Xarthecium.] JUNCE^E. 293 



2. Luzula. De Cand. Wood-rush. 



Perianth inferior, of six leaves, glumaceous. Capsules 1-celled, 

 3-valved : valves without dissepiments. Seeds three, at the 

 bottom of the cell. ( Leaves soft, plane, generally hairy.) — 

 Name ; the Gramen Luzulce of Bauhin. Luzula, Smith tells 

 us, is altered from lucciola or luzziola, a glow-worm ; because 

 the heads of flowers, wet with dew, and sparkling by moon- 

 light, gave the elegant Italians an idea of those brilliant in- 

 sects. Hexandria. Monogynia. 



1. L. sylvatica, Bich. Great hairy Wood-rush. Leaves 

 hairy ; panicle subcymose ; peduncles elongated, of about 

 three flowers ; leaflets of the perianth aristate, as long as the 

 capsule. Br. Fl. 1. p. 166. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 181.— Juncus syl- 

 vaticus, Huds. — E. Bot. t. 737. 



Woods, hilly places, and on mountains, frequent. Fl. May, June. 

 %.— One to a foot and a half high. Leaves broad, shining, striated. 

 Floral-bracteas ciliated. Capsules with a very sharp point, deep 

 brown. Seeds elliptic-ovate, with scarcely any crested appendage on 

 the top. 



2. L. pilosa, Willd. Broad-leaved hairy Wood-rush. Leaves 

 hairy; panicle subcymose; peduncles 1-flowered, bent back; 

 leaflets of the perianth acuminate, rather shorter than the obtuse 

 capsule. Br. Fl. 1. p. 166. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 178.— Juncus 

 pilosus, Linn. — E. Bot. t. 736. 



Woods and shady places, frequent. Fl. April, May. If— Much 

 smaller than the last, with the flowers standing singly on the panicle. 

 Seeds with a curved appendage at the top. 



3. L. campestris, Br. Field Wood-rush. Leaves hairj' ; 

 spikes sessile and pedunculated ; leaflets of the perianth acu- 

 minate, longer than the obtuse capsule. Br. Fl. 1. p. 166. 

 E. Fl. v. ii. p. 181. — Juncus campestris, Linn. — E. Bot. t. 672. 



/3. taller, with the spikes of flowers collected into an almost 

 orbicular head. Hook. Scot. 1. p. 110. — L. congesta, Lej. — 

 E. Fl. v.W. p. 181. 



Dry barren pastures. 3. on Feather-bed mountain, County of 

 Wicklow. Fl. April, May. %.— From four to eight inches, or even 

 a foot high. Flowers collected into ovate or oblong, nearly erect 

 spikes, of a reddish brown colour, sometimes very pale. In (3. the 

 spikes are nearly all sessile. 



3. Narthecium. Huds. Bog- Asphodel. 



Perianth inferior, petaloid, of six linear-lanceolate, spreading 

 pieces. Stamens woolly. Germen pyramidal. Capsules 

 3-celled, 3-valved. Seeds with an appendage at each cxtre- 



