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JUNCUS lampocarpus.
Shining-fruited Jointed Rush.
HEXANDRIA Monogynia.
Gen. Char. Cal. of 6 leaves, permanent. Cor. none.
Caps, superior, of 3 valves, with 1 or 3 cells. Seeds
several. Stigmas 3.
Spec. Char. Leaves with knotty joints, compressed.
Stem without joints. Panicle compound, erect,
elongated. Inner calyx-leaves bluntish, bordered.
Capsule coloured, varnished.
Syn. Juncus lampocarpus. E h rk . Calam. n. 126.
Davies T r. o f L . Soc. v. 10. 13.
J. articulatus. Leers. 88. t. 13. f . 6. With. 347. var. 1.
J. compressus. R elh.ed. 1 . 142. Sibth. 114. Abbot. 79.
J. foliis articulosis, floribus umbellatis. R a ii Syn. 433.
Gramen junceum articulatum palustre humilius. Moris,
sect. 8. t. 9.ƒ . 2.
W e readily assent to the corrections of our friends the Rev.
H. Davies, and G. R. Leathes, respecting the supposed varieties
of Juncus articulatus. In the descriptions in FI. Brit.,
and at our t. 238, we certainly confounded this with acuti-
florus, Ehrh. Cdl. n. 66, which that t. 238 represents. Lin-
nreus has so entirely confounded all ours, as well as an American
species, under his articulatus, that it is best to set aside
so sweeping a name.
The present is very common in moist pastures, flowering
from June to August. Root perennial. Stem not internally
jointed, hollow, bearing from 3 to 6 leaves, usually 4 or 5,
which are compressed and copiously jointed. Panicle erect;
its branches strong, elongated, so that the heads of flowers
are. remote, one above another on each simple branch. The 3
inner calyx-leaves are rather blunter, with a more evident
white membranous edge than the 3 outer. The capsule is remarkable
for its great size, dark chocolate hue, and highly
polished, as if varnished, surface.
Tab. 238.
JU N C U S acutiflorus.
Sharp-flowered Jointed Rush.
Spec. Char. Leaves with knotty joints, slightly compressed.
Stem without joints. Panicle repeatedly forked, dense.
Calyx-leaves all sharp-pointed.
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