The BRITISH HERBAL. 
N U S XXIV. 
RUSH. 
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THE flower is compofetl of a fix-leaved cup, 
1 The leaves of the cup are oblong, (harp-poin 
divided into three parts. 
I . Scirpi without leaves. 
1. Pricking, large Sea-Rulh. 
Jiincus aculus capitulis firghi. 
The root is compofed of innumerable fibres, 
interwoven in a ftrange manner with one an- 
°' Tlie ftalk is two feet high, firm, hard, of a 
pale green, and prickly at the top. 
The flowering heads are brown ; and they Hand 
rludered together. 
It is common by the fea-fide, flowering in 
June. 
We have twelve other fpecies, including what 
are called rujh-graffe!. 
The reader will fee, by the different ftrufture 
of the flowers, how very improperly the junci 
and fcirpi are called in Englifli by the common 
name rv.Jh. We have in this enumeration re- 
tiined the names by which they are defcnbed in 
the works of our own writers, as it is under them 
they are familiarly known : but the judicious 
reader vjiU fee from their place to which head 
they properly belong. 
Were the purpofe here fole curiofity, a vo- 
lume might be employed on the grafi^es alone; 
but we hope to convey a juft idea of the fpecies 
of thefe and the other lefs ufeful plants, by thefe 
enumerations, without fwelling the volume be- 
yond the intended fize. 
: U S. 
th the filaments and rudiment of a feed-vefTel. 
ted, and permanent. The feed-veffel is large, and 
2. Englilh Sea Hard Rufh, Juncus acutas mari- 
limus Jnglicus. The ftalk folid, and two 
feet high. 
3. Common Hard Rulli, Jtmcus ncutis 'julgdm. 
The ftalk hard, ftriated, and prickly at the 
top. 
4. Common foft Rulh, Juncus Uvis vulgaris. 
The ftalk foft and fpungy. 
5. Soft Rufli, with a compaft panicle, Jun- 
cus larjis panicula compa^a. The ftalk is 
ftriated. 
5. Long-top'd RuIll, Juncus parvus calamo fiipra 
paniculum longius produis'o. 
2. Rujl^es., '■jjith leaves. 
7. Mofs Rufh, or Goofe-corn, Juncus montanus 
paluftris. The leaves fpread on the ground 
as rays. 
S. Small Rufh grafs, with jointed leaves, Juncus 
foliis articulofis florilius uml/ellatis. 
C). Wood Rufli grafs, or great Rulh grafs, with 
jointed leaves, Juncus nemorof*s folio articu- 
Uto. The heads brown. 
10. Rufh grafs, with round, feed-vefiels, Juncus 
parvus pericaipiis rotundis. 
11. The leaft triangular-feeded Rufli grafs, Jun- 
cus capfulis triangulis ntinimus. 
l^. Toad-Grafs, Juncus paiufiris humilior ercSits. 
The ftalk is branched, and four inches 
high. 
1 3. Dwarf Toad-grafs, Cramen jmicoides ammnum 
Anglo-Britanicmn. The heads oval. 
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GENUS XXV. 
ARROW GRASS. 
TRIGLOCHIN. 
. , , ,, „„.i „Kf.ife leaves The flower is formed of three petals, 
rpIlE cup is formed of three ''f"-' ' '^^h feed-veffel is oval, and large. 
J of a pale colour, and refcmblmg them m ihape. 
Linnffius places this among the hxandrta. 
I. Common Arrow Grafs, • 
Triglochin vulgare. 
The root is compofed of numerous fibres. 
The leaves are narrow, numerous, and of a 
fine green. 
The ftalk is a foot high, and the flowers ter- 
minate it in a long and flendcr fpike. 
It is common in falt marfhcs, and flowers in 
June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Gramen juncemn fpicatltm 
five triglochin. 
2. Sea fpiked Grafs, Gramen tnarilimum [pica- 
turn. Small, and with very numerous, nar- 
row leaves. 
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GENUS 
