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root, scarcely striated st. and continuous pith. — Sandy and wet 
sea-coasts. P. VII. S. 
8. J.filiformis (L.) ; st. naked filiform faintly striated, panicle 
simple of few (about 7) fl- placed near the middle of the st., seg- 
ments of perianth lanceolate acute, caps, roundish-obovate obtuse 
mucronate. — E. B. 1175. St. 36. 10. — L. none or as in the 
preceding plants. Distinguished by its remarkably slender st. of 
about a foot in height, upon which the small panicles are placed 
very low, and the roundish capsules. Stony margins of lakes in 
the north. P. VII. E. S. 
*** No barren stems. Flowers capitate or solitary and terminal. 
Seeds appendaged. 
9. J- castaneus (Sm.) ; st. bearing 2 — 3 I., 1. channeled, heads 
terminal solitary or 2 or 3, segments of perianth elliptic-lanceo- 
late acute half as long as the ovate-oblong pointed trigonal cap- 
sules, root creeping. — E. B. 900. — St. 8 — 12 in. high. Root 
with lax runners. Caps, chocolate-coloured. — Micaceous moun- 
tain bogs at a great elevation, rare. P. VII. VIII. E. ? S. 
10. J. triglumis (L.) ; st. naked round, 1. radical subulate chan- 
neled, head solitary terminal of 1 — 3 erect fl. usually as long as 
the membranous bract, segments of the perianth elliptical-oblong 
obtuse rather shorter than the ovate-oblong pointed caps., root 
ccespitose. — E. B. 899. St. 28. 3. — Root scarcely creeping. St. 
several from one root, 3 — 6 in. high, perfectly round. Caps, 
chestnut-coloured, with a tapering rather acute extremity. — 
Boggy places on mountains. P. VII. VIII. E. S. 
11. /. biglumis (L.) ; st. naked channeled on one side, 1. radi- 
cal subulate compressed (not channeled), "head solitary terminal 
of 2 unilateral fl. one of which is stalked usually shorter than 
the leafy bract, segments of perianth oblong-obtuse rather shorter 
than the turbinate refuse caps., root fibrous. — E. B. 898. — St. 
2 — 4 in. high, seldom more than 1 from each root. Caps, light 
brown with purple margins and a retuse extremity. — Boggy 
spots on mountains, rare. P. VIII. S. 
12. J. trifidus (L.) ; st. with 1 leaf on its upper part, the basal 
sheaths awned : upper one with a short 1., head terminal of 1 — 3 
fl. with two setaceous leaf ike bracts, segments of perianth acute 
shorter than the rounded elliptical beaked caps., root creeping. — 
E. B. 1482. — St. crowded, erect, slender, 2 — 6 in. high. Occa- 
sionally the stem-1. is wanting and sometimes it has a second 
head in its axil. Remarkable for its long setaceous bracts. 
Perianth and caps, dark brown. — Damp rocky places on moun- 
tains. P. VII. VIII. S. 
