372 JUNCACE^. 



1. LU^^ULA. D. C— Wood Rush. 



(Said to be derived from the Italian lucciola, a glow-worm ; because its flowew, 

 when moistened with dew, sparkle by moonlight.) 



Perianth spreading, glumaceous. Stamens 6. Filaments 



smooth. Stigmas 3. Capsule 1 -celled, 3-valved. Seeds 3, 



sometimes with an appendage at one end. 



1. L. pilosa Willd. : leaves broad-linear, hairy ; peduncles in an umbel- 

 late corymb, 1-flowered, at length bent downward ; leafets of the perianth 

 acuminate, shorter than the obtuse capsule ; seeds with a curved appendage 

 at the top. Jivncus pilos^cs Linn. 



Woods. Can. to Penn. April, May. %. — Stem 6 — 12 inches high, cespitose. 

 Flmoers dark-brown, 8 — 12 in an umbel, on filiform peduncles 6—8 lines in 

 length. Hairy Wood Rush. 



2. L. campestris D. C. : leaves hairy ; spikes sessile and peduncled ; 

 leafets of the perianth acuminate, awned, longer than the obtuse capsule ; 

 seeds with an appendage at the base. Juncns campestris Linn. 



Meadows. Can. to Car. April, May. %. — Stem 6 — 12 inches high, cespi- 

 tose at base. Flowers reddish-brown, in ovoid or oblong nearly erect spikes 

 forming a sort of umbel. Common Wood Rush. 



3. L. parvijlora Desv. : smooth ; stem elongated ; leaves broad-hnear^ 

 flowers in a decompound loose corymb, the peduncles elongated and capil- 

 lary ; pedicels 1-flowered ; leafets of the perianth ovate, acute, about the 

 length of the oval obtuse apiculate capsule ; seeds without an appendage. 

 L. melanocarpa Desv. Jicncus melanocarpus Mich. 



Mountains. Northern N. Y. Torr. White Mountains, N. H. Big. ' Can. 

 Mich. July. %. — Stem 12 — 18 inches high, slender. Flowers in a loose corym- 

 bose panicle, nodding. Seeds brown. Small-flovuered Wood Rush. 



4. L. spicata D. C. : leaves narrow, channelled, hairy at the throat j 

 spike solitary, drooping, compound ; spikelets shorter than the diaphanous 

 mucronate bracts ; leafets of the perianth acuminate-mucronate, about as 

 long as the rounded capsule. Juncus spicatus Willd. 



White Mountains, N. H. Big. Aug. %. — Stem 6 — 8 inches high, slender. 

 Spike dark-colored, interrupted near the base, drooping. 



Spike-JUnvered Wood Rush. 



2. JUNCUS. Linn.— Rush. 



(From the Latin jungo, to join ; the leaves and stems having been used as 

 cordage.) 



Perianth spreading, glumaceous. Stamens 6, or sometimes 

 3. Filaments smooth. Stigmas 3, subsessile. Capsule 3.celled, 

 many-seeded. 



* Leaves none. 



1. J. acutus Linn.: barren scapes and outer bracts pungent; panicle 

 very compound, mostly compact; leafets of the perianth equal; inner ones 

 with a broad membranaceous margin at the apex, shorter than the broad- 

 ovate abruptly acuminate capsule. 



