on the Genus Juncus of Liimaus, 337 



Juncus spicatus, foliis planis subpilosis, spica glomerato-raccmosa 

 basi divisa nutante, petalis longitudine capsulae. Rost. Mono- 

 graph. 46. 



J. spicatus, foliis planis, spied racemosA nutante basi composite, 

 capsulis acutis. Flor. Brit. 386. Eng. Bat. xvii. II76. 



J. spicatus, foliis planis, spica raceniosa nutante. Sp. PI. A69. 

 Fl. Lap. t. 10. /. 4. Flor. Dan. 270. Huds. 650. With. 350. 



Angl. Spiked Woodrcjsh. Spiked Rush. Alpine nodding 

 Rush. 



Habitat in alpibus Borealibus. 

 Peren. July. 



Root fibrous, tufted. Stem simple, six or eight inches liigh, slen- 

 der, leafy. Leaves linear, channelled, hairy at the base; stem- 

 leaves convolute or subulate. Spike terminal, nodding, cylin- 

 drical, oblong, obtuse; spikelets sessile, many-flowered, brac- 

 teated. Bractes pale, lanceolate, laciniated. Calyx-leaflets lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate. Capsule pointed, one-celled, three-sided. 

 This plant approaches nearer to the Junci than any of the rest 

 of the Luzulce here described. Its leaves are not so flat or hairy 

 as most of the rest of the genus, and the capsule shows the rudi- 

 ments of dissepiments. It is not likely to be confounded with 

 any other plant, with the exception, perhaps, of L. pecUformis, 

 which is much larger, and has a pointed capsule. It is very rare 

 with us, occurring chiefly in Scotland on the summits of the highest 

 mountains. I found a single specimen in the herbarium of my 

 friend Joseph Woods, Esq. F.L.S., gathered by him on Fairfield, 

 near Ambleside; and this is the only instance that has come to 

 my knowledge of its being found in England. 



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