RUSH FAMILY 123 
26. J. Torreyi, Coville. Torry’s Rusu. Stems 8 to 40 in, high, not in 
tufts. Stem leaves 1 to 4. Heads round, 4 to 2 in. diameter, 1 to 20 
in a cluster. Stamens 6. Capsule 3-sided with a long beak, exceeding the 
perianth. Western New York, extending westward. 
27. J. acuminatus, Michx. Snarp-rruirep Rusu. Stem 1 to 3 ft. 
high, with 2 or 3 stem leaves, the lower 4 to 8 in. long. Cluster long, 
with remote whorls of flower stems; heads 3 to 15 flowered. Stamens 
3. Parts of the perianth narrow, awl-shaped, very sharp pointed, about 
as long as the brown capsule. Throughout our area. 
28. J. scirpoides, Lam. Scrrpus-Like RusH. Stem 1 to 3 ft. high, 
slender, rigid, with about 2 rounded stem leaves. Cluster of 2 to 30 
spherical pale green heads, the cluster sometimes 6 in. long. Parts of the 
perianth narrow awl-shaped to bristle-like, nearly as long as the conical 
capsule. Wet sandy soil, New York, southward. 
LUZULA, DC. (Juncoides, Adams) 
Perennial plants with some of the characteristics of the Rushes, but 
with flat, grass-like leaves which are soft and often hairy, and with 
flowers in umbels, spikes or diffuse clusters. Flowers, each subtended by 
a bract. Capsule of 1 cell with 3 seeds; stamens 6. Plants usually found 
in dry grounds. 
1. L. pilosa, Coville. (Fig. 13, pl. 10.) Harry Woop RusH. (LU. 
saltuensis, Fernald.) Stem erect, 2- to 4-leaved, 6 to 12 in. high. Leaf 
blades grass-like, hairy; stem leaves shorter than those from the base. 
Flowers in an umbel subtended by a bract 4 to 1 in. high, the thread- 
like flower stems bearing each a single flower or rarely 2. Parts of the 
perianth 6, triangular, narrowed at apex, longer than the toothed bract- 
lets, brown, with a translucent margin. Capsule longer than the perianth 
segments, pyramidal, surmounted by the 3-parted pistil. Found in a 
considerable part of our area. 
2. L. parviflora, (Ehrh.) Coville. SMmMaAtt-FLowERED Woop Rusu. 
Stem 10 to 30 in. high, with 2 to 5 grass-like leaves, which are smooth. 
Flowers small, in a cluster composed of 2 or more whorls of flower stems, 
each of which may be terminated by a sort of umbel, the cluster 1 to 4 
in. high, bracted at the base of each whorl and at the branchings. Flowers 
borne singly on the thread-like branches of the cluster. Parts of the 
perianth 6, narrowed at the apex, scarcely as long as the egg-shaped 
capsule. Maine, New Hampshire, New York and westward. 
3. L. spicata, (L.) Kuntze. (Fig. 11, pl. 10.) Sprxep Woop Rusu. 
Stem 4 to 16 in. high, with 1 to 3 leaves; basal leaves forming a grassy 
tuft. Flowers brown in a narrow interrupted spike, more or less nodding. 
Parts of the perianth bristle-pointed; capsule egg-shaped, about as long 
as the parts of the perianth. Found generally on the high mountains of 
our area. 
4. L. confusa, Lindb. (Fig. 12, pl. 10.) NortHern Woop RUSH. 
(L. hyperborea, (R. Br.) Sheldon.) Plants 4 to 8 in. high. Leaves in 
a small cluster at base and 1 or 2 on the stem. Flowers in an oblong 
cluster or two clusters, dense, } in. or less in length. Parts of the peri- 
anth brown. Higher mountains of our area, 
