JUNCOIDES 505 



Luzula campestris, DC. Fl. Fr. iii. 161 (1805). Juncus caynpesfris, Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 329. Luciola campestris, Sm. Engl. Fl. ii. i8i (1824 . 

 Top. Bot. 435. Syme, E. B. x. 8, t. 1551. Nyman, 752. Fl. Oxf. 313. 

 Native. Pascual. Fields, pastures, chalk downs, heaths. Common 



in all the districts. P. March-Ma3\ 

 First record. Juncus campestris. Near Oxford. Sir Joseph Banks, 1760. in 

 Herb. Brit. Mus. Frequent, Dr. Noehden, in Mavors Agr. Berks, 1809. 



Two forms are given in Syme's British Botamj, namely var. umbellata of 

 Luzula campestris, in which the lower spikes are on elongated drooping 

 peduncles, which appears to be the condition of the plant when it 

 grows in somewhat sheltered situations and is not uncommon, and the 

 var. congesta, Syme, of L. campestris, which has all the spikes sub-sessile. 

 The var. congestum is not unfrequent on dry heathy ground, but the 

 common form of our pasture fields is intermediate in character. 



./. campestre, a pleasing feature in our pastures, its bright coloured 

 anthers contrasting well with the dark perianth, is one of the earliest 

 plants to greet the spring, and is found plentifully in all the border- 

 ing counties. 



J. multiflorum. 



Luzula multijlora, A. L. S. Lejeune. Flore Spa, 169 (181 1\ Juncus 



campestris, var. 7, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762). J. w.uUiJlorus, Ehrh. 



Cal. 127 ex Hoffm. Deutsch. Fl. i. 169 1791). Luzula erecta, Desv. 



Journ. de Bot. i. (1808 156. 

 Top. Bot. 435. Syme, E. B. x. 9, t. 1550. Nyman, 752. Fl. Oxf. 313. 

 Native. Ericetal. Damp heaths, commons, &c. Locally common. 



P. May-June. 

 First record. Luzula congesta. Bagley Wood, Mr. Baxter in Walker's 



Flora, 1833, see also Baxt. Phaen. Bot. n. 379, 1840. 



1. Isis. Wytham. 



2. Ock. Bagley Wood, Baxter. Wootton. Frilford. Cothill. Tubney. 



3. Pang. Tidmarsh, Neicbould. Cold Ash Common. Oare Wood. 



Bucklebury. 



4. Kennet. Near Beedon, W. 31. Eogers. Burghfield. Mortimer. 



Aldermaston. Hampstead Marshall. Inkpen. Greenham. 

 Snelsmore. 



5. Loddon. At the top of Bisham Wood (congesta). Mill. Bulmarsh, 



Tufaail. Bagshot. Ascot. Sandhurst. Finchampstead. Long 

 Moor. Bearwood. Bracknell. Sunningdale. Easthampstead. 

 Windsor Park, &c. 

 Our more frequent bog and heath form is the var. congestum {Luzula 

 congesta, DC. Fl. Fr. Supp. 305). The var. umbellatum is rather un- 

 common. I have seen it near Sandhurst, Aldermaston, &c., but many 

 of our plants, especially in the heathy tract, appear to come best 

 under var. pallescens (^Bess. Enum. PI. Yolh. 15 (1822), as a species of 



