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105. Juncus. 12. JUNCEiE. 
PI. end. ph. 
1 3 . viviparus. Capsule gemmiparous. 
y. minimus. Plant not 2 in. high. 
Juncus q. Gramen juncoides minimum Anglo-Rritannicum, holosteo 
Matthioli congener, aut bufonis gramini Flandrico Lobelii, Dillen in Raii 
Syn. 434, 13. 
11. Juncus macer. Slender junk. 
Leaves linear; cidm 2-forked, racemose ; flowers solitary, 
sessile ; sepales equal, setaceous, longer than the capsule. 
Juncus gracilis, Eng. Bot. 31,2174; not of Brown. 
Slender rush. 
Alpine bogs ; perennial ; July. 
Root fibrous, woolly; culm slender, 18 in. high, termi- 
nating in a few racemose forked branches, with 2 or 3 
leaves at the base ; radical leaves 1 or 2, much shorter than 
the culm, narrow, flat ; edges rather involute, not chan- 
nelled ; flower solitary ; hractece linear, leaflike, round ; 
valves of the capsules blunt, nicked. 
12. Juncus trifldus. Three-cut junk. 
Ciilm naked at bottom ; capsule oblong, as long as the 
perigonium ; Iractece foliaceous, channelled ; flowers 3, 
terminal. 
Juncus trifldus, Lin. S. P. 465. 
Juncus monanthos, Jacq. Obs. 33. 
Three-leaved rush. 
Alpine bogs ; perennial ; July. 
Root tufted ; culms upright, numerous, slender, thread- 
like, 12 in. high; sheaths broad, streaked; upper long, 
adpressed, cut, slender, the tip ending in a leaflike awn ; 
ligula membranaceous, fringed ; leaves 3, terminal, upright, 
bristlelike, unequal, short, sheathing ; sepales blackish 
green, edge broad and scariose ; the outer lanceolate, mu- 
cronate ; the inner short, broad, blunt ; capsule oblong, 
large, shining, pointed. 
13. Juncus uliginosus. Bog junk. 
Leaves bristlelike, channelled ; head 3-flowered, flowers 
sessile ; capsule obtuse, longer than the perigonium ; culm 
bulbose, rooting. 
.Juncus q. Gramen junceum, capsulis triangulis, minimum, Raii Syn, 
434, 11. 
Gramen junceum minor, Ger. em. 4. 
Juncus uliginosus, Sibthorp FI. Ox. 113. 
Bulbous rush. 
Moist sandy heaths ; perennial ; July and August. 
