. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 25. Juncus castaneus Smith. Chestnut Rush. Clustered Alpine Rush. Juncus castaneus Smith, Fl. Brit. 1: 383. 1800. Stems erect, 4'-2o' high, terete, leafless, or with a single leaf, arising singly from a slender rootstock. Basal leaves 3-5, the outer sheaths short, loose, the inner clasping, sometimes 4' long, not auriculate, their blades tapering from an involu
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 25. Juncus castaneus Smith. Chestnut Rush. Clustered Alpine Rush. Juncus castaneus Smith, Fl. Brit. 1: 383. 1800. Stems erect, 4'-2o' high, terete, leafless, or with a single leaf, arising singly from a slender rootstock. Basal leaves 3-5, the outer sheaths short, loose, the inner clasping, sometimes 4' long, not auriculate, their blades tapering from an involute-tubular base to a slender channeled acutish apex; inflorescence strict, usually exceeded by its lowest bract, the other bracts membranous and mostly equalling the flowers; heads 1-3, 3-12-flowered; pedicels J"-ii" long; perianth brown or black, ;-?,\" long, its parts lanceolate, acute; stamens nearly as long as the perianth; anthers about I" long; capsule brown, paler toward the base, ii-2 times as long as the perianth, narrowly oblong, tapering to an acute summit, imperfectly 3-celled; seed ii"-2" long, contracted into long slender tails, the body about i" long. Newfoundland and Quebec to Alaska, south along the mountains to Colorado. Europe and Asia. 26. Juncus stygius L. Moor Rush. Fig. 1191. Juncus stygius L. Syst. Nat. Ed. 10, 2: 987. 1759. /. stygius var. americanus Buch. in Engler, Bot. Jahrb. 12: 393. 1890. Rootstock none; stems 3'-i° high, single, or few together, erect, 1-3-leaved below, leafless above; leaf- sheaths s"-io" long, clasping, nerved, auriculate; blades erect or nearly so, io"-4' long, slightly compressed, channeled on the upper side, tapering to a blunt point; inflorescence of 1-4 heads; heads 1-4-flowered; lowest bract usually exceeding the flowers; perianth ii"-2i" long, pale, its parts lanceolate, 3-nerved, equal, with membranous margins, obtuse or acute; stamens half as long as th
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