. 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. 38. Juncus brachycarpus Engelm. Short-fruited Rush. Fig. 1203. Juncus brachycarpus Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 2 : 467. 1868. Rootstocks bearing 1-6 stems; stems erect, 8-36' high, terete, 1-4-leaved; blades terete, 1" thick or less, seldom exceeding 6' in length, the upper much shorter; inflores- cence sometimes 4' high and with 20 spherical heads, or
. 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. 38. Juncus brachycarpus Engelm. Short-fruited Rush. Fig. 1203. Juncus brachycarpus Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. 2 : 467. 1868. Rootstocks bearing 1-6 stems; stems erect, 8-36' high, terete, 1-4-leaved; blades terete, 1" thick or less, seldom exceeding 6' in length, the upper much shorter; inflores- cence sometimes 4' high and with 20 spherical heads, or smaller and even reduced to a single head; perianth 1 \"-2" long, its parts subulate, the inner about three-fourths as long as the outer; stamens 3, about half as long as the perianth; capsule one-half to two-thirds as long as the perianth, oblong, acute, mucronate, i-celled, dehiscent through the tip; seed oblong, acute at both ends, about \" long, reticulate in about 18 longitudinal rows, the areolae smooth and nearly square. Southern Ontario, through the Mississippi Valley to Okla- homa, Texas and Mississippi; also from Massachusetts to Georgia. 39. Juncus polycephalus Michx. Many-headed Rush. Fig. 1204. Juncus polycephalus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 192. 1803. Juncus Engelmanni Buch. Krit. Verz. June. 67. 1880. Stem stout, about 30 high, compressed, 2-4- leaved. Leaves 20' in length or less, the upper shorter; blades vertically flattened, ii"-4" broad, the septa incomplete, or the blades rarely nar- rower, merely compressed, and with complete septa; inflorescence 3i'-i2' high, its leaves with nearly obsolete blades; heads globose, 3i"-s" in diameter; perianth iJ"-2"long,its parts subulate; stamens 3, one-half to three-fourths as long as the perianth; anthers shorter than the filaments; capsule subulate, i-celled, exceeding the perianth, . the valves remaining united by the slender beak, their margins finally involute; seed narrowly o
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