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JU N CU S bufonius.
T o a d Rußt.
HEXANDRIA Monogynia.
Gen. Char. Cal. of 6 leaves, permanent. Cor. none.
Cap/. fuperior, of 3 valves, with 1 or 3 cells.
Seeds fevera!. Stigmas 3.
S pec. Char. Leaves linear, channelled. Stem forced,
racemofe. Flowers folitary.
S yn. Juncus bufonius. Linn. Sp. PI. 466. Sm. FI.
Brit. 3 8 1 . Hudf. 150 . With. 348. Hull. 76.
Relh. 144. Sibth. 1 1 5 . Abbot. 80. Dickf. H. Sicc.
fa ß . 4. 6.
J . paluflris humilior eredlus. Ran Syn. 4 34 .
V ERY frequent in all kinds of marfhy places, particularly
on watery fandy heaths, where it flowers copioufly throughout
July and Auguft.
Root fibrous, annual. Stems numerous, upright, forming
a denfe tuft, round, leafy, forked or fomewhat cymofe, the
upper part of the branches terminating in fimple rows of fefiile
upright flowers. The whole herb is fmooth, and of a paler
hue than the reft of its fpecies. Leaves linear, acute, channelled
above, dilated at their bafe. Calyx-leaves lanceolate,
tapering to a very flender point, green, with a membranous
margin. Bra&eas pellucid. Capfule flender, blunt, ihorter
than the calyx, three-celled.. Seeds very numerous.
We know not any good reafon for the fpecific name of this
Juncus. It is generally found in moifter fituations than toads
for the moft part inhabit.
80Z.