426 
90. JCTNCACEj;. 
7. bal'tictis (Willd.) ; st. veri/ faintly striate rigid, pith 
continuous, panicle erect slightly Branched, per.-segm. ovate- 
lanceolate acute, caps, elliptic scarcely trigonous blunt mucro- 
nate.— ^. B. S. 2621. St. 71. 2. Ft. ix. 411 .—Creeping vridely. 
L. none or very minute points at the top of the sheathing 
scales. — Distinguished from J. arcticus by its rounded not tri- 
gonous capsules ; from .7. injiexus by its far-creeping rhizome, 
scarcely striate st. and continuous pith, — Sandy and wet sea- 
coasts of Scotland. P. VII. S. 
8. J. n I if or' mis (L.) : st. filiform faintly striate, y)a«7WesiV/i/;/e 
of fev (about 7) fl. placed near the middle of the St., per.-segm. 
lanceolate acute, caps, roundish obovate blunt mucronate. — 
E. B. 1175. St. 36. 10. R. ix. 412.— L. none or as in the 
preceding plants. St. remarkably slender, about 1 ft. high ; 
small panicles placed very low. Rhizome creeping. — Stony 
margins of lakes in the North. P. YII. E. S. 
*** Stems mostly leafy, none barren. 
t Fl. capitate or solitarj' and terminal. Seeds appendaged. 
9. J. castanets (Sm.) ; st. with 2 — 3 channelled I., cymes 
terminal solitary or 2 or 3, per.-segm. elliptic-lanceolate acute 
half as long as the ovate-oblong pointed trigonous capsules, 
creet>inrj.—E. B. 900. St. 71. 14. R. ix. 393.— St. S— 12 in. 
high. Eoot with lax runners. Leaflike bract exceeding the 
flowers. Caps, chocolate-coloured, about j inch long. Fila- 
ments about twice as long as' the anthers. — ilicaceous mountain 
bogs at a great elevation, rare. P. VII. VIII. S. 
10. J. triglamis (L.) ; st. leafless round, I. radical subulate 
channelled bitubular, 2 or 3 fl. terminal erect usually equalling 
the membranous bract, per.-segm. elliptic-oblong blunt falling 
rather short of the ovate-oblong bl unt mucronate caps, ccespitose. 
—£. B. 899. St. 28. 2. R. ix. 392.— St. several from one 
root, 3 — 6 in. high, perfectly round. Leaflike bract equalling 
or falling short of the flowers. Caps, chestnut-coloured. — 
Boggy places on mountains. P. VII. VIII. E. S. 
11. J.bi(/liuiiis(L.) ; st. leafless channelled on one side,^. radi- 
cal subulate compressed{not channelled, nor bitubidar), fl. 2 uni- 
lateral upper which is stalked usually falls short of the leaflike 
bract, per.-segm. oblong blunt falling rather short of the turbi- 
nate retuse trigonous caps., root fibrous.— iT. B. 898. — St. 2 — 4 
in. high, seldom more than one from each root. Caps, light 
brown with purple margins. — Bogsy spots on mountains, rare. 
P. VIII. ^ S. 
