HEXANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Luciola. 177 



fliy state, and then in the leaves only, which are but 2 on the 

 stem, none at the root. Panicle 3 or 4 times subdivided and 

 forked, its ultimate branches bent backward. Heads numerous, 

 but small, of 4 or d Jloivers. Calyx-leaves elliptic-oblong, con- 

 cave, obtuse, pale brown, with a broad, white, membranous mar- 

 gin ; the innermost rather the smallest, often with a rose-co- 

 loured hue, well noticed by Haller. Caps, roundish, or broadly 

 obovate, pointed, triangular, of a light shining brown, scarcely 

 so long as the calyx. Seeds very small, not tunicated. 

 Most botanists have confounded this with J. acut'iflorus, but they 

 are now sufficiently distinguished, nor can either be mistaken 

 for lampocarpus, which, though the smallest plant, has much the 

 largest capsule. 



23. J . po/i/cep/ialtis. Many-headed Jointed Rush. 



Leaves apparently jointed, awl-shaped, cyl indrical. Panicle 

 erect, twice or thrice forked, with nearly simple branches. 

 Heads many-flowered. Calyx-leaves 'lanceolate, acute, 

 rather shorter than the elliptic-ovate bluntish capsule. 



J. polycephalus. D. Don Mss. Hook. Scot. 109. 



In the Highlands of Scotland. Mr. G. Don. 

 Perennial. 



Ramifications of the panicle very simple. Heads few, large, of from 

 ^ 5 to 8 spreading/o/re;-.v, each on a short stalk. Hooker! 

 This descri])tion, except the acute cali/x, answers well to J. ustu- 



latiis of Hoppe's Collection of Dried Grasses. I have seen no 



specimens. 



191). LUCIOLA. Wood-rush. 



Luzula. '' DeCand. Fr. r. 3. 1 ^S. Devaux in Journ. de Bot. v. 1 , 



1 29." Br. Prodr. 591. Bicheno Tr. of L. Soc. v. 1 2. 329. 

 Juncoides. Mich. Gen.AX. ^31. 



Nat. Ord. see. 7i. 198. 



Cal. inferior, of 6 oblonpr, acute, permanent leaves ; 3 of 

 tliem internal, and rather the smallest. Cor. none. 

 Filam. capillary, very short, attached to the base of the 

 calyx-leaves. Aiiih. oblong, erect, of 2 cells, bursting 

 lengthwise. Germ, superior, triangular, of 1 cell, witK 

 rudiments of 3 seeds only. Style simj)le, thread -shaped, 

 deciduous. Stigmas .3, 'tapering, downy, as long as the 

 style, or longer. Caps, ovate, triangulaV, smooth, sub- 

 tended by the permanent calyx, of I cell, and 3 rather 

 horny valves, witli a longitucliiinl ridge along the middle 

 ol each. Seeds 3, at the bottom of the capsule, erect, 



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