( 399 .) 
JUNCUS* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Hexa'ndria f, Monogy'nia 
Natural Order. Ju'nceaj + Decand. — Lindl. Syn. p. 273. ; Intr. 
to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 270. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 397. — Loud. 
Hort. Brit. p. 541. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 289. — Hook. Brit. FI. 
(4th edit.) p. 424. — Juxci, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 43. — Sm. Gram, of 
Bot. p. 72. — Juncales ; sect. Juncin^e ; type, Juncace.e ; Burn. 
Outl. of Bot. v. i. pp. 403 & 416. — Tripetaloide^e, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (Perianthium) (see fig. 1.) inferior, of 
6 oblong, pointed, permanent, glumaceous sepals ; 3 of them in- 
ternal and rather the smallest. Corolla none. Filaments (see fig. 1 .) 
6, hair-like, short, inserted into the base of the sepals ; three of 
them sometimes wanting. Jlntliers oblong, upright, of 2 cells, 
bursting lengthwise. Germen (see fig. 2.) superior, triangular. 
Style simple, cylindrical, short, deciduous. Stigmas (see fig. 2.) 3, 
elongated, tapering, downy. Capsule (see figs. 3 & 4.) triangular, 
smooth, invested with the permanent calyx, of 3 cells, and 3 valves, 
each valve with the seed-bearing dissepiment in the middle. Seeds 
(fig. 5.) numerous, very small, roundish, attached to the inner edge 
of each dissepiment, often furnished with a partial tunic. ( Leaves 
smooth, mostly rounded. ) 
The inferior calyx of 6 glumaceous sepals ; and the 3-celled, 
3-valved, many-seeded capsule; will distinguish this from other 
genera, without a corolla, in the same class and order. 
Twenty-three species British. 
JUNCUS LAMPOCA'KPUS. Shining-fruited jointed Rush. 
Lesser-jointed Rush. 
Spec. Char. Stem ascending, leafy, compressed. Leaves ap- 
parently jointed, compressed. Panicle upright, compound, forked. 
Inner Sepals bordered. Capsule egg-shaped, 3-sided, coloured, 
highly polished, longer than the calyx. 
Engl. Bot. t. 2143. — Ehrhart’s Decades Calamaviarum, N°. 126. fide Smith. — 
Davies in Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. x. p. 13. — Bicheno in Tr. of Linn. Soc. v. xii. p. 325. — 
Sm. Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 173. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 446. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. 
p. 167. — Lindt. Syn. p. 275. — Hook. Brit. Ft. p. 162. — Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 
241. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 34. — Relh. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 143. — Purt. Midi. 
FI. v. iii. p. 352. — Ilook. FI. Scot. p. 109. — (Jrev. FI. Edin. p. 80. — FI. Devon, pp. 
62 & 128. — Johnst. FI. of Berw. v. i. p. 80. — Winch’s FI. of Northumb. and Durh. 
p. 23. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. x>. 98. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 52. ; Prim. FI. Sam. p. 97. — 
Dick. FI. Abred. p. 33.— Irv. Lond. FI. p. 103.— Luxf. Rcig. FI. p. 30.— Cow. FI. 
Guide, p. 35. — Mack. Catal. PI. of Irel. p. 33. ; FI. Hibern. p. 291 . — Juncus arti- 
culatus, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 465, a and (3- — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 149, a . — 
Willd. Sp. PI. v. ii. pt. i. p. 211, a. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 379, a. — With. (2nd ed.) 
v. i. p. 361, a and /3. — Leers’, p. 88, a. t. 13. f. 6. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 176. — 
Juncus comprcssus, Relh. FI. Cant. (1st ed.) p. 142. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 114. — 
Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 79 . — Juncus foliis articulosis, fioribus umbellatis, Toum. 
Fig. 1. Calyx, Stamens, and Pistil. — Fig. 2. Germen, Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 3. 
Capsule, opening by its 3 valves. — Fig. 4. Transverse section of the same. — Fig. 5. 
A Seed. — All mure or less magnified. 
* From jungo, to join ; some of the species being used as a cord to tie things 
together. — In the language of flowers the Rush is the emblem of docility. 
t See folio 33, note t. $ See folio 379, a. 
