446 HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Juncus. 
slender leaves instead of, or intermixed with, the flowers. Thus they 
are represented in C. B. Pr. 12 . 2. and Th. 77—H. Ox. viii. 9. 2. f. 9. 
E.)* 
(J. labipocar'pus. Leaves apparently jointed, compressed: panicle 
erect, compound, forked: inner calyx-leaves bordered: capsule 
ovate, coloured, highly polished, longer than the calyx. 
E. Bot . 2143— Leers 88. t. 13. /. 6— FI. Dan. 1097 —Leers 13. 6—H. Ox. 
viii. 9. 2. f. 9, the three right hand straws — C . B. Pr. 12. 1, Th. 76. 2 — 
Park. 1270. 5—Ger. Em. 22. 9 —J. B. ii. 521. 2—Ger. 12. 1. 
Stem not internally jointed, hollow, bearing from three to six leaves, usually 
four or five, which are compressed and copiously jointed. Panicle 
branches strong, elongated, so that the heads of flowers are remote, one 
above another on each simple branch. Capsule remarkable for its great 
size, dark chocolate hue, and highly polished surface. E.Bot. and Linn. 
Tr. 
When J , lampocarpus happens to flower late in the season, so as not to 
perfect its large and polished capsules, it may be distinguished by a 
disposition to become viviparous, and branching at the joints, a property 
which I never observed in either J. acutiflorus or obtusiflorus. Rev. H. 
Davies. 
Shining-fruited Jointed Rush. (Welsh: Brwynen glymmog glaer-gib. 
E.) Common in moist pastures. Named and characterized as above by 
Ehrhart, and by Mr. Davies, in Linn. Tr. v. 10. J. articulatus. Linn. 
WTlld. J. articulatus. var. 1. Leers. With. Ed. 4. J. compressus. Relh. 
Sibth. Abbot. P. June—Aug. E.) 
(J. OBTUsiFLohtus. Leaves apparently jointed, cylindrical: stem with 
internal partitions: panicle repeatedly compound: branches 
divaricated and reflexed: calyx-leaves obtuse, as long as the 
capsule. 
E. Bot. 2144. 
Stem two or three feet high. Easily distinguished by its pale, entangled, 
much branched panicles, whose ultimate branches are strongly reflexed. 
Stem and leaves internally jointed. Stem with only two leaves, notwith¬ 
standing its tallness. Leaves not compressed. Calyx-leaves with a 
broad membranous edge. Capsule light brown, shining. E. Bot. and 
Linn. Tr. 
Blunt-flowered Jointed Rush. (Scotch: Sprett. Welsh: Brwynen 
glymmog a blodau blaendwn. Gaelic: Lochan-nan-dav. E.) First 
discriminated as a species by Ehrhart abroad, and by the Rev. H. Davies 
in this country. J. articulatus [3. FI. Brit. Ditto var. 5. With. Ed. 4. 
Not common. Marshes at Limpenhoe, Norfolk. Rev. G. R. Leathes. In 
Anglesey. Rev. FI. Davies. Abundant in ditches in Abercorn Park, near 
the lower fish pond. Grev. Edin. In boggy ground near Bidford Grange, 
Warwickshire, in a field opposite Trent’s-lane Turnpike, and in a running 
stream of Mr. Wilkes’s, at Broome, near the Field Barn, where it grows 
luxuriantly. Purton. Profusely in Eastwear Bay, Kent. Mr. Gerard E. 
Smith. P. Aug. E.) 
* (The insects found upon these plants are Chermes graminis, Acarus gyninop- 
terorum , and some of the Coccus tribe. The diseased plants are very common in the bogs 
on Birmingham Heath, (now inclosed and drained, E.) and also in those of the New Forest, 
where the soil is gravelly. E.) 
