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JUNCACE^E. 
channeled and faintly jointed internally, panicle nearly simple 
elongated with few distant clusters, segments of the perianth 
equal acute (3 inner rather obtuse) nearly as long as the elliptical 
very obtuse mucronate capsule, anth. as long as their filaments. — 
E. B. 801. St. 13. 8. J. uliginosus and /. subverticillatus Sm. — 
Extremely variable in size and the direction of its stems, some- 
times erect, at others prostrate and rooting at every joint, or 
floating. Caps, very obtuse, pale brown. Fl. often viviparous. 
" Stam. 3." Anth. linear-oblong, quite as long as their fila- 
ments. — Hoppe figures (St. 78. 2.) and Koch describes (Syn.730.) 
a plant closely allied to this but differing in having 6 stam., and 
filaments nearly twice as long as their elliptical anth., under the 
name of J. nigritellus Don ; but a comparison of the above spe- 
cific characters, or especially of the figures in E. B. S. and St., 
will show that they are very different plants, one being most nearly 
allied to J. lamprocarpus and the other to J. supinus. I possess 
this plant from the bogs of Cunnamara and believe that it will 
prove to be a distinct species. — Boggy and wet places. P. VI. 
—VIII. 
***** No barren stems. Flowers solitary, remote or corymbose 
and forming a terminal panicle. Seeds not appendaged. 
19- J- squarrosus (L.) ; st. naked simple, 1. linear channeled 
radical, panicle terminal compound with cymose branches, seg- 
ments of perianth ovate-lanceolate acute or rather obtuse as long as 
the obovate obtuse mucronate capsule, anth. 4 times as long as 
their filaments.— E. B. 933. St. 36. 11.— St. erect, 6 — 12 in. 
high. L. numerous, somewhat spreading, rigid, half as long as 
the stem. Caps, pale brown, shining. — Wet heaths and moors. 
P. VI. VII. 
20. J. compressus (Jacq.) ; st. with I leaf in the middle, 1. linear 
channeled, panicle terminal compound subcymose usually shorter 
than the bract, segments of perianth oval-oblong obtuse shorter 
than the shortly mucronate capsule. — E. B. 934. St. 36. 13. — St. 
slender, erect, round and leafy below, naked and compressed 
above. Floral bracts usually pale. Perianth greenish with two 
brown lateral ribs. " Style half the length of the ovary." 
Anth. at least twice as long as the filaments (?). — Damp places. 
P. VI.— VIII. 
21. J. ccenosus (Bich.) ; st. with 1 or more leaves, 1. linear 
channeled, panicle terminal compound subcymose usually longer 
than the bract, segments of perianth oval-oblong obtuse about as 
long as the oval-oblong strongly mucronate capsule. — E. B. S. 
2680. St. 71- 8. — Similar to the preceding, and perhaps not di- 
stinct from it. St. trigonous in its upper part. Floral bracts 
usually shining brown. Perianth brown, with a broad green 
keel. " Style as long as the ovary." Anth. and filaments about 
