. 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. 478 JUNCACEAE. Vol. I. 34. Juncus alpinus Vill. Richardson's Rush. Fig. 1199. /. alpinus Vill. Hist. PI. Dauph. 2: 233. 1787. /. Richardsonianus Schult. in R. & S. Syst. 7: 201. 1829. Juncus alpinus var. insignis Fries ; Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 2 : 458. 1866. Stems erect, 6-20' high in loose tufts, from creeping rootstocks, 1-2-leaved; stem leaf or l
. 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. 478 JUNCACEAE. Vol. I. 34. Juncus alpinus Vill. Richardson's Rush. Fig. 1199. /. alpinus Vill. Hist. PI. Dauph. 2: 233. 1787. /. Richardsonianus Schult. in R. & S. Syst. 7: 201. 1829. Juncus alpinus var. insignis Fries ; Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 2 : 458. 1866. Stems erect, 6-20' high in loose tufts, from creeping rootstocks, 1-2-leaved; stem leaf or leaves usually borne below the middle; panicle 2i'-8' high, sparse, its branches strict or slightly spreading; heads 3-12-flow- ered; perianth i"-ii" long, the inner parts shorter than the outer, obtuse, usually purplish toward the apex, the three outer paler, obtuse, mucronate or acute; stamens 6, half to two-thirds as long as the perianth; anthers much shorter than the filaments; capsule ovoid- oblong, slightly exceeding the perianth, straw-color or brown, broadly acute or obtuse, with a short tip; seed about i" in length, narrowly obovoid to oblong, apicu- late, acute or acuminate at the base, lightly reticulate in about 20 rows, the areolae finely cross-lined. Greenland to British Columbia, south to Pennsylvania, Nebraska and 35. Juncus nodosus L. Knotted Rush. Juncus nodosus L, Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 466. 1762. Stems 6%2° high, erect, arising singly from tuber- like thickenings of a slender, nearly scaleless rootstock; stem leaves 2^-4, and like the basal ones with long erect blades, the upper overtopping the inflorescence; panicle shorter than its lowest bract, seldom exceeding 2i', bearing 1-30 heads; heads spherical, several-many- flowered, 3V-6" in diameter; perianth it"-il" long, its parts lanceolate-subulate, usually reddish brown above, the inner longer than the outer; stamens 6, about one- half as long as the perianth; anthers equ
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