10% Fr. Buchenau. 
. Luzula 
stilus filiformis ovario longior. Fruetus dimidium perigonium vix superans, 
trigono-sphaericus, longius mueronatus. Semina oblique-obovata, castanea, 
Litt. ZL. azorica H. C. Watson, Notes of a botanical tour in the 
Western Azores, in: London Journal of botany, 1843, II, p. 408. L. pur- 
pureo-splendens M. SsusERT, Flora azorica, 184%, p. 23. H. C. Warsow, 
Notes on the Botany of the Azores, in: London Journal of botany, 1844, HI, 
p. 608. H. C. Warsow, Supplementary Notes on the Botany of the Azores, 
in: London Journal of botany, 1847, VI, p. 393. E. Mever, Luzularum spe- 
cies, in: Linnaea, 1849, XXII, p. 392. 
Descr. Perennis, dense laxiusve caespitosa, viridis. Radices capillares vel 
filiformes, diam. usque 0,2 mm, fuscae, fibrosae. Rhizoma obliquum pluriceps; tu- 
riones plerumque breves, interdum usque 10 cm longi. Caules adscendentes vel erecti, 
teretes, laeves, etiam superne foliati, 25—30 cm alti, diam. 1—2 (raro 2,5) mm, medullá 
continuá, parenchymatosá, serius plus minus evanescente repleti, Folia basilaria infima 
tantum cataphyllina, sequentia et caulina frondosa, omnia caule pluries breviora; cata- 
phylla et vaginae foliorum basilarium purpurascentia; vaginae foliorum caulinorum 
lineá ventrali purpureá notatae, ore penicillatim pilosae; lamina foliorum basilarium 
10 usque 15 (raro 18) cm longa, 3—5 (raro 6) mm lata, sensim acutata, subulata; mar- 
gines incrassati, longe ciliati, serius saepe fere calvi; lamina foliorum caulinorum 
4—10 cm longa, plerumque 2— 3 (raro usque 5) mm lata. Inflorescentia erecta, 
supradecomposita, corymbiformis, densa. Bractea infima (vel 2 infimae) frondes- 
cens, erecta, inflorescentiä brevior, sequentes hypsophyllinae, membranaceae, hasi 
rubrae, apice albae, saepe ciliatae; propbylla floris hypsophyllina, membranacea, basi 
rubra apice alba, rarius toto alba, ciliata, flore duplo vel triplo breviora. Floresca. 4,5mm 
longi, dense conferti, purpurei. Tepala tenuia, elongato-lanceolata, dorso pallide 
purpurea, serius rubescentia, externa acutata, distincte breviora, interna subobtusius- 
cula, mucronata, Stamina sex, tepalis fere dimidio breviora; filamenta brevia, late- 
linearia; antherae lineares filamentis duplo vel triplo longiores. Pistillum perigonium 
aequans; ovarium trigono-ovatum, stilus filiformis, ovario longior; stigmata 3, erecta, 
stilo breviora. Fructus dimidium perigonium vix superans, trigono - sphaericus, 
longius mucronatus; pericarpium firmum nitidum, castaneum. Semina (immatura), 
1,5 mm longa, oblique-obovata, castanea, brevissime griseo-apiculata. 
Distr. geogr. In Bergwäldern der Azorischen Inseln. 
Collect. HocusrkrTER, azor., 126 (!). Bn. Cannrmo, 587 (!). 
Icones: M. Seuserrt, Le, Tab. IV. 
17. L. Seuberti R. T. Lowe, Species plantarum Madeirensium, quae- 
dam novae vel hactenus ineditae, breviter descriptae, in: Hooker, Journ. of 
botany and Kew Garden Miscellany, 1856, VIII, p. 300. Perennis, stoloni- 
fera. Caules erecti, 35 —50 cm alti. Vaginae basilares fuscescentes. Folia 
basilaria frondosa late-linearia, usque 30 cm longa et 10 mm lata, margi- 
nibus dense villoso-pilosis. Inflorescentia nutans, laxa, diffusa, anthelata. 
Flores fere 5 mm longi, singuli, vel 2—3 approximati, pallide fuscescentes. 
Tepala lanceolato-linearia, longe - acuminata, tenuia, externa vix breviora. 
Stamina sex, tepala ca. dimidia aequantia. Pistillum plus minus exsertum. 
Fruetus dimidium perigonium superans, trigono-sphaericus, mucronatus, 
pallide castaneus vel fulvus. Semina 4,7 mm longa, oblique- obovata, 
castanea, 
