on the Genus J uncus of Linnctus. 335 



L. mulliflora. Flor. Fran. v. 306. 



Juncus ercclus. Pevs. Enchirid. i. 386. 



J. Unigcr. With. Ath ed. 436. 



J. campcstris y. Sp. PI. 468. 



Gramen hirsutum elatius, panicula juncea compacta. liaii Si/n. 

 416. 



G. hirsutum capitulo globoso. Park. 1 186. 9. Moris, s. viii. t. 9- 

 f. sinist. 



G. capitulis globosis. Gcr. 16. 1. Gcr. Em. 18. 3. 



jingl. Small Woodrush. Hairy Field Rush. Field Rush. 

 Small Hairy Wood-Grass. Hairy Grass. /S Globe-headed Rush. 

 Hairy Grass, with a compact rush-like panicle. Round-headed 

 Silver Grass. 



Habitat in pascuis siccioribus : /3 in humidis. 



Percn. April, May. 



Poot fibrous, creeping. Stem four inches or more high, simple, 

 erect, leafy. Leaves linear, plane, five-nerved, hairy at the 

 margin; point rigid. Flnnwrs in upikes, sessile, ten or twelve 

 together; heads ovate, erect, at last nodding; the lowermost 

 sessile, the rest pedunculated. Bractes three or four at the foot 

 of each flower, membranous, fringed, shining, giving a silvery 

 appearance to the flowers. Calyx-leaflets lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, shining, keeled. Filaments very short. Capsule obovate, 

 obtuse, three-sided. Seeds reniform, roughish, ash-coloured 

 green, opake ; coruncula enlarged at the bottom of the seed, 

 and attaching it to the receptacle. Vid. Tab. IX. fig. 4. 



/3. Taller, leaves longer, panicle composed either of many heads 

 clustered into one, or several little ovate heads of flowers stand- 

 ing on long peduncles in somewhat of an umbellate form. 

 Though the real Luzula campestris is not likely to be mistaken, 



if its spiked flowers and obtuse capsule be attended to, yet it va- 

 ries 



