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JUNCUS— KOELERIA. 
re'gia, (madeira nut, M. .) leafets about 
9, oval, glabrous, sub-serrate, numerous, 
Bub-equal; fruit globose. Ex. Var. /raa;- 
inifo'lia, has 9 or 10 leafets, oblong, ser- 
rate, smooth, lateral lower one adnate on 
the common petiole. 
JUN"CUS. 6-1. [Junci.) 
effi/'suif, (11.) scape minule-striate (soft) ; 
panicle 'oose, very branching, spreading; 
leafets ot the calyx lanceolate, acuminate, 
rather longer than the obovate, obtuse cap- 
sule. 2-3 f. 
tenf'uu, (Ju. 14..) stem erect, filifoi-m, some- 
what dichotomous at the summit, nearly te- 
rete, leaves setaceous, channeled ; flowers 
solitary, approximate, sub-sessile ; calyx 
longer than the obtuse capsule. 1 f. 
nodo'sus, (Ju. 24..) stem somewhat leafy ; 
leaves nodose-articulate ; heads about 2, 
globose ; one of them lateral and pedun- 
cled, the other sessile ; sepals mucronate, 
shorter than the acuminate capsule ; leaves 
few, and very slender. 8-10 i. 
bnfo'nins, (toad rush, Ju. @.) stem di- 
chotomous above, panicled ; leaves filiform, 
setaceous, channeled ; flowers sub-solitary, 
sessile, 1-sided; sepals very acuminate, 
much longer than the oval-ovate capsule. 
3-6 1. 
acnmina'tm, (Au. 2X-) stem leafy, erect; 
leaves terete, nodose-articulate ; panicle ter- 
minal, compound; heads 3-6 flowered, ped- 
uncled, and sessile ; sepals lance-linear, 
somewhat awned, shorter than the acute 
capsule. 18 i. 
polyceph"alns, (Au. 11.) stem leafy, erect; 
leaves compressed, nodose, articulate ; pan- 
icle decompound ; heads globose, many- 
flowered ; flowers triandrous ; sepals some- 
what awned, rather shorter than the trian- 
gular, acute capsule. 18-24 i. 
re' pens, (J. 11.) creeping; stem genicu- 
late, branching ; leaves linear, flat ; fascicles 
lateral and terminal ; flowers triandrous ; 
leaves of the calyx subulate, carinate, veiy 
acute. 6-10 i. S. 
biflo'ru.-i, (Ju. 2^.) S'tem terete; leaves 
linear, flat ; panicle decompound, long ; fas- 
cicles 2 flowered. 3 f S. 
JUNGERMAN"NIA. 21—3 (Hepaiicce.) [From 
John Gotlob Juncker, a learned German of 
the last century.] 
complana'ta, stem branched, creeping ; 
leaves roundish, very entire ; ears suli- 
ovate, flattish. On smooth bark; very 
rarely on rocks. 
fahna'ta, frond short, somewhat ascend- 
ing, digitate-palmate, nerveless. Dark green. 
Rotten-wood in wet places. Most of the 
jungermannia are in fruit late in the spring ; 
Bome, however, in the winter. 
JUNIPE'RUS. 20—15. (Coniferce.) [From 
jvvenis, young, pario, to bring forth, because 
it produces its young berries while the old 
are ripening.] , 
comrmifnis, (juniper- tree,) leaves in threes, 
spreading, mucronate, longer than the beny. 
virginia'na, (red cedar,) leaves adnate at 
the base, in threes. Small tree. Berries 
covered with a blue powder. 
sabi'na, (savin,) leaves opposite, obtuse, 
glaudulai' in the middle. Small shrub. 
.TUSSI'JEU 10—1. {OnagrcB.) [In honor of 
the elder .Tussieu.] 
grandijio'ra, (y. Ju. I^.) creeping, stem 
erect and ascending; leaves lanceolate, en- 
tire ; peduncles and calyx villose. 
erec"ta, (y. Au. 2/.) erect, glabrous ; leaves 
lanceolate ; flowers octandrous, sessile. S. 
subacau lis, (y. J. 11.) creeping, glabrous ; 
leaves lance-linear, repand toothed ; flowers 
solitary, octandrous, peduncled; alternate 
filaments shortest ; petals obovate. S. 
leptocar"pa, (y. ^.) erect ; stem and ca- 
lyx somewhat hirsute ; leaves lanceolate, 
attenuate at each end ; flowers sessile ; cap- 
sule slender, cylindric. S. 
JUSTI'CIA. 2—1. {Acanthi.) [In honor of 
Justice, author of the " British Gardener's 
Director.''] 
pednnculo' sa, spikes axillary ; flowers 
crowded, leaves lanceolate ; peduncles 
elongated, alternate. Water willow. 
adhato'da, (malabar nut, p. ^.) leaves 
lance ovate ; helmet of the corolla concave. 
Ex. 
hu'milis, (W. Ju. 2i ) spikes axillary and 
terminal, few-flowered ; flowers distant ; 
bracts linear ; leaves oblong-lanceolate. S. 
brachia'ta, [v. Ju. 2J[.) peduncles axillary, 
in whorled racemes ; pedicels in pairs ; 
bracts obovate, 3 flowered ; leaves ovate, 
acute; petioles very long; stem six-angled, 
very branching. 
KAL"lVriA. 10—1. (Rhododendra.) [In honor 
of its discoverer, Kalm.] 
latifo'lin. (laurel, w. and r. Ju. .) leases 
long petioled, scattered, and in threes,' oval, 
smooth both sides ; corymbs terminal, with 
viscid hairs. 3-20 f. 
angnstifo'lia, (sheep-laurel, J. ^.) leaves 
in threes, petioled, oblong, obtuse, some- 
times rusty beneath ; corymbs lateral ; 
bracts linear ; peduncles and calyx with 
glandular hairs. Var. ova'ta, taller ; leaves 
broader, sub-ovate. 2-3 f 
glau'ca, (swamp -laurel,) branches ancipi- 
tal ; leaves glaucous beneath. 
cunea'ta, (w. r. ^ .) leaves scattered, ses- 
sile, wedge-shaped, oblong, pubescent un- 
derneath, at the summit slightly av/ned; 
corymbs lateral, few- flowered. S. 
hirsu'ta, (r. ^.) branches, leaves, and 
calyx hairy ; leaves opposite and alternate, 
nearly sessile, lanceolate ; peduncles axil- 
lary, solitary, 1 -flowered, longer than the 
leaves. S. 
KO'CHIA. 5-2. (AtripUces.) 
denta'ta. (J. 0.) leaves lanceolate, sinu- 
ate, toothed ; stem erect, very branching. 
Resembling Chenopodium. 
KOELE'RIA. 3—2. (Graminea.) [In honor 
of M. Kohler, a German botanist.] 
pennsylva'nica, {11.) panicle long, very 
slender, rather loo.se ; spikelets shining, the 
terminal ones 3-flowered. 2 f 
trunca'ta, (J. 11.) leaves flat, smooth ; pan- 
icle oblong, racemose ; glumes 2-flowered, 
with a third abortive floret, unequal ; lower 
glume a little scabrous, obtuse, paleas 
smooth. 2-3 f 
paniaila'ia, panicle oblong, smooth; 
spikelets 2-3 flowered, shining ; glumes 
