Juncus campestris. Hairy Field Rush. 
JUNCUS Linruei Gen. PL Hexandria Monogynia. 
Cal 6-phyllus. Cor. o. Capfula i-locularis. 
RaiiSyn.Gen.27. HERBJE GR AMINIFOLIjE FLORE IMPERFECTO CULMIFERaE. 
JUNCUS campejlris foliis planis fubpilofis, Ipicis feffilibus pedunculatifque. Lin. Syjl. Vegetab. p. 280. 
Sp. PI. p. 468. 
JUNCUS planifolius; fpicis petiolatis, nutantibus; petalis ariftatis. Haller, hiji. 
JUNCUS campejlris . Scopoli FI. Carniol. p. 258. 
GRAMEN hirfutum capitulis Pfyllii. Bauhin. Pin. 7. 
GRAMEN exile hirfutum. Gerard, emac. 17. 
GRAMEN nemorofum hirfutum minus anguftifolium. Parkinfon. 1185. 
1 Rail Syn, p. 416, Small Hairy Wood-Grafs. 
Hudfon. FI. Angl. 132, ed. 2. p. 152. 
Lightfoot FI. Scot. 186. 
RADIX perennis, craffitie pennie coracis, fublignofa, 
fibris plurimis nigricantibus inflrudta, repens. 
CULMUS fimplex, palmaris, aut dodrantalis, ereftus, 
foliofus, bafi tumidus, teres, laevis, enodis. 
FOLIA plana, pilofa, pilis e margine foliorum erum- 
pentibus, acuta, apicibus fiepe rufis, mem- 
brana deflituta, foliola duo erefta inaequalia 
fpiculis fubje&a culmum terminant. 
SPICUL^E plerumque tres, fubovata;, jig. 1. florefeen- 
te planta ere&a, pedicellis inaequalibus infi- : 
dentes, inferiore fubfeflili. ;; 
PEDUNCULI filiformes, e vagina ciliata prodeuntes. ■’ 
FLORES decem aut duodecem circiter in fingula fpicu- : ' 
la, feffiles. ;; 
CALYX: fquamulae plerumque quatuor, ovato-acutas, : : 
membranacea, insquales, foliolis calycinis ;; 
multo breviores, fingulum flofculum ambiunt, : | 
jig. 2. : : 
CALYX proprius, hexaphyllus : foliolis lanceolato- ; ; 
acuminatis, patentibus, perfiftentibus, nitidis, $ 
carinatis, e fufeo-purpureis, Jig. 3. 
COROLLA nulla. 
STAMINA: Filamenta fex, fubulata, breviflima : ;; 
Antherje oblongae, calycem aequantes, fla- : 
vx, quadrifulcatae, bicufpidatas, Jig. 4, 5, ■ 
demiflo polline tortuofie. . ; 
PISTILLUM : Germen viride, triquetrum, acumina- ; ; 
tum: Stylus brevis, filiformis : Stigmata 
tria, longa, filiformia, flexuofa, villofa, Jig. 6. : ' 
PERICARPIUM : Capsula te£la, triquetra, unilocu- :: 
laris, trivalvis, Jig. 7, 8, 9. 
SEMINA plerumque tria, fubrotunda, olivacea, 10, ¥ 
* 
ROOT perennial, the fize of a crow quill, fomewhat 
woody, furnifhed with numerous blackifh 
fibres, creeping. 
STALK Ample, from three to nine inches high, up- 
right, leafy, fomewhat enlarged at bottom, 
round, fmooth, and without joints. 
LEAVES flat, hairy, the hairs proceeding from the 
edges of the leaves, pointed, the tips often of 
a reddilh brown colour, not furnifhed with 
any membrane : two fmall, upright, unequal 
leaves, placed under the fpicula?, terminate 
the ftalk. 
upright when the plant is in flower, fitting 
on uneven foot-flalks, the lowermofl fpicula 
nearly feffile. 
FLOWER-STALKS thread-fhaped, proceeding from 
a fmall fheath edged with hairs. 
FLOWERS about ten or twelve in each fpicula 
feffile. * 
CALYX : moil commonly four fmall feales, of an oval 
pointed ffiape, membranous and uneven, and 
much ffiorter than the leaves of the true 
Calyx, furround the bafe of each floret, Jig. 2. 
CALYX: the proper Calyx is compofed of fix leaves, 
fpear-fhaped, with a long point, fpreading* 
permanent, fhining, keeled, of a brownifh 
purple colour. Jig. 2. 
COROLLA wanting. 
STAMINA: IixFilaments, tapering, and very ffiort: 
AntherjE oblong, the length of the Calyxj 
yellow, with four grooves, terminating in 
two points. Jig. 4, 5 ; on fhedding the Pollen 
becoming twilled. 
PISTILLUM : Germen green, three-cornered, poin- 
ted : Style ffiort, thread-ffiaped : Stigmata 
three, long, thread-ffiaped, crooked, and vil- 
lous, Jig. 6. 
SEED-VESSEL: a Capsule covered by the Calyx, 
three-cornered, of one cavity and three valves* 
Jig • 7, 8, 9. 
SEEDS ufually three, of a roundiffi ffiape, and olive 
colour, y5rg-. 10, 11. 
THE above defeription is taken from the Juncus campejlris when growing' in its moll nf„ a l A-,»,, • j 
paftures; in fuch fixations it has feldom rnor/than threYor four flcuS; 8 i^Xlndfeh £ «1,“ P a7 
ttcuiarly on boggy ground xt will often have a much greater number: but though it varies in fee aid the 
number of its parts, it Hill continues very diflmdl from the pilofus, or Hairy WoodRuJh. d th 
It flowers in April and May, and ripens its feeds in June. 
The hairs of this, and fome of the other Junci, are of a very Angular kind: a ftnmrer m nlom-e. 
fuppofe that fome animal had been robbed of its hair by rubbing on it. ^ P‘ nts , wou ^ 
The appearance of this plant indicates a dry, and confequ'ently not very luxuriant pafturage. 
