MARCH. 53 
HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
PETALOIDE. JUNCACES. 
LUZULA. (Frevp-Rrvsz.) 
Generic Character. Flower formed of six oblong acute perma- 
nent leaves, three of them internal. Filaments thread-like. Anthers 
oblong, erect, and two-celled. Stigmas three, tapering and 
downy. 
This plant is usually found in this month, but often over- 
looked by the unobserving, though quite worthy of notice. 
Luzuta campsstris. (Plate lL. Fig. 3.) Field-rush. Its 
leaves greatly resemble grass, but are clothed with silky 
hairs, and its small flowers are of a reddish-brown, collected 
into an oblong spike, and standing nearly erect; the whole 
plant being from three to ten inches high. It grows in dry 
pastures and way-sides. 
DECANDRIA. PENTAGYNIA. 
THALAMIFLORZH. CARYOPHYLLACEA. 
CERASTIUM. (CxHickweep.) 
Generic Character. Calyz of five egg-shaped, acute, permanent 
leaves, membranaceous at the edges. Petals five, divided, obtuse, 
about the length of the calyx. 
