. The book of grasses; an illustrated guide to the common grasses, and the most common of the rushes and sedges. Rushes titions which, as joints, or knots, may be plainly felt when a leaf is drawn through the hand. The leaves in the majority of the species of Jointed Rushes are round. In the Sharp- fruited Rush {Jun- cus acuminatus), a species which is usually from one to two feet in height and is very common in bogs, the inflorescence is composed of spreading terminal branches tipped with small, closely flowered heads. The narrow divisions of the perianth are sharp-pointed and are reddish bro
. The book of grasses; an illustrated guide to the common grasses, and the most common of the rushes and sedges. Rushes titions which, as joints, or knots, may be plainly felt when a leaf is drawn through the hand. The leaves in the majority of the species of Jointed Rushes are round. In the Sharp- fruited Rush {Jun- cus acuminatus), a species which is usually from one to two feet in height and is very common in bogs, the inflorescence is composed of spreading terminal branches tipped with small, closely flowered heads. The narrow divisions of the perianth are sharp-pointed and are reddish brown in colour. The Grass-leaved Rush {Juncus margina- ius) is found in moist sandy places. The stem, seldom more than two feet tall, is erect and somewhat flattened, and, as the common name indicates, the leaves are long, flat, and grass- like. The inflorescence is composed of three to twenty small, brownish green heads of flowers. There are but three stamens and the anthers are reddish brown in colour. hi the following species the flowers are placed singly on the branches of the inflorescence and are never in true heads. The leaves are grass-like. Yard Rush {Juncus tenuis), common in country dooryards and by footpaths, seems to thrive best when it is trodden under foot each day. This rush grows in low-spreading clumps of wiry, glistening stems which are leafless except at the base from whence numerous narrow leaves rise. The leaves are shorter than the stems, but the inflorescence is much exceeded by the lowest involucral leaf which is usually from three to seven inches long. Through June, July, and August the plant is in bloom and the tiny flowers, scattered along the branches of the inflorescence, or crowded at their tips, are like pale stars. The perianth, green on its outer surface, is whitish within, and the six short anthers and the feathery 331. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - co
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