RUSH FAMILY. 397 
2. Juncoides nemordsum (Poll.) Kuntze. Forest Wood-rush. (Fig. 960.) 
Juncus nemorosus Poll. Hist. Pl. Pal. 1: 352. 1776. 
Juncoides nemorosum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 724. 1891. 
Loosely tufted or somewhat stoloniferous. Stems 
slender, 1°-214° high, 1-6-leaved below the inflor- 
escence; leaf-blades 114’/-3/’ wide, ciliate, flat, ta- 
pering toa slender sharp tip; inflorescence diffusely 
paniculate or corymbose, the few lower bracts foli- 
ose, and the lowermost branch often inserted 4’ be- 
low the next or more; flowers in clusters of 3-8, the 
bractlets ovate, entire or sparingly denticulate 
above, about one-third as long as the perianth; 
perianth about 11(’’ in length, its parts from red- 
dish brown with pale margins to dirty white 
throughout, ovate-lanceolate, acute, the outer about 
one-fifth shorter than the inner; capsule ovoid, 
acuminate, barely equalling the perianth; seed 
obliquely ovoid about 2/’ long. 
A European species, naturalized at Riverdale, N. Y. 
3. Juncoides parviflorum (Ehrh.) Coville. Small-flowered Wood-rush. 
(Fig. 961.) 
Juncus parviflorus Ehrh, Beitr. 6: 139. 1791. 
Luzula parviflora Desy. Journ. de Bot. 1:144. 1808. 
J. parviflorum Coville, Contr. Nat. Herb. 4: 209. 1893. 
Stems single or few in a tuft, stoloniferous, erect, 
10’-30’ high, 2-5-leaved; leaves glabrous, their 
blades 114’/-5’’ wide, tapering to a sharp or blunt 
apex; inflorescence a nodding decompound pan- 
icle, commonly 1'%4/-4’ high, its lowest bract 
foliose, seldom more than one-fourth the length of 
the panicle; flowers borne singly, or sometimes 2 
or 3 together, on the branches of the inflorescence, 
on slender pedicels; bractlets ovate, entire or 
rarely somewhat lacerate, perianth 3¢’/-14’’ in 
length, its parts ovate, acuminate, slightly exceeded 
by the green to brown ovoid capsule; seed nar- 
rowly oblong, %4//-34/ in length, attached to its 
placenta by slender implexed fibers. 
Labrador to British Columbia, New Hampshire, New 
York and Minnesota; in the mountains to Arizona and 
California. Also in Europe and Asia. 
4. Juncoides spicatum (L.) Kuntze. Spiked Wood-rush. (Fig. 962.) 
Juncus spicatus L,. Sp. Pl. 330. 1753- 
Juncoides spicatum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 725. 1891. 
Luzula spicata DC. Fl. Fr. 3: 161. 1805. 
Closely tufted, without rootstocks. Stems erect, 4’— ES 
16’ high, distantly 1-3-leaved, tapering to a filiform 
summit; leaf-blades %4//-114’’ broad, often involute, 
especially above, tapering to a sharp apex, sparingly 
webby, especially at the base; inflorescencea nodding, 
spike-like, often interrupted panicle, commonly }2/- 
1’ in length, usually exceeded by its lowest involute- 
foliose bract; bractlets ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 
equalling the perianth, sparingly lacerate; perianth 
brown, with hyaline margins, 1//-134’’ long, its parts 
lanceolate, aristate-acuminate; capsule broadly ovoid, 
bluntly acute, about two-thirds as long as the peri- 
anth; seed narrowly and obliquely obovoid, about 
1%’ long. 
Labrador to Alaska, mountains of New England, Colo- 
radoand California. Also in Europe and Asia. 
