174 HKXANDHIA MONOGYNIA. Qd,. VI. 



nial : flowers in July and August : grows in bogs and ditches . common. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xxx. pi. 2143. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 175. 544. 



20. J. obtusiflorus. Blunt-flowered Rush. Leaves apparently jointed, 

 cylindrical ; panicle very much compounded, spreading ; leaves of the 

 calyx very obtuse, as long as the capsule. Straws with internal par- 

 titions, about two feet high. Perennial: grows in marshy places : not 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxx. pi. 2144. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 176. The 

 J. polyctphalus, Many-headed jointed Rush, found in the Highlands of 

 Scotland, by Mr. G. Don, is a variety of this plant, with a panicle less 

 branched, and clusters of more numerous flowers. Eng. Bot. Suppl. 

 pi. 2643. Eng. Ft. vol. ii. p. 177. 545. 



16. LU'ZULA. WOOD RUSH. 



Calyx inferior, of six oblong, acute, permanent leaves, three of 

 them internal. Corolla none. Filaments thread-like, short ; 

 anthers oblong, erect, two-celled. Germen superior, triangular. 

 Style simple, thread -shaped, short ; stigmas three, tapering, 

 downy. Capsule triangular, one-celled, three-valved. Seeds three, 

 at the bottom of the capsule. Name altered from lucciola, a 

 glow-worm. 195. 



1. L. pilau. Broad-leaved Hairy Wood Rush. Panicle cymose, 

 widely spreading; flowers solitary ; capsule pointless; leaves of the calyx 



long-pointed, shorter than the capsule. Stem about a foot high : leaves 



between linear and lance-shaped, ribbed, fringed with long, white hairs. 

 Perennial : flowers in April and May : grows in woods and thickets : 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. xi. pi. 736. Eng. Ft. vol. ii. p. 178. 546. 



2. L. Forste'ri. Narrow-leaved Hairy Wood Rush. Panicle cymose, 

 erect ; flowers solitary ; capsule pointed ; leaves of the calyx long- 

 pointed, a little longer than the capsule. More slender than the last, 



and the leaves much narrower. Perennial : flowers in April and May : 

 grows in woods and thickets : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. xviii. pi. 1293. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 179. 547. 



3. L. sylvdtica. Great Wood Rush. Panicle cymose, doubly com- 

 pound ; flowers aggregate ; capsule pointed ; leaves of the calyx awned, 



as long as the capsule. From two to three feet high : leaves broad, 



hairy on the edges, the root-leaves forming a large tuft. Perennial : 

 flowers in May : grows in woods and shady places : common. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xi. pi. 737. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 180. 548. 



4. L. campes'tris. Field Rush. Panicle of three or four egg-shaped, 

 dense clusters ; capsule inversely egg-shaped, obtuse, with a small 



point ; leaves of the calyx long-pointed, longer than the capsule. 



Root scaly, creeping, tufted : stems from three to ten inches high, simple, 

 straight : leaves dark-green, very hairy at the margin : leaves of the calyx 

 lance-shaped, pointed, dark-brown. Perennial: flowers in April and 

 May : grows in dry pastures : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. x. pi. 672. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. ii. p. 181. A large variety of this plant, with the flowers col- 

 lected into a nearly round head, is the L. conges ta, Many-headed Bog 

 Wood Rush, of many botanists. Eng. Bot. Suppl. pi. 2719. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. ii. p. 181. 549. 



5. L. spicuta. Spiked Wood Rush. Panicle compound, dense, oblong, 

 drooping ; capsule elliptical, with a small point ; leaves of the calyx 



