each 
end. — Referred to Liliacece by Koch. 
2. Juncus. Perianth glumaceous, 6-leaved. Filaments gla- 
brous. Style undivided. Stigmas 3, filiform. Caps. 3- 
celled, 3-valvcd. Seeds attached to the inner edge of the 
dissepiments. 
3. Luzula. Caps. 1-celled, 3-valved, without dessepiments. 
Seeds 3, at the base of the cell. Otherwise like Jmtcus. 
1. Narthecium Huds. 
1. N. ossifragum (Huds.) ; 1. linear-swordshaped, pedicels 
with 1 bract at the base and another above their middle, perianth 
longer than the stam. and considerably shorter than the caps. — 
E. B. 535. St. 78. 3.— St. C— 8 in. high, slightly leafy, decum- 
bent and rooting below. L. mostly in radical 2-ranked tufts, 
half the height of the stem. Cluster continuous. Fl. bright 
yellow. Occasionally a proliferous spike occurs. — The seeds at 
once separate this genus from its allies. — Turfy bogs. P. VI. 
VII. Bog Asphodel. 
2. Juncus Linn. 
* Barren and fertile stems subulate with leafy sheaths below 
L. long, resembling the stems, or reduced to a mucro. Seeds 
with a loose testa forming a sack at each end {appendayed) . 
1. J. rnaritimus (Sm.) ; st. naked, 1. radical terete sharp- 
pointed, panicle very compound erect, segments of perianth equal 
lanceolate acute as long as the elliptical mucronate capsule. — 
E. B. 1725. — St. erect, 1 — 2 feet high. Panicle elongated, lax. 
— Salt marshes, but not very common. P. VII. VIII. 
2. J. acutus (L.) ; st. naked, 1. radical terete sharp-pointed, 
panicle very compound mostly compact, segments of perianth 
