180 HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Luciola. 



The panicle however affords sufficient marks of distinction, hav- 

 ing upright, often corymbose, branches, and the capsule has 

 pointed valves, rather more bordered or thickened at the edges. 



3. L. sylvatica. Great Wood-rush. 



Panicle cymose, doubly compound. Flowers and bracteas 

 aggregate. Capsule pointed. Crest of the seeds obso- 

 lete. 



Luzula sylvatica. Bicheno Tr. of L. Soc. v. 12. 331. ^ 9./. 3. Forst. 

 Tonbr. 44. 



L. maxima. Willd. Enum, 393. Hook. Scot. 110. 



Juncus sylvaticus. Huds.\5l. Fl. Br. 385. Engl. Bot. v. 11. t. 737. 

 Curt. Lond.fasc. 5. t. 26. Lightf. 186. 



J. pilosus J. Linn. Sp. PL 468. 



J. niaximus. Ehrh. Calam. 1 36. fVilld. Sp. PI. v.2.2\7. With. 349. 



J. latifolius. Jacq. Col. v. 3. 59. 



J. n. 1324. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 171. 



Gramen nemorosum hirsutum latifolium maximum. Raii Syn.AlQ. 



G. hirsutum latifolium minus. Bauli. Prodr. 15. f. Theatr. 102. f. 

 not the description. See also Moris, sect. 8. t. 9.f. 2. 



G. hirsutum latifolium maximum, juncea panicula. Moris, v. 3. 225. 

 sect. 8. t. 9./. 2. 



G. nemorosum hirsutum latifolium majus. Scheuchz. Agr.3\7. 



G. Luzulae maximum ; also medium. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 493./,/. 



In woods } and hilly, open, or bushy ground. 



Perennial. May, June. 



Root somewhat woody and creeping, with many fibres. Stems 12 

 or 1 8 inches high, leafy. Leaves of a paler green than either of 

 the two preceding, with several principal ribs, but hairy in like 

 manner at the edges ; the radical ones numerous, much the 

 largest, a span long, composing a very coarse, elastic and slip- 

 pery turf ; those on the stem small, with very long tubular sheaths. 

 Panicle large, spreading horizontally, with slender, smooth, sub- 

 divided, corymbose branches. Bracteas white and filmy ; at the 

 subdivisions of the panicle sheathing; under the flowers some- 

 what imbricated. F/.2 or 3 together, smaller than in the two last, 

 variegated with brown and white. Calyx-leaves lanceolate, point- 

 ed, concave, very thin and membranous at the edges. Caps. 

 ovate, pointed, not half the size of the two last. Seeds elliptical, 

 very small, with little or no appearance of a crest, us Mr. Bicheno 

 has justly described them. 



The oldest specific name, given by Hudson, who first determined 

 this plant, ought, most assuredly, to be kept sacred. 



There is a variety with a more dense panicle, which I have gathered 

 in the woods at Roslin castle, and Mr. E. Forster near Highgate. 

 This preserves its original appearance when cultivated, but I have 

 found no specific distinction. 



