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XCYII. JUNCACEA:. 
\Juncus. 
fringed those of the base of the stem leafless, bracteas 2 resem- 
bling the setaceous solitary stem-leaf, heads of about three ter- 
minal flowers, capsule rounded-elliptical beaked longer than 
the acute sepals. E. B. t. 1482. 
Rocky places on the Highland mountains of Scotland. If. 7, 8. 
— Very unlike any other British Juncus. Rhizome creeping. Lower 
sheaths with at most a short awn, scarcely to be termed a leaf. A 
solitary leaf is on the stem, generally near the summit, 2 — 3 inches 
long, linear, setaceous. Capsule with a furrowed beak. 
ff Seeds without an appendage. 
14. J. compressus Jacq. ( round-fruited. R.) ; stem erect more 
or less compressed, leaves linear-setaceous grooved, panicle 
terminal compound subcymose, capsules roundish-ovate or oval 
mucronate equal to or longer than the oval oblong obtuse 
incurved sepals. — a. panicle usually shorter than the bractea, 
perianth shorter than the broadly ovate shortly mucronate 
capsule. J. bulbosus L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. : E. B. t. 934. — \i. pa- 
nicle usually longer than the bractea, perianth as long as the 
oval-oblong strongly mucronate capsule. J. coenosus Bich. : 
E. B. S. t. 2680. J. Gerardi Loisel. J. Bothnicus Wahl. 
Wet marshy places, common. — 13. In salt-marshes. 31. 6 — 8. — 
Having seen various specimens of both varieties, we feel confirmed in 
our opinion that they are merely extremes of the same species. In 
Scotland it is only found in the vicinity of the sea. 
15. J. * tenuis Willd. ( slender spreading R.) ; stem above 
shortly dichotomous panicled, leaves linear setaceous grooved, 
flowers solitary unilateral approximate mostly sessile, capsules 
broadly elliptical obtuse mucronate shorter than the ovato- 
lanceolate very acuminate sepals. J. gracilis Sm. : E. B. t. 2174. 
J. Gesneri Sm. J. Smithii Kunth. 
Moist mountains of Clova : G. Don. fl. 7. — We have specimens 
from Don’s garden at Forfar, but we doubt much if the roots were 
found in Clova. It is a common N. American species, and has been 
long in cultivation in this country and on the continent. It is allied 
to J. bufonius, yet. really distinct. Radical leaves several ; stem bare 
of leaves up to the division near the top, where is one leaf imme- 
diately beneath the foliaceous bracteas. In the axils of the forks are 
2 or 3 large, nearly sessile Jlou-ers, and 2 or 3 unilateral ones on the 
branches. The capsule is very different from that of the following 
species. 
16. J. bufonius L. ( Toad R .) ; stem dichotomous above 
panicled, leaves filiform setaceous grooved, flowers solitary 
unilateral mostly sessile, capsules oblong obtuse much shorter 
than the very acuminate sepals. E. B. t. 802. 
