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SCHEUCHZE'llIA* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Hexa'ndria f, Trigy'nia. 
Natural Order. Juncagi'ne.e J, Richard. — Lindl. Syn. p. 252 ; 
Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 290. — Loud. Hot. Brit. p. 536. — 
Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 270.— Hook. Brit. FI. (4th edit.) p. 422— 
Alismaceze; sect. Juncagine.e ; Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 399. — 
Junci ; sect. 4. Juss. Gen. PI. pp. 43 & 46. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. 
pp. 72 & 73. — Juncales ; sect. Nayadin.e; type, Juncagina- 
ce.e ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. i. pp. 403, 413, & 415. — Tripeta- 
loide.e, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Perianthium (calxjx and corolla) (see fig. 1.) in- 
ferior, of 6 oblong, pointed, equal, uniform, recurved, permanent, 
brown, petal-like leaves. Filaments (see fig. 1.) 6, hair-like, lax, 
opposite to the leaves of the perianthium, and not so long. Anthers 
(see fig. 2.) terminal, longer than the filaments, dependant, strap- 
shaped, flattened, of 2 cells, openirig at the inner side, by two 
longitudinal, parallel fissures. Germens (see fig. 1, a.) 3, superior, 
egg-shaped, compressed, nearly the length of the perianthium. 
Styles none. Stigmas lateral, oblong, blunt, at the outer margin 
of each germen. Capsules (fig. 3.) 3, roundish, compressed, pointed, 
inflated, spreading, each of 1 cell and 2 valves. Seeds (fig. 5.) 
oblong, 1 or 2 in each capsule (see fig. 4). 
The perianthium of ‘6 equal, petal-like, leaves; the elongated 
anthers; and the 3 roundish, spreading, inflated, 2-valved, 1- or 
2-seeded capsules ; will distinguish this genus from others in the 
same class and order. 
Only one species known. 
SCHEUCHZE'RIA PALU'STRIS. Marsh Scheuchzeria. 
Spec. Char. 
Engl. Bot. t. 1801. — FI. Dan. t. 76.— Linn. Sp. PI. p. 482. ; FI. Lapp. (2nd cd.) 
p. 103. t. 10. £. 1. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. ii. pt. I. p. 263. — Sm. Comp. FI. Brit, (3rd ed.) 
p 57. ; Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 199. — With. 5th cd. v. ii. p. 416. ; 7th ed. v. ii. p. 459. — 
Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 218. — Lindl. Syn. p. 252. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 171. — 
Maer. Man. Brit Bot. p. 222. — Irv. Lond. FI. pp. 241 & 242. — Baines’ FI. of Yorkslu 
p. 98. — Leiglit. FI. of Shrop. p. 155. — Junciis florid ns minor , Banh. Pin. p. 12. — 
ltudb. Camp. Ely. v. i. p. 110. f. 2. — Juncoidi affirm palustr is, Scheuchz. Agr. 
p. 336 .—Gramen junceum aguaticum, semine racemoso, Loes. FI. l’russ. 
p. 114. t. 28. 
Fig. 1. A Flower ; a. the germens. — Fig. 2. A separate Stamen. — Fig. 3. Cap- 
sules. — Fig. 4. A single Capsule , with one of its valves removed. — Fig. 5. A Seed. — 
Fig. 6. Point of one of the leaves. — Figs. 1, 2, and 6, magnified. 
* So named by Linnjeus, in memory of the two brothers, John James, pro- 
fessor of Mathematics at Zurich, (born 1672 ; died 1738), author of Novem 
Itinera per alpinas regivnes facta. 1723. 4to. ; and John Scheuchzer, pro- 
fessor of Physics, at Zurich, author of a famous treatise on Grasses, intitled, 
Agrostographia sive Graminum .Juncorum ; Cyperorum.Cyperoidum, Usque 
affinium Historia, SjC. 1719. 4to. 
•f Sec folio 33, note f. 
| See folio 60, a. 
