12. JUNCEiE. 105. Juncus. 
167 
PI. end. ph. 
Juncus subverticillatus, Willd. S. P. 2, 212. 
Lesser jointed wood rush-grass. Park. 1 189. 
Marshy places ; perennial; July, August. 
Culm slightly bulbose at bottom, sarmentose; 4 in. high, 
cylindrical, fistulous; radical leaves threadlike, jointed; 
stem-leaves larger, awlshape, knotty, jointed; sheaths sca- 
riose; flowers in a corymbus, appearing proliferous, light 
brown ; sepales lanceolate, pointed, stiff; capsules light 
brown, shining, mucronated. 
20. Juncus acutiflorus. Pointed-flower junk. 
Leaves knotty, jointed ; panicle terminal, very much di- 
vided : sepales lanceolate, pointed , capsule pointed, as long 
as the perigonium. 
Juncus nemorosus, folio articuloso, Raii Syn. 433, 9. 
Gramen jnnceum sylvaticum, Ger. em. 22. 
Gramen junceum aquaticum magis sparsa panicul&, Park. 1269, 4. 
Juncus acutiflorus, Ehrh. Gram. 66. 
Juncus articulatus, Relhan FI. Cant. 138. 
Juncus nemorosus, Sibthorp FI. Ox. 114. 
Juncus sylvatica, Willd. S. P. 2, 211. 
Watery places in woods; perennial; June, July. 
Root fibrous, creeping; culm rather hard, leafy, slender, 
upright, slightly compressed, smooth, 3 feet high, joints 
fistular; leaves 3 or 4, on the stem, sheathing, compressed, 
smooth ; panicle diffuse ; branches long, slender, smooth ; 
capsules 3-sided, ovate, oblong, light brown, shining. 
21. Juncus lampocarpus . Varnished junk. 
Leaves compressed ; panicle terminal, compound, up- 
right ; sepales unequal, inner obtuse ; capsule 3-sided, acute, 
shining, longer than the perigonium. 
Juncus foliis articulatis, floribus umbellatis, Raii Syn. 433, 8, 
Gramen aquaticum, Ger. em. 12. 
Gramen junceum aquaticum Bauhini, Park. 1270. 
Juncus lampocarpus, Davis T. L. S. 10, 13. 
Juncus articulatus, Willd. S. P. 2,211. 
Juncus compressus, Relh. FI. Cant. 141. 
Shining-fruited rush. 
Boggy places ; perennial ; July, August. 
Root creeping; culm 1 foot high, compressed, many- 
leaved ; leaves compressed, sheathing, distinctly jointed, 
stiff, pointed ; panicle terminal, upright ; branches stiffj 
nearly simple ; flowers 5 or 6 together, sessile. 
