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iiiious, panicle conglomerate or difFuse, caps, obovate retuse not 
apiciilate. — E. B. 8.'JG. Leers Herb. t. xiii. 2. — Height 1 — 2 feet. 
L. altogether wiinting or reduced to minute slender filaments at 
the top of sheathing scales. Panicle diffuse, branched. Stani. If. 
— 13. compactiis (Leight.J; panicle more or less dense globose. — 
^larshy ground. j3. Near Bath. P. VII. Soft Rush. 
■4. J. conylomeratus (L.) ; st. naked faintly striated soft, pith 
continuous, ])anicle conglomerate or diffuse, caps, obovate retuse 
apiculate. — E. B. S35. St. 71. If. — Height 1 — 2 feet. L. none 
or reduced to minute slender filaments at the top of the sheath- 
ing scales. Panicle globose, dense. Stain. If. — S-fffasus (Leight.); 
jianicle more or less effuse. — Marsh}' ground. P. VII. Common 
Rush. 
5. J. ylaucus (Sibth.); st. naked deeply striated rigid, pith 
interrupted, jianicle loose much branched erect, segments of jie- 
rianth hmceolate-subulate rather longer than the elliptic-oblong 
mucronate capsule. — E.B. (i()5. Sf. 71.5. J. infle.xus Leers t. xiii. 
•‘f. — Distinguished by its ascending diffuse panicle, longer black 
fr., rigid attenuated glaucous st., dark sheaths, and (i stain. L. 
none or reduced to minute slender filaments at the toji of the 
scales. Wet places. P. VII. Hard Rush. 
6. J. diffusus (Hojipe); st. rxakcA finely striated rigid, joffA 
continuous, jianicle loose much branched erect, segments of jieri- 
aiith lanceolate-subulate longerthan the obovate-obtuse mucronate 
capsule. — Hoppe in St. 77 - 10- — Very similar to the jirecediug 
but cajis. much smaller. St. green. Stam. 6. — In wet jilaces, 
rare? Kincardine, N.B. Mr. Sonder. Hertingfordbury, Herts. 
Rev. W.H. Coleman. P. VII. VIII. E. S. 
7. J. balticus (Willd.); st. naked reri/ faintly striated rigid, 
jiith coiitiiiuous, panicle erect slightly branched, segments of 
perianth ovate-lanceolate acute, caps, elliptical scarcely trigonous 
obtuse mucronate. — E. B. S. 2(i21. St. 71. 2. — Root creeping 
u idely. L. none or reduced to very minute jioints at the toji of 
the sheathing scales. — Distinguished from J. arcticus by its 
rounded not trigonous capsules, and from J. ylaucus by its ex- 
tensively creejiiiig root, scarcely striated st. and continuous jiith. 
— Sandy and wet sea-coasts. P. VII. S. 
8. J.filiformis{lj.); st. naked filiform faintly striated, /lanic/e 
simple of few (about 7)fl- placed near the middle of the st., seg- 
ments of jierianth lanceolate acute, cajis. roundish-obovate obtuse 
mucronate. — E. B. 1175. St. 36. 10. — L. none or as in the jjre- 
ceding plants. Distinguished by its remarkably slender st. of about 
a foot in height, upon which the small panicles are placed veiy 
low, and the rouiulish capsules. — Stony margins of lakes in the 
north. P. VII. E. S. 
