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1 05. Juncus. 12. JUNCEiE. 
PI. end . p/z. 
II. 105. JUNCUS. Pliny. Jmk. 
Perigonium 6 -parted, glumaceous, persisting ; bracteola 
2 or 3-leaved; stamens 3 or 6; stigmata 3; capsules 3-celled, 
3-valved ; dissepiments median ; seeds on the dissepiments. 
• — Plants cespitose; roots fibrous or creeping, annual or 
perennial, in tufts ; culm simple and leafless, or branched 
and leafy; sheathing at bottom; leaves none except the 
barren culms ; or few, roundish, channelled, knotty, jointed, 
or smooth ; flower terminal or lateral, in a panicle or co- 
rymb us ; lowest peduncle longest : Iractece membranaceous, 
pungent or leaflike. 
a. Culm naked . 
1 . Juncus acutus. Pointed junk. 
Culm naked, pungent ; panicle lateral ; Iractece spinous ; 
capsules mucronate, roundish, double the length of the 
perigonium. 
Juncus acutus capitulis sorghi, Rail Syn. 431 , 1. 
Juncus maritimus capitulis sorghi, Park. 1192. 
Juncus acutus, Lin. S. P. 463. 
Juncus maritimus, Lamarck Enc. Math. 3,253. 
Great sharp searush. 
Sandy shores of the sea ; perennial ; July. 
Root fibrous ; stein 3 feet high, stiff, pointed ; barren 
stems shortest ; panicle branched, many-flowered ; Iractece 
membranaceous, dilated at bottom, pricking at top; flowers 
clustered; sepales ovate, blunt; capsule ovate, broad, round- 
ish, 3-seeded, mucronate, shining ; caruncle long, at the end 
of the seed. 
2 . Juncus maritimus . Sea junk. 
Culm naked, pungent ; panicle lateral, subproliferous ; 
Iractece spinous; capsule oblong, acute, as long as the pe- 
rigonium. 
Juncus acutus maritimus Anglicus, Parle. 1194 ; Raii Syn. 43J,2. 
Juncus acutus jS, Lin. S. P. 463. 
Juncus acutus, Lamarck Encyc. Meth. 3, 253. 
Juncus maritimus, Smith FI. Brit. 375. 
Lesser sharp sea rush. 
Sea-shores ; perennial ; August. 
Root fibrous ; stem 2 feet high, glaucous ; sheaths brown, 
polished ; panicle doubly branched, slightly proliferous ; 
Iractece membranaceous at bottom, awlshape at the tip, 
spinous; sepales lanceolate, acute, jagged at the tip; capsule 
linear, oblong; caruncle long, at each end of the seed. 
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