MILLET WOODRUSH 



Juncoi'des parviflo'rum, syn. Lu'zula parviflo'ra 



GL12 

 (2 leaves) 



f Flowers small (less than % in. long), 

 solitary (sometimes- 2 or 3 in a group), 

 bracted, slender-stalked, borne in a 

 bracted, nodding, much-branched end 

 cluster (decompound panicle) up to 

 about 4 in. long 



Bractlike flower parts (perianth) in 2 

 series of 3 each, similar, lance-shaped, 

 sharp-pointed, green or more or less 

 tinged with brown 



Stamens 6, attached to base of 

 perianth 



Seed pod (capsule) ^gg-shaped, green 

 to reddish brown, slightly longer than 

 persistent perianth, 1-celled, 3-seeded, 

 splitting when ripe 



Leaves mostly basal, grasslike, up to 

 about 6 in. long, from % to about $ in. 

 wide, thin, shining, tapering to a sharp 

 or blunt tip, hairless; sheaths with 

 united edges, often sparsely long-white- 

 hairy at the throat 



Stems solitary or tufted, hollow, erect, 

 usually from 1 to about 2 ft. high, 2- to 

 5-leaved 



Rootstocks slender, somewhat woody, 

 matted, perennial 



Roots numerous, matted, fibrous 



