. 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. 477. 31. Juncus bulbosus L. Bulbous Rush. Fig. 1196. Juncus bulbosus L. Sp. PI. 327. 1753. Tufted, 2'-8' high; stems erect, or procumbent and rooting at the joints, usually bulbous. Leaves of two kinds, the basal mostly submersed, filiform, the caul- ine stouter, all with auriculate sheaths 10" long or less, the septa of the blades in
. 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. 477. 31. Juncus bulbosus L. Bulbous Rush. Fig. 1196. Juncus bulbosus L. Sp. PI. 327. 1753. Tufted, 2'-8' high; stems erect, or procumbent and rooting at the joints, usually bulbous. Leaves of two kinds, the basal mostly submersed, filiform, the caul- ine stouter, all with auriculate sheaths 10" long or less, the septa of the blades inconspicuous; panicle of 1-10 heads; heads top-shaped to hemispheric, 4-15-flowered, some of the flowers often transformed into tufts of small leaves; perianth 1 J"-ii" long, its parts nearly equal, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, brown, or with a green midrib; stamens 3, shorter than the perianth; anthers a little shorter than the filaments; capsule narrowly ob- long, obtuse, mucronate, slightly exceeding the peri- anth, brown above, 1-celled; seed narrowly oblong, about I" long, acute at base, obtuse and apiculate above, 25-30-ribbed. Labrador, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. Europe. 32. Juncus militaris Bigel. Bayonet Rush. Fig. 1197. Juncus militaris Bigel. FI. Bost. Ed. 2, 139. 1824. Stems 2o'-4° high, erect, stout, 1V-3" thick below, arising from a stout rootstock. Leaves of two kinds, the submersed borne in dense fascicles on the root- stock and developing filiform, nodose blades some- times 20' long-; basal leaves reduced to loose bladeless sheaths, sometimes 10' long; stem leaves 1 or 2, the lower with a long stout terete blade i"-2" thick at the base, the upper, when present, reduced to a blade- less sheath; inflorescence 3'-6' high, its bracts with obsolete blades; heads top-shaped to semiglobose, 6- 12-flowered; perianth iJ"-iS" long, its parts narrowly linear-subulate, the inner longer than the outer; stamens 6, nearly as long; anth
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