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90. JU^'CACE^. 
broad, dark green, smooth, vernal. Fl. bright purple, radical, 
with very long tubes, autumnal ; germen remaining under 
ground in winter, rises in spring with the leaves. Earely 
greenish spring fl. are found. — Meadows. P. IX. X. E. S. I. 
2. Tofiel'dia Hitds. Scottish Asphodel. 
1. T. boredlis (Wahl.) : pedicels with a 3-lobed bract at the 
base but none at the top.— B. 536. St. 78. 8.— St. 4— 8 in. 
high. L. swordshaped, about 2 in. long, in 2-ranked radical 
tufts. Fl. in a short dense spike, at first sessile, afterwards 
slightly stalked. Mountain bogs. P. YII. E. 8. 
3. Xaethe'cium Ends. Bog- Asphodel. 
1. X. ossifragiim (Huds.) : 1. swordshaped, pedicels with 1 
bract at their base and another above their middle, perianth- 
segm. linear-oblong exceeding stam. and much falling short of 
caps.— ^. B. 535. St. 78. 3. R. x. 421.— St. 6—8 in. high, 
slightly leafy, decumbent and rooting below. L. mostly m 
radical 2-ranked tufts, half the height of the stem. Fl. bright 
yellow.— Turfy bogs. P. VI. YII. E. S. I. 
Order XC. JUNCACE.E. 
Perianth of 6 glume-lLke scarious segments. Stam. usually 
6, on the base of the segments ; or 3, opposite to the outer 
series. Anth. 2-celled, attached by base. Ovary 1 — 3-celled, 
superior. Ovules 1, 3, or many in each cell. Style 1, stigmas 
3. Fr. capsular, 3-valved. loculicidal. Embryo subcylindrical, 
very minute, within firm albumen, near the hile. — No raphides. 
1. JuNCUS. Perianth glume-like, 6-leaved. Filaments gla- 
brous. Stj'le undivided. Stigmas 3. filiform. Caps. 3- 
celled, 3-valved. Seeds attached to the inner edge of the 
dissepiments. — L. mostly not flat. 
2. LuzuLA. Caps. 1-celled, 3-valved, with dissepiments. 
Seeds 3, at the base of the cap.sule. Otherwise like Jnncvs. 
— L. flat, grass-like. 
1. JuN'crs Linn. em. DC. Piush. 
* Ban'en and fertile stems subulate, with sheathing radical long 
leaves like the stem, or mucronate sheaths. Seeds vith a 
loose testa formivxi a sack at each end (appendaged). 
1. ./. marit'imus (Lam.) ; sheaths short pale, 1. terete sharp- 
pointed, panicle compound erect, per.-segm. equal lanceolate 
