JUNCUS. 
3‘M 
*** So barren stems. Flowers capitate or solitary and terminal. 
Seeds appenduyed. 
!). J. castaneus (Siii.) ; st. bearing 2 — 3 channeled 1., heads 
terminal solitary or 2 or 3, segments of perianth elliptic-laneeo- 
late acute half as long as the ovate-oblong pointed trigonal eaj)- 
snles, root creeping. — E. B. 900. St. / I. Id. — St. 8 — 12 in. high. 
Root with lax runners. Ca[)s. chocolate-eoloured. Fihaments 
about twice as long as the anthers. — Micaceous mountain bogs at 
a great elevation, rare. P. VII. VIII. E.? S. 
10. J. triglnmis (L.) ; st. naked round, 1. radical subulate chan- 
neled, head solitar}- terminal of 1 — 3 erect II. usually as long as 
the membranous bract, segments of the perianth ellii)tical-oblong 
obtuse rather shorter than the ovate-oblong obtuse-mucronate 
caps., root ceespitose. — E. B. 899. St. 28.3. — Root scarcely creep- 
ing. St. several from one root, 3 — (5 in. high, jierfectly round. 
Caps, chestnut-coloured. Filaments many times longer than the 
anthers. — Boggy places on mountains. P. VII. VIII. E. S. 
11. J. biglumis (L.) ; st. naked channeled on one side, 1. radi- 
cal subulate compressed (not channeled), head solitary terminal 
of 2 unilateral H. one of which is stalked usually shorter than 
the leafy bract, segments of perianth oblong-obtuse rather shorter 
than the turbinate retuse caps., root fibrous. — E. B. 898. — St. 
2 — 4 in. high, seldom more than 1 from each root. Caps, light 
brown with pimple margins. Anthers short. — Boggy spots on 
mountains, rare. P. VIII. S. 
12. J. trifidus (L.); st. with 1 leaf on its upper part, the basal 
sheaths awned : upper one with a short 1., head terminal of 1 — 3 
fl. with two setaceous leajiike bracts, segments of jierianth acute 
shorter than the rounded elliptical beaked caps., root creeping. — 
E. B. 1482. St. 71. 12. — St. crowded, erect, slender, 2 — 6 in. 
high. Occasionally the stem-1, is wanting and sometimes it has 
a second head in its axil. Remarkable for its long setaceous 
bracts. Perianth and caps, dark brown. — Damp rocky places on 
mountains. P. VII. VIII. S. 
**** No barren stems. Flowers in a terminal head or 2 heads 
one above the other, or in panicled heads. Seeds not appen- 
daged. 
13. J. capitatus (Weigel); st. naked erect simple, 1. radical 
filiform, head terminal mostly solitai-y shorter than the setaceous 
bract, segments of the perianth ovate-lanceolate acuminate-aris- 
tate twice as long as the truncate apiculate caps., stam. 3. — E. B. S. 
2644. — Plant 1 — 4 in. high. L. half as long as the stems. Heads 
large, of 3 — 6 sessile flowers. — Sandy ground in Guernsey and 
Jersey. A. VI. VII. O. 
