300 PLANTS OF MADEIRA. 



peculiar peppermint-like fragrance. I have only met with the plant 

 in the Curral das Freiras, where it is however scarcely less common on 

 dry rocks and banks in several places than the universal B. ptinctatus, 

 Herit. 



16. Juncus luciduSy Hochst., Seub. Tl. Azor. p. 24, No. 147*j t, iv. 

 f. 1. — J. dense caespitosus rigidiusculo-tenacissimus, culmo tenm 

 compressiusculo nudo ten niter striato basi folioso^ foliis angustis 

 linearibus canaliculatis culmos subsequantibus, bracteis 3-4 foliifor- 

 mibus tenuibus duabus valde elongatis anthelam multo superantibus, 

 anthela terminal! eomposita ramulis erectis cymosis intus floriferis s. 

 floribus secundis lucidis subimbricatis, sepalis subsequalibus angusto- 

 lanceolatis attenuato-acuminatis triuerviis capsulam globoso-ovatam 

 subabbreviatam apiculatam distincte superantibus. 

 Hab. In hamidiusculis umbrosis Maderse. 



A little known but seemingly distinct species, much resembling /. 

 comj)ressus^ Jacq., to which indeed I had referred it before the acquisi- 

 tion of Seubert's ' Flora Azorica/ It is not uncommon in many places • 

 in the north of Madeira, delighting to grow in roads or paths in damp, 

 shady places amongst the chestnut-woods, forming tufts with thickly- 

 matted, not at all creeping, excessively tough roots, and numerous 

 slender, rigid, upright stems from 6 to 12 inches high. 

 17- Luzula Seuberti, Lowe. — ^L. anthela supradecomposita multiflora 

 subsecunda nutante involucrum superante, floribus badiis sparsis 

 distinctis nee congesto-glomeratis, pedunculis 1-4-floris ssepius sub- 

 unifloris, bracteis perigoniique glumis membranaceo-scariosis eximic 

 paleaceis anguste lanceolatis subaristato-acurainatis basi nervoque 

 medio castaneis margine utrinque pallidis capsulanj abbreviatam 

 subgloboso-ovatam apiculatam duplo superantibus, filamentis brevis- 

 simis, seminibus minutis ovalibus simplicibus ecristatis, foliis latis 

 nervoso-striatis longe acuminatis planis margine villoso-ciliato nivoso- 

 pilosissimo subtomentoso integerrimis Isevibus, culmo foliisque elatis 

 1-2-pedalibus, radice perenni tenaci csespitosa stolouifera. 

 Hab. In salebrosis rupestribus umbrosis Maderee, rariss. 



Canariensis 



Teneriffe 



splendens, Seub. Fl. Azor. p. 24, t. iv. f. 2, precisely in the points in 

 which it differs from the present Madeiran plant, viz. the more agglo- 

 merate or congested flowers, and the shorter, not aristato-acuminate, 



