. 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. 476 JUNCACEAE. Vol. 28. Juncus triglumis L. Three-flowered Rush. Fig. 1193. J uncus triglumis L. Sp. PI. 328. 1753. Stems 3-7' high, loosely tufted on a branched root- stock, erect, terete. Leaves 1-5, all basal, with sheaths clasping and conspicuously auriculate, the blades sub- terete, blunt, i" in diameter, usually less than half the height of the p
. 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. 476 JUNCACEAE. Vol. 28. Juncus triglumis L. Three-flowered Rush. Fig. 1193. J uncus triglumis L. Sp. PI. 328. 1753. Stems 3-7' high, loosely tufted on a branched root- stock, erect, terete. Leaves 1-5, all basal, with sheaths clasping and conspicuously auriculate, the blades sub- terete, blunt, i" in diameter, usually less than half the height of the plant; inflorescence a capitate clus- ter of 1-5 (usually 3) flowers, the lowest 2 or 3 bracts nearly equal, divergent, about as long as the flowers, usually brown, obtuse and membranous; perianth 1V-2" long, its parts oblong-lanceolate, obtuse; sta- mens nearly as long as the perianth; anthers linear, short; capsule about equalling the perianth, oblong, obtuse, mucronate, 3-angled, imperfectly 3-celled; seed about 1" long, its body oblong, abruptly contracted into long slender tails. Labrador and Newfoundland to Alaska, south in the Rocky Mountains to Colorado. Also in Europe and Asia. 2g. Juncus pelocarpus E. Meyer. Brown-fruited Rush. Juncus pelocarpus E. Meyer, Syn. Luz. 30. 1823. Rootstock slender; stems 3'-2o' high, 1-5-leaved; basal leaves 2-4, with loose auriculate sheaths, mostly with slender terete blades seldom exceeding 5' in length; stem leaves 1-5, similar to the basal; inflores- cence 4' in height or less; secondary panicles rarely produced from the axils of the upper leaves; panicle loose, with distant heads of 1 or sometimes 2 flowers; perianth |"-ii" long, the parts linear-oblong, green to reddish-green, obtuse or the inner sometimes acute, the outer usually the shorter, all of them frequently modi- fied into rudimentary leaves; stamens 6, about two- thirds as long as the perianth; anthers exceeding the filaments; style commonly i" and
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