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JUNCUS— KOELERIA. 
re^gia, (madeira nut, M. f) .) leafets about 
9, oval, glabrous, sub-serrate, numerous, 
Bub-equal , frui* globose. Ex. Var. fi ax- 
inifo'Jia, bas 9 or 10 leafets, oblong, ser- 
rate, smooth, lateral lower one adnate on 
the common petiole. 
JUN"CUS. 6-1. {Junci.) 
effu'sus, (11-) scape minule-striate (soft) ; 
Eauicle Hose, very branching, spreading; 
;afets ol the calyx lanceolate, acuminate, 
/alher longer than the obovate, obtuse cap- 
sule. 2-3 f. 
teii'uh, (Ju. Ur) 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 obtu.se capsule. 1 f. 
nodo'sns, (Ju. 2|.) stem somewhat leafy ; 
leaves nodose- articulate ; heads about 2, 
globose ; one of them lateral and pedun- 
cled, the other .sessile ; sepals mucronate, 
shoitsr than the acuminate capsule ; leaves 
few, and very slender. 8-10 i. 
bvfo'nins, (toad rush, Ju. 0.) 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 i. 
acumina'tus, (Au. 11 ■) 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. 2X-) 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' feus, (J. 2/.) 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. 
bifio'ms, (Ju. 2^.) stem teretfe; leaves 
linear, flat ; panicle decompound, long ; fas- 
cicles 2-flowered. 3 f. S. 
JUNGERMAN"NIA. 21—3. (Hepaticm.) [From 
John Gotlob Juncker, a learned German of 
the last centuiy.] 
com.'plana'ta, stem branched, creeping; 
leaves roundish, very entire ; ears sub- 
ovate, flattish. On smooth bark; very 
rarely on rocks. 
falma'ta, frond short, somewhat ascend- 
ing, digitate-palmate, nerveless. Dark green. 
Rotten-wood in wet places. Mo.st of the 
jungermannia are in fruit late in the spring ; 
some, however, in the winter. 
JUNIPE'RUS. 20—15. {Cow.fercE.) [From 
juvsnis, young, pariOy to Jvi«>f^forth, because 
it produces its young befr.iej w-iilis the old 
are ripening. 
commn'nis f juniper-tree,) leaves in threes, 
spreading, mucronate, longer than the beiTy. 
virginia'na, (red cedar,) leaves adnate at 
the base, in threes. Small tree. Berries 
covered with a blue powder. 
sabi'na, (savin,) icaves opposite, obtuse, 
glandular in the middle. Small shrub. 
.IUSSI'.^U 10—1. {Onagrnt.) [In honor « 
the elder .Tussieu.] 
grandijio'ra, (y. Ju. 11') creeping, stem 
erect and ascending; leaves lanceolate, en- 
tire ; peduncles and calyx villose. 
erec"ln, (y. Au. 11.) erect, glabrous ; leaves 
lanceolate ; flowers octandrous, sessile. (S. 
subacnu'lia, (y, J. 2^.) creeping, glabrous , 
leaves lance-linear, repand toothed ; flowera 
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. 
JUSTl'CIA. 2—1. {Acanthi.) [In honor ol 
Justice, author of the "British Gardener's 
Director.''] 
pedvuciilo'sa, spikes axillaiy ; flowers 
crowded, leaves lanceolate ; peduncles 
elontrated, alternate. Water willow. 
adknto'da, (malabar nut, p. ^.) leaves 
lance-ovate ; helmet of the corolla concave. 
Ex. 
hii'milis, (W. Ju. 2i-) spikes axillary and 
terminal, few-flowered ; flowers distant , 
bracts linear ; leaves oblong-lanceolate. S. 
brochia'ta, (r. Ju. 2^.) peduncles axillary, 
in whorled racemes ; pedicels in pairs ; 
bracts obovate, 3-flowered ; leaves ovate, 
acute; petioles very long; stem six-angled, 
very branching. <S^. 
KAL"MIA. 10—1. (Rhododendra.) [Inhonur 
of its discoverer, Kalm.] 
latifo'lia, (laurel, w. and r. Ju. .) leaves 
long-petioled, scattered, and in threes, oval, 
smooth both sides ; corymbs tenninai, with 
viscid hairs. 3-20 f. 
angiislifo'lia, (sheep-laurel, J. 1?.) 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. Ip .) leaves scattered, ses 
sile, wedge-shaped, oblong, pubescent un- 
derneath, at the summit slightly awned ; 
corymbs lateral, few-flowered. S. 
hirsu'ta, (r. ^.) branches, leaves, and 
calyx haiiy ; leaves opposite and alternate, 
nearly sessile, lanceolate ; peduncles axil- 
lary, solitary, 1-flowered, longer than the 
leaves. S. 
KO'CHIA. 5—2. Utriplices.) 
denta'ta. (J. 0.) leaves lanceolate, sinu- 
ate, tootbed ; stem erect, very branching. 
Resembling Chenopodium. 
KOELE'RIA. 3—2. (GraminecB.) [In hon*- 
of M. Kohler, a German botanist.] 
pennsylvn'nica, (!(..) panicle long, very 
slender, rather loose ; spikelets shining, the 
terminal ones 3-flowered. 2 f. 
tninca'ta, (J. IX.) leaves flat, smooth ; pan- 
icle oblong, racemose ; glumes 2-flowered, 
with a third abortive floret, unequal ; lower 
glume a little scabrous, obtuse, paleaa 
smooth. 2-3 f. 
fonicvla' la, panicle oblong, smooth, 
spikelets 2-3 flowered, shining ; glume» 
