Flora Scotica, or A description of Scottish plants : arranged both according to the artificial and natural methods ; in two parts / by William Jackson Hooker.

  • Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865.
Date:
1821
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Credit: Flora Scotica, or A description of Scottish plants : arranged both according to the artificial and natural methods ; in two parts / by William Jackson Hooker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    2. J. glaucus (common hard Rush), scape deeply striated (rigid), panicle very much branched erect, leaves of the perianth lan- ceolate subulate membranous longer than the elliptical capsule. Light/, p. 1S3 (J. in/lexus). L\ B. I. 665. Bich. in Linn. Trans, v. 12. p. 300. Had. Wet pastures and road-sides, occasionally, Ilopk. Not uncom- mon about Edinb., Mr. Arnott. Shores on the coast of Fife (?), Light/. Fl. July, If.. Fool creeping. Scapes I foot to 2 feet high, glaucous, rigid, at the base covered with deep purple brown membranaceous shining sheaths. Panicle \n\, erect. Flower slender, pale brown, with a broad green line down the middle of each leaflet of the perianth. Bracteas also small and acuminate. Stain. 0 in my specimens. 3. J. effusus (soft Rush), scapes very faintly striated (soft), pa- nicle loose very much branched spreading, leaflets of the pe- rianth lanceolate acuminate, rather longer than the obovate obtuse capsule. Lighif. p. 1S3. £. B. t. $36. Bich. in Linn. Trans, v. 12. p.303.' Hab. Wet and marshy grounds, common. Fl. July. 11. [■Distinguished from the last by its soft, pliable, almost smooth, green scapes, and spreading denser and shorter panicles, in which last par- ticular it seems intermediate between that and the following.—Ex- cellent for plaiting into mats, chair-bottoms, &c, and wicks of can- dles are made of the pith. ■ 4. J. conglomeratus (round-headed Rush), scapes very faintly striated (soft), panicle much branched very dense globular, leaflets of the perianth lanceolate acute about as long as the broadly ovate very obtuse capsule, stain. 3. Light]', p. 183. E. B.'t. 1835. Bich. [n Linn. Trans, v. 12. p. 302, Hab. Wet and marshy ground, frequent. Fl. July. If.. } Panicle very dense. Scapes much like the last, and employed for the same purposes. 5. l.JHtformis (slender Rush), scapes filiform, panicle of very few flowers (from nearly the middle of the culm), capsules rotuu- dato-ovate shorter than the perianth. E*B. t. 1175. Bich. in Linn. Trans, v. 12. p. 301. i Hab. Several parts of Scotland, G. Don. Its natural situation is the stony margins of lakes. Fl. July, Aug. l£. J Root creeping, throwing up many slender culms, 6—10 inches high. Panicle of few flowers, pale green. Leaflets of the perianth lanceo- late, subacuminate. There is a small lanceolate bractea tapering to a long and sharp point. .The floral bracteas are few and small, ob- tuse, pale green as is, the whole flower. ** Leaves all radical (flowers terminal). 6. J. squarrosus (Heath Rush), leaves setaceous (rigid) grooved, panicle terminal elongate compound, capsules elliptical ovate, Lighif. p. 184. E. B. I. <)33. i Hab. Moorish heathy ground, common. Fl. July. 2/ .