J UNCUS. 
acute equalliruf the elliptic uiiKvonate capsule, seeds fusiform. — 
E. B. 17-25. 'R. ix. 402.— St. erect, 1—2 feet high. Panicle 
long, lax. — Salt marshes near the sea. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 
2. J. acutiis (L. em. Laui.) : sheaths long shining, 1. terete 
sharp-pointed, panicle very compound mostlj- compact, 7?er.- 
seg)n. equal half the lenath of the roundish ovoid caps., 3 inner 
ones blunt with a membranous border, seeds broad-ovate. — 
£. B. 1614. St. 71. 6. R. ix. 401.— St. erect, rigid, with a 
very sharp rigid point, .3 — 6 feet high. Panicle dense, corym- 
bose. Fr. twice as large as that of Sp. 1. — Sands on the sea- 
coast, rare. P. VI. E. I. 
Barren and fertile stems siibidate with sheaths at their bases 
ivhich are either lea/less or bear rudimentary leaves. Seeds 
loith a close testa, {not appendaged). 
3. J. ejfi'sus (L. em., Koch) ; st. fairUli/ stnate soft, pith 
continuous," panicle close or diffuse, sheaths dull brown not 
inflated, ca^),';. obovate retuse not t/nu-ronate, ntnin. 3. — £. B. 
836. B. ix. 413. — Height 1 — 2 feet. L. none or minute and 
slender at the top of sheathing scales. Panicle diffuse, branched ; 
or more or less dense, globose. Anth. oval, short. — Marshy 
ground. P. VII. E.S.I. 
4. J. conglomerdtus (L. em., Koch) ; st.faintli/ striate soft, 
pith continuous, panicle close or diffuse, from inflated sheaths, 
caps, obovate retuse mucronate, sta,m. 3. — B. B. 835. St. 71.3. 
B. ix. 408. — Height 1 — 2 feet. L. none or minute and slender 
at the top of the sheathing scales. Panicle globose, dense ; or 
more or less diffuse. Anth. linear. The mucro in the hollowed 
top of the caps, resembles a little hill bearing the style. — 
Marshy ground. P. VII. E. S. I. 
5. J.glaucus(Eh.Th.) ; st. deeply striate rigid, pith interrupted, 
panicle loose much branched erect, per.-segm. lanceolate, subu- 
late rather exceedingthe elliptic -obi ongniucronate capsule, stdbin. 
6.—B. B. 665. St. 71. 5. B. ix. 415. ./. intlexus (L.?, Leers). 
— Panicle ascending, diffuse. Fr. black. St. rigid, slender, 
glaucous, 12 — 18 in. high. Sheaths dark. L. none or minute 
and slender at the top of the scales. — Wet places. P. VIT. 
■ E. S. I. 
6. J. diffasus (Ploppe)'; st. finely striate xi^xd, pith con- 
tinuous, panicle loose much branched erect, per.-segm. lanceo- 
late-subulate exceeding the obovate-Uuat inucronate capsvle, 
stam. 6. — Sy. E. B. 1562. St. 77. 10. B. ix. 414.— Very like 
the preceding, but the cap.s. much smaller. St. green. — In wet 
places, rare. P. VII. VIII. E. S. I. 
1 Xow regarded as .i hybrid between Sp. 3 and 5. — H. A .1. G. 
