372 JUNCACE^E. 



1. LU-ZTJLA. D. C. Wood Rush. 



(Said to be derived from the Italian lucciola, a glow-worm ; because its flowers, 

 when moistened with dew, sparkle by moonlight.) 



Perianth spreading, glumaceous. Stamens 6. Filaments 

 smooth. Stigmas 3. Capsule 1-celled, 3-valved. Seeds 3, 

 sometimes with an appendage at one end. 



1. L. pilosa Wittd.: leaves broad -linear, hairy; peduncles in an umbel- 

 late corymb, 1-flowered, at length bent downward ; leafets of the perianth 

 acuminate, shorter than the obtuse capsule ; seeds with a curved appendage 

 at the top. Juncus pilosus Lsinn. 



Woods. Can. to Penn. April, May. %. Stem 6 12 inches high, cespitose. 

 Flowers dark-brown, 8 12 in an umbel, on filiform peduncles 6 8 lines in 

 length. Hairy Wood Rush. 



2. L, campestris D. C. : leaves hairy ; spikes sessile and peduncled ; 

 leafets of the perianth acuminate, awned, longer than the obtuse capsule ; 

 seeds with ah appendage at the base. Juncus campestris Linn. 



Meadows. Can. to Car. April, May. 1J-. Stem 6 12 inches high, cespi- 

 tose at base. Flowers reddish- brown, in ovoid or oblong nearly erect spikes 

 forming a sort of umbel. Common Wood Rush. 



3. L. parviftora Desv.: smooth; stem elongated; leaves broad-linear; 

 flowers in a decompound loose corymb, the peduncles elongated and capil- 

 lary ; pedicels 1-flowered ; leafets of the perianth ovate, acute, about the 

 length of the oval obtuse apiculate capsule ; seeds without an appendage. 

 L. melanocarpa Desv. Juncus mclanocarpus Mich. 



Mountains. Northern N. Y. Torr. White Mountains, N. H. Big. Can. 

 Mich. July. '!}.. Stem 12 18 inches high, slender. Flowers in a loose corym- 

 bose panicle, nodding. Seeds brown. SmaU-Jlowered Wood Rush. 



4. L. spicata D. C. : leaves narrow, channelled, hairy at the throat; 

 spike solitary, drooping, compound ; spikelets shorter than the diaphanous 

 mucronate bracts ; leafets of the perianth acuminate-mucronate, about as 

 long as the rounded capsule. Juncus spicatus Wtild. 



White Mountains, N. H. Big. Aug. 1\.. Stem 6 8 inches high, slender. 

 SpiKe dark-colored, interrupted near the base, drooping. 



Sptfie-Jlowered Wood Rush. 



2. JUNCUS. Linn. Rush. 



(From the Latin jungo, to join ; the leaves and stems having been used as 

 cordage.) 



Perianth spreading, glumaceous. Stamens 6, or sometimes 

 3. Filaments smooth. Stigmas 3, subsessile. Capsule 3-celled, 

 many-seeded. 



* Leaves none. 



1. J. acutus Linn.: barren scapes and outer bracts pungent; panicle 

 very compound, mostly compact; leafets of the perianth equal; inner ones 

 with a broad membranaceous margin at the apex, shorter than the broad- 

 ovate abruptly acuminate capsule. 



