512 LUZULA. [CLASS VI. ORDER I. 



** Seeds with a large crested appendage at the apex. 



2. L. Forster'ij De Cand. (Fig. 584.) Narroiv-leavad Hairy Wood 

 Rush. Panicle sub-cymose, but little branched ; pedunclea erect, 

 single flowered ; perianth of six narrow acuminated segments, rather 

 longer than the acute capsule ; seeds with a large oblong obtuse crested 

 appendage. 



Juncus Forsteri. — English Flora, vol. ii. p. 179. — Hooker, British 

 Flora, vol. i. p. 169.— Lindley, Synopsis, p. 276. — English Botany, 

 t. J 293. 



Root of numerous branched fibres, and creeping underground stems. 

 Stems erect, from twelve to eighteen inches high, round, smooth, slen- 

 der, leafy. Leaves from the root numerous, linear, of a bright shining 

 green, numerously striated, paler and duller beneath, the margins espe- 

 cially in the lower part fringed with long soft hairs, those of the stem 

 much shorter, with a sheathing base. Panicle terminal, small, of a 

 few erect nearly simple branches, longer than the leafy hracteas^ the 

 peduncles short, erect, single Jlowered^ each having at its base two 

 lanceolate bracteas, with pale membranous margins. Perianth of six 

 narrow lanceolate acuminated pointed pieces, keeled and striated at 

 the back, of a shining brown colour, with pale membranous margins, 

 the inner ones rather shorter than the outer, and rather longer than the 

 acute capsule^ which is crowned by the persistent base of the style, 

 three seeded, three valved, the seeds roundish, oblong, somewhat 

 angled, having at the apex a large oblong obtuse straight appendage, 

 of a pale colour. 



Habitat. — Groves and thickets, especially in a gravelly or calcareous 

 soil; more common in Surrey than the L. pilosa. — Mr. J. S. Mill. 

 About Forfar and banks of the Doune, Ayrshire — 3Ir. J. Wilson. 



Perennial ; flowering in May and June. 



3. L. pilo'sa, Willd. (Fig. 585.) Broad-leaved Hairy Wood Rush. 

 Panicle sub-cymose, but little branched; peduncles single flowered, 

 reflexed ; perianth of six acuminate pieces, rather shorter than the 

 obtuse capsule; seeds with a large hooked appendage at the apex. 



English Flora, vol, ii. p. 178. — Hooker, B ritish Flora, vol. i. p. 

 169. — Lindley, Synopsis, p. 276. — Juncus pilosus, Linn.- — English 

 Botany, t. 736 — J. vernalisy Ehren. 



Root of numerous long slender branched fibres, with creeping under- 

 gi'ound stems. Stems tufted several from the same root, erect, smooth, 

 simple, leafy, slender, from six to twelve inches high. Leaves nume- 

 rous, linear, lanceolate, smooth, striated, a shining green, paler on the 

 under side, the margins especially below fringed with soft white silky 

 hairs, those of the stem short, with a sheathing base enveloping the 

 stem. Panicle terminal, small, ol a few slender longish branches, 

 simple or divided towards the end into two or three spreading pedun- 

 cles, each bearing a solitary flower ; these before flowering are erect, 

 but afterwards become reflexed. Bracteas short and leafy, those at 



