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89. JUNCACE^. 
capsule ; and J. nig'ricans (Drej.), R. ix. 407, with unequal acute 
perianth-segxa. and a subglobose capsule ; will perhaps be found.] 
16. J. nigritel'lus (D. Don) ; 3 — 4-leaved st. and internally 
jointed I. marly cylindrical, panicle slightly compound erect, 
segments of perianth nearly equal (3 inner rather longer and 
broader) all acute falling short of the Imear-oblong trigonous 
beaked (black) capsule. — E. B. S. 2643, not of Koch nor Kwdh. 
— St. erect, 6—12 in. high. L. scarcely compressed. Clusters 
of more fl. than in No. 15. Caps, brown, at length black and 
glossy, more abruptly pointed than in /. lamprocaiyus. — Boggy 
places in the Noi-th. P. VH. VIU. E. S. I. 
17. J. supinus (^loench) ; st. filiform, 1. setaceous slightly 
channeled faintly jointed internally, panicle nearly simple ir- 
regular long with tew distant clusters, segments of the perianth 
equal acute (3 inner rather blunt) nearly equalling the oblong , 
very blunt mucronate (pale brown) capsule, anth. as long as their 
filaments. — E. B. 801. R. ix. 397. J. uliginosus and subveHi- 
cillatus Sm. — Extremely variable in size and the direction of its 
stems, sometimes erect, at others prostrate and rooting at every 
joining, or floating. Fl. often viviparous. Stam. 3 or 6. — ^. J. 
nigritellus (Koch) ; caps, shorter, stam. 6, filaments nearly twice 
as long as the elliptic anthers. St. 78. 2. — Boggy and wet places. 
/3. IvvBridge, Devon (in a bog). Mr. Keys. Connemara,Galway. 
P. VL— VIII. E. S. I. 
ttt Flowers solitary, rernote, or corymbose and fonning a ter- 
minal panicle. Seeds not appendaged. 
18. /. sqiiarr6sus (L.) ; st. leajlesa simple, 1. linear channeled 
radical, panicle ternunal compound with cymose branches, seg- 
ments of perianth ovate-lanceolate acute or bluntish equalling 
the obovate blunt mucronate capsule, anth. 4 times as long as 
their filaments.— JS. B. 9-33. St. 36. 11. R. ix. 400.— St. erect, 
6 — 12 in. high. L. many, somewhat spreading, rigid, half as 
long as the stem. Caps, pale brown, shining. — -W et heaths and ' 
mooi-8. P. VI. VII. E.S. I. 
19. J. compres'sm (Jacq.) ; st. with 1 leaf in the middle, 1. linear 
channeled, panicle terminal compound subcymose usually fall- 
ing short of the bract, segments of perianth oval-oblong blunt 
fallinq short of the roundh/ ovate shorfli/ mucronate cnpside. — 
E.B'.9S4. St.'Si'y. 13. ie. ix. 399.— St. slender, erect, round and 
leafy below, naked and compressed Jibove. Floral bracts usually 
pale. Style half the length of the ovaiy. Anth. oblong, 
about as long as the filaments. — Damp places. P. VI. — VIII. 
