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Luzula 
perigonium conspicue superans. .Semina ca. 4,3 mm longa, oblique obo- 
vata, vitellina sive fulva, oblique griseo-apiculata. 
Litt. J. pilosus var. y C. Lixw£, Spec. plantarum, ed. I, 1753, p. 329; 
ed. II, 4762, I, p. 468. J. parviflorus Fr. Engmanr, Bestimmung einiger 
Kräuter und Gräser, in: Beiträge 1791, VI, p. 139. Fn. G. Tn. Rosrkovius, 
de Junco, 1804, p. 26. L. spadicea DC. var. laxiflora E. Meyer, Synopsis 
Luzularum, 4823, p. 8. J. nz Lanarre, Monogr. des vraies Joncées, 1825, 
p. 170. L. spadicea DC. var. = parviflora E. Meyer, Luzularum species, in: 
Linnaea 4849, XXII, p. 402. 
Descr. Perennis, plerumque breviter stolonifera, viridis. Radices plerumque 
capillares, diam. usque 4,5 (raro 2) mm, fuscae, fibrosae. Rhizoma obliquum, ple- 
rumque stolones breves emittens, rarius subcaespitosum. Caules erecti vel adscen- 
dentes, elati, graciles, plurifoliati, tereles, laeves (in statu sicco sulcati), plerumque 
30—50, raro usque fere 70.cm alti, diam. 4,5—2,5 mm, medullä continuä parenchy- 
matosá, serius pro partim evanescente repleti, Folia basilaria cataphyllina, sequentia 
et caulina frondosa, late-linearia, subulata, 10—15 cm longa et usque 8 (raro 40, vel 12) 
mm lata ; vaginae ore subpilosae, interdum calvae; laminae margine sparsissime ciliatae, 
serius saepe calvae. Inflorescentia terminalis, supradecomposita, anthelata, diffusa, 
saepe plus minus nutans; rami et ramuli graciles vel gracillimi, interdum rectangulariter 
distantes, saepe curvati. Bractea infima (vel 2 infimae) frondescens, sequentes hypso- 
phyllinae, basi fuscae, apice albo-membranaceae, plerumque integrae vix lacerae; pro- 
phylla floris ovata vel lanceolata, acutata, flore plus quam duplo breviora, plerumque 
integra, rarius apice sublacera. Flores plerumque segregati, rarius 2—3, in var. sub- 
congesta plures turmatim approximati, parvi, ca. 2 mm (cum fructu maturo usque fere 
3 mm) longi, castanei, fusci vel straminei. Tepala aequilonga, lanceolata, externa 
glumacea vel tenera, acutata, interna ovato-lanceolata, acula sive mucronata, tenuia, 
transparentia. Stamina sex, perigonio ca. tertiä parte breviora; filamenta linearia; 
antherae lineares flavidae, filamentis (usque duplo) longiores vel subaequales. Pistil- 
lu m exsertum; ovarium trigono-ovatum ; stilus cylindricus, ovario brevior; stigmata 3, 
erecta, longa. Fructus trigono-ovatus, plerumque obtusus, breviter mucronatus vel 
muticus, plerumque perigonium conspicue superans, nitidus, castaneus, fulvus sive 
pallidus. Semina 4,2—1,4 mm longa, oblique ovala, vitellina sive fulva, apice griseo- 
apiculata. 
Var. L. parviflora Desv. a fastigiata Fr. Bvcnevav, krit. Verzeichnis 
aller Juncaceen, 1880, p. 83. Inflorescentia plus minus corymbosa, rarius 
diffusa, laxa; rami graciles, plerumque nutante-curvati. Tepala castanea 
vel fusca. Fructus plerumque castaneus, raro pallidus. L. parviflora aut. 
mult. L. fastigiata E. Meyer, Synopsis Luzularum, 1823, p. 9. L. melano- 
carpa Desy., var. 3 fastigiata E. Mever, Plantae a Chamisso coll., in: Lin- 
naea, 4828, Ill, p. 374. L. melanocarpa Desv. var. a fusca W. J. Hooker, 
flora americani - borealis, 1840, II, p. 488. L. neglecta C. S. Kunta, Enum. 
plant., 4844, II, p. 301. L. spadicea DC. var. e parviflora E. Meyer, Lu- 
zularum species, in: Linnaea 1849, III, p. 402. 
L. parviflora Desv. 3 melanocarpa Fn. Brong l. c. Planta elata; in- 
florescentia plerumque diffusissima, ramulis capillaribus. Tepala pallida, 
straminea, transparentia. Fructus castaneus vel fere niger (rarius pallidus). 
J. melanocarpus A. Micnaux, Flora boreali - americana, 1803, I, p. 190. L., 
