Reeds, Grasses, Sedges and Rushes 87 



SMALL-FLOWERED WOOD RUSH 



Luzula parviflora. Rush Family 



Stems: single or few in a tuft, stoloniferous, erect. Leaves: glabrous. 

 Flowers: borne singly or sometimes two or three together on the 

 branches of the inflorescence on slender pedicels. Fruit: seeds narrowly 

 oblong. 



A perennial plant, with leaves tapering- to a sharp point, 

 and a nodding, decompound, greenish-brown panicle. The 

 Wood Rushes are rather degenerate, as the scentless, honey- 

 less, colourless condition of their tiny blossoms evidences, 

 and they depend altogether upon wind-fertilisation. 



Luzula spicata, or Spiked Wood Rush, has from one to 

 three grass-like leaves on the stems, and a nodding spike- 

 like panicle. 



