jNcus. HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 365 



Hab. In Pennsylvania. Muhlenberg. 



This species has not come under my observation, unless 1 

 have mistaken it for a variety of J. nodosus ov fiolycc/ihalus. 



251. LUZULA. JVilld. 



Perianth 6-leaved,- glumaceous. Capsule superior, 

 3-celled, 3-valved ; cells l-seeded ; valves without 

 partitions. IF i lid. Emim. Hort. Bcrol. p. 392. 

 JuNci spp. L., Nutt., &c. Nat. Ord. Junce^ 

 Ju s s. Leaves mostly hairy. 



1. L. pUosa Will d. : leaves hairy ; panicle subcynnose ; 

 peduncles l-flowered, reflexed ; leallels of the perianth acu- 

 minate, rather shorter than the obtuse capsule. W il I d, 

 Enum. Hort. Berol. p. 393. Hook. FL Scot, part I. p. 

 110. L. vernalis De C a n d. Sj/7i. Fl. Gall. p. 151. J. 

 pilosus L, Will d. Spec. II. p. 2 1 6. Bic h. iyi Lin. Trans, 

 XII. p. 329. Eng. Bot. 736. M u h I. Gram. p. 200. 



Root perennial. Stem about 6 inches high, terete, slender. Ra- 

 dical leaves numerous, broad-linear, with long hairs on the 

 margin and towards the base; stem leaves short and narrow. 

 Panicle 8 — 10-flowered, subtended by a foliaceous bract; fie- 

 dicels about half an inch long, capillary, at length bent down. 

 Perianth with 2 bracts at the base ; leaflets lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, scarious, fuscous. Stamens 6 ; anthers yellow. Style 

 3-cleft ; stigmas filiform, longer than the perianth. Ca/isule 

 triangular. Seeds with a curved appendage at the tip. 



Hab. On mountains. Pennsylvania. Muhlenberg. Near 



Williams College, Massachusetts. Dewey. April Mar. 



This species resembles the European in every respect. 



'2. L. campeslris Willd,: leaves hairy; spikes sessile 

 and pedunculate ; leaflets of the perianth acuminate, longer 

 than the obtuse capsule. Willd. Enwn. Hort. Berol. p. 

 394. De Cand. Syn. Fl. Gall. p. 151. H o o k.' FL 

 Scot, pari I. p. 110. Jiincus campestris L. Willd. Spec 

 II. p. 221. Bich. in Lin. Trans. XII. p. 334. Eng Bot 

 t. 672. Mich. Fl. I. ^.1^0. Pursh FLI.p.2",8. Big. 

 Bost. p. 84. M uhl. Gram. p. 199. Elliott Sk. I. p 

 410. Walt, Car. p. 125. 



Poot fibrous, creeping, perennial, sometimes bulbous. Stem about 

 a foot high, cespitose at tiie base, terete, leafy. Leaves flat, 

 broad-linear ; margin ciliale with long loose hairs. Flowers 

 forming a terminal subcorymbose panicle ; peduncles about 6, 

 unequal, erect or spreading, some of them at length reflexed! 

 Involucrum oi 2 or 3 unequal leaves. S/iifces' round-oyaiel 

 many-flowered. Leaflets of the /leriatiih fuscous, scarious on 



