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Juncus  n.  The type genus of the Juncaceae, comprising the rushes; they are perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions.
Synonyms: genus Juncus.






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"Juncus" Quotes from Famous Books



... Fisheri E. BR. Koeleria hirsuta GAUD. Aira caespitosa L. Alopecurus alpinus SM. Eriophorum angustifolium ROTH. Eriophorum vaginatum L. Eriophorum Scheuchzeri HOPPE. Carex rigida GOOD. Carex aquatilis WG. Juncus biglumis L. Luzula hyperborea R BR. Luzula arctica BL. Lloydia serotina ...
— The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II • A.E. Nordenskieold

... few of the more distinct species adapted for such positions, bogs or marshes may be made interesting. The following plants are suitable:—Arundo Donax, Bambusa Fortunei, Cypripedium Spectabile, Dondia Epipactis, Drosera Rotundifolia, Gunnera Scabra, Iris Kaempferi, Iris pseud-Acorus, Juncus Zebrinus, Myosotis Palustris, Osmunda Regalis, Parnassia Palustris, Pinguicula Vulgaris, Polygonum Sieboldi, ...
— Gardening for the Million • Alfred Pink

... other considerations, has done much to upset this theory. In the variegated leaved snowberry we have the center and border of the leaf green, separated the one from the other by an isolated white or yellow zone. In the zebra-leaved eulalia and the zebra-leaved juncus, from Japan, we have the variegation of the leaf transversely instead of longitudinally, so that according to the old theory we have the anomaly of a healthy portion of the leaf producing an unhealthy portion, and that again a healthy one, and thus alternately ...
— Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 • Various



Words linked to "Juncus" :   monocot genus, rush family, Juncaceae, common rush, genus Juncus, bulrush, Juncus inflexus, Juncus leseurii, soft rush, Juncus articulatus, liliopsid genus



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