382 
Juncaccae. 
acute, the inner obtuse. Sheaths rounded. Stem gen. 
ascending.—Marshy places, near water; everywhere. 6 
lamprocarpus Ehrh. 2280. 
18 (14). FIs in a single blackish brown, 4 —10-fid, head. Fila¬ 
ments of the stasat least shorter by one half than their anthers. 
FI.-stems with a single linear-subulate 1., sometimes 
very close to the head. Habit of a Schoenus.—Alp., not 
common. 7.Jacquini L. 2231. 
FIs in 1—2—3 heads placed one above the other. Fila¬ 
ments of the stas several times as long as their anthers. 
Stem with 1 — 3 Is . . . . . . . li > 
19. Divisions of the perianth of a chestnut brown. Rt-stock 
creeping. Stem stiff*.-Alp.; G. (Alp. Nova Val Gronda, 
Spliigenj. 7 .... castaneus Sm. 2232. 
— Divisions of the perianth pale green. Rt-stock short. 
Stem slender.—Peat-mosses; only near Einsiedeln and 
at Geissboden near Zug. 7 . . stygius L. 2233. 
20 (12). Perenn. pis with a short creeping rt-stock. Divisions 
of the perianth obtuse. Type of J. compressus . 21 
— Ann. pis. Divisions of the perianth acute or subacute. 
Type of J. bufonhis ...... 22 
21. Divisions of the perianth scarcely 2 /s the length of the 
caps.; caps, almost globular. Style about a half shorter 
than the ovary.—Damp pasturages, road-sides; distrib. 6 
compressus Jacq. 2234. 
— Divisions of the perianth almost as long as the caps.; 
caps, oblong-ovoid. Style almost as long as the ovary. 
—As the last; apparently almost exclusively on saline 
soil; indicated in Waldnacht, Canton Uri, at Heinzen- 
berg, Graub ; and near Bregenz. 6 *Gerardi Loisl. 2235. 
22- Branches of the anthela almost erect. Divisions of the 
perianth unequal in length, lanceolate, acuminate, green¬ 
ish, longer than the, oblong, caps. Ligules obliquely 
truncate, not auricled. b. congestus Schousb. FIs in 
clusters of 2 or 3.—Damp places, road sides; distrib. 6 
bufonius L. 2236. *) 
— Branches of the anthela spreading. Divisions of the 
perianth almost equal in length, oval-lanceolate, acute, 
brownish, scarcely longer than the, almost globular, 
caps. Ligules distinctly 2-auricled. — As the last, rare; 
Toss., Bale. 6 . . . Tenageia Ehrh. 2237. 
*) J. ranarius P. Song. Divisions of the perianth shorter, the outer 
as long or hardly longer (in J. bufonius distinctly longer) than the caps. 
which is distinctly narrowed at the base, should be found on the banks of the 
Inn in the upper Engadine.—J. sphaerocarpus is perhaps identical with 
.J. Tenageia interinedius Gaud. 
