128 Fr, Buchenau. 
Luzula 
Tepala aequilonga, lanceolata, aristata vel mucronata. Stamina 6. Fructus 
trigono-sphaericus, perigonium aequans vel paullo superans. 
Litt. J. spicatus C. Linnut, Spec. plant. ed. I, 4753, I, p. 330, ed. II, 
1762, I, p. 469. Fn. G. Tg. Rosrkovius, de Junco, 1804, p. 46. N. A. Des- 
vaux, Mém. sur une monographie du genre Luzula, in: Journ. de bot., 1808, 
I, p. 462, L. nigricans Desv. ibid., p. 158 (pr. pte.) et J. E. Pont, tentamen 
florae Bohemiae, 1809, p. .... E. Mever, Synopsis Luzularum, 1823, p. 19. 
J. pe Lanarre, Monogr. des vraies Joncées, 1825, p. 478. J. thyrsiflorus 
Vest, in: Römer et ScuvrrEs, Linnaei Syst. veg., 1829, VII, I, p. 277. C.S. 
Kunta, Enum. plant., 4844, HI, p. 314. E. Mever, Luzularum species, in: 
Linnaea, 1849, XXII, p. 444. L. obtusata E. G. SteupeL, Syn. plant. glum., 
1855, H, p. 294 (pl. groenlandica, nullo modo differt a plantà typieä). 
Fr. Bucnenau, krit. Zusammenstellung der europ. Juncaceen, in: A. ENGLER, 
bot. Jahrb., 1885, VIL, p. 174. 
Descr. Perennis, dense caespitosa, viridis. Radices capillares, diam. (in statu 
sicco) usque 0,25 mm, fuscae, fibrosae. Rhizoma erectum vel obliquum, breve (in 
fissuris rupium interdum elongatum), multiceps, vaginis emortuis (interdum fibrosis) et 
radicibus obtectum. Caules erecti, etiam superne foliati, teretes, laeves, medullä con- 
tinuá repleti, 40—15; raro 20 vel 25 cm alti, diam. usque 1411/4 mm, infra inflorescentiam 
plerumque conspicue attenuati. Folia basilaria et caulina (4, 2, rarius 3) frondosa, caule 
multo breviora; vaginae basilares pallide fuscescentes; lamina plerumque plus minus 
canaliculata, 4,5 usque 3 mm lata et 4 usque 6 (rarius usque 12) cm longa, margine longe 
ciliata, superne sensim angustata, apice obtusiuscula (superiora et bracteae apice subu- 
lata); vaginae angustae, ore penicillatim-ciliatae. Inflorescentia terminalis, fere 
semper nutans, spicigera, composita, sed plerumque conglobata, circeumscriptione sim- 
plex vel rarius bi- usque pluriloba ; spicae densae, breves (usque ca. 4 cm longae), inter- 
dum in glomerulos transeuntes. Bractea infima saepe frondescens, inflorescentiä bre- 
vior, sequentes hypsophyllinae, basi castaneae, superne membranaceae, longe ciliatae ; 
prophylla floris lanceolata, acutata, basi castanea, superne membranacea, longe ciliata, 
flore ca. dimidio breviora. Flores 2,5 usque fere 3 mm longi, castanei vel variegati. 
Tepala glumacea aequilonga, lanceolata, obtusiuscula vel acuta, aristato-mucronata, 
interdum sub apice subcrenata, basi pallide castanea, apicem versus pallide membrana- 
cea. Slamina 6, perigonium dimidium vix aequantia; filamenta linearia, basi dila- 
tata, albida; antherae oblongae, flavidae, filamentis breviores. Pistillum exsertum ; 
ovarium trigono-spaeroideum; stilus brevissimus; stigmata longa, erecta. Fructus 
perigonium aequans vel paullo superans, trigono-sphaericus, muticus vel brevissime 
mucronatus, nitidus, castaneus sive ferrugineus. Semina ca. 1,25 mm longa, oblique- 
obovala, ferruginea, griseo-apiculata et basi subcarunculata, 
Var. L. spicata DC. var. a typica Fm. Bucnenau, kritische Zusammen- 
stellung der europ. Juncaceen, in: ExcLEm, bot. Jahrb., 4885, VII, p. 174. 
Dense caespitosa. Planta humilis, rarius ultra 25 em alta. Folia plerumque 
plus minus canaliculata. Inflorescentia fere semper nutans. Flores ferru- 
ginei, vel castanei, saepe plus minus variegati. 
L. spicata DC. var. 8. simensis HocnsTrrTER, in sched. An L.campestris« 
spicata? (vide infra). Rhizoma stolones breves emittens. Planta saepe ro- 
bustior, usque fere 45 cm alta. Folia plus minusplana. Inflorescentia erecta 
vel subnutans. Flores intense colorati. L. spicata DC. ß. erecta E. MEYER, 
