8 JUNCACEZ: 
For there are blossoms rare, and curious Rush, 
The gale’s rich balm, and sundew’s crimson blush, 
Whose velvet leaf, with radiant beauty drest, 
Forms a gay pillow for the plover’s breast.” 
This species is sometimes called Moss-rush, or Goose-corn; and it often 
fringes in abundance damp moory spots. 
19. Dense-headed Rush, or Capitate Rush (J. capitdtus).—Stem 
erect, bristle-like, unbranched, leafy at the base; head sessile, solitary ; 
bracts bristle-like ; outer segments of the perianth awned ; capsule egg- 
shaped, tipped with a short spine. This little annual Rush grows on sandy 
grounds in Cornwall and Jersey. It is from two to four inches high, with 
leaves two or three inches long. Its terminal head of flowers appears from 
May to July. 
20. Two-flowered Rush (J. biglimis).—Stem simple; leaves awl- 
shaped ; head solitary, 2-flowered, l-sided, with leafy bracts longer than 
itself ; capsule larger than the segments of the perianth ; rootstock sending 
out stolons. This is a rare plant, found in the bogs of Highland mountains. 
It flowers in August. 
21. Three-flowered Rush (J. friglimis).—Stem erect, unbranched ; 
leaves awl-shaped, channelled; head solitary, terminal, 3-flowered, with 
membrane-like bracts; capsule acute, very dark brown; rootstock tufted, 
black. This Rush is from three to six inches in height, flowering in July. 
It grows on the elevated mountains at the north of England, and in Wales, 
and is especially frequent in the Highlands of Scotland. 
22. Dwarf Rush (J. pygiueus).—Stems tufted, slender, simple or forked ; 
root-leaves bristle-like, channelled, stem-leaves with the base eared ; flowers 
1 to 5, scarcely stalked, with egg-shaped bracts ; perianth-segments narrow 
lance-shaped, 3-nerved, membranous, with glossy margins quarter of an inch 
long ; capsule shorter, oblong-lance-shaped, 3-angled, pale. This minute 
annual Rush is only a couple of inches high. It flowers in May and June, 
and may be sought in damp places about the Lizard, Cornwall, such as the 
Downs above Kynance Cove. 
2. Woop RusH (Liizula). 
1. Great Hairy Wood Rush (L. sylvdtica).—Panicle cymose, doubly 
compound ; flowers in bundles of 3 or 4; segments of the perianth awned, 
as long as the spine-tipped capsule ; rootstock short, tufted, throwing out 
runners. The long flat leaves of this and the other species which formed 
the Gramen Luzule of the older botanists render them, in general appear- 
ance, more similar to grasses than to Rushes. The stem of this plant is a 
foot or a foot and a half high, and is terminated, in May and June, by a 
loose cluster of brownish flowers, varied with yellow anthers. It has broad 
taper-pointed leaves, shining, marked distinctly with lines, and fringed with 
long white scattered hairs, the root-leaves forming a tuft. The capsules are 
of a bright chestnut colour. The plant is common in woods and shady 
places, especially among bushes in hilly districts. It is the L. maxima of 
some botanists. 
2. Broad-leaved Hairy Wood Rush (L. pildésa).—Panicle cymose, 
