. 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. Genus i. RUSH FAMILY. 469. 7. Juncus maritirnus Lam. Sea Rush Juncus martimus Lam. Encycl. 3: 264. 1789. Stems 2o'-4o' high, i"-z" thick, erect from a stout horizontal rootstock. Outer basal leaves reduced to bladeless sheaths, the innermost foliose, with a long terete stout blade about equalling the stem; leaf of the inflorescence erect, sometimes i°
. 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. Genus i. RUSH FAMILY. 469. 7. Juncus maritirnus Lam. Sea Rush Juncus martimus Lam. Encycl. 3: 264. 1789. Stems 2o'-4o' high, i"-z" thick, erect from a stout horizontal rootstock. Outer basal leaves reduced to bladeless sheaths, the innermost foliose, with a long terete stout blade about equalling the stem; leaf of the inflorescence erect, sometimes i° long, sometimes barely exceeding the panicle; panicle 3'S' high, its branches stiff, erect; heads 2-6-flowered; perianth ii"-il" long, its parts green, lanceolate, with hya- line margins, the outer acuminate, the inner a little shorter; flowers perfect; stamens 6, two-thirds as long as the perianth; filaments about as long as the anthers; capsule li"-li" long, narrowly ovoid, acute, mu- cronate, brown above, 3-celled, with thin placentae; seed brown, about i" long, the body narrowly and obliquely oblong, about I" in length, 20-30-ribbed, in- distinctly reticulate, tailed at either end. Coney Island, New York, the station now, perhaps, de- stroyed. Common on the coasts of the eastern hemi- sphere. 8. Juncus bufonius L. Toad Rush. Fig. 1173. Juncus bufonius L. Sp. PI. 328. 1753. Plant branching from the base, annual, erect, seldom exceeding 8' in height, the stems in large plants with I or 2 leaves below the inflorescence; leaf-blade flat, i"-h" wide, in low plants often much narrower and filiform-involute; inflorescence about one-half as high as the plant, with blade-bearing leaves at the lower nodes; flowers inserted singly on its branches, in one form fasciculate; perianth-parts 2"-3i" long, lanceolate, acuminate, equal; stamens usually 6, sometimes 3, seldom half as long as the perianth; anthers shorter than the filaments; c
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