Xarthccivm.] JUNCE.E. 293 



2. LUZULA. De Cand. Wood-rush. 



Perianth inferior, of six leaves, glumaceous. Capsules 1-celled, 

 3-valved : valves without dissepiments. Seeds three, at the 

 bottom of the cell. (Leaves soft, plane, generally hairy.} 

 Name : the Gramen Luzidce, of Bauhin. Luzula, Smith tells 

 us, is altered from lucciola or luzziola, a glow-worm ; because 

 the heads of flowers, wet with dew, and sparkling by moon- 

 light, gave the elegant Italians an idea of those brilliant in- 

 sects. Hexandria. Monogynia. 



1. L. sylvatica, Bich. Great hairy Wood-rush. Leaves 

 hairy ; panicle subcymose ; peduncles elongated, of about 

 three flowers ; leaflets of the perianth aristate, as long as the 

 capsule. Br. FL 1. p. 166. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 181. Juncus syl- 

 vaticus, Huds. E. Bot. t. 737. 



Woods, hilly places, and on mountains, frequent. Fl. May, June. 

 It. One to a foot and a half high. Leaves broad, shining, striated. 

 Floral-bracteas ciliated. Capsules with a very sharp point, deep 

 brown. Seeds elliptic-ovate, with scarcely any crested appendage on 

 the top. 



2. L. pilosa, Willd. Broad-leaved hairy Wood-rush. Leaves 

 hairy; panicle subcymose; peduncles 1-flowered, bent back; 

 leaflets of the perianth acuminate, rather shorter than the obtuse 

 capsule. Br. Fl. 1. p. 166. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 178. Juncus 

 pilosus, Linn. E. Bot. t. 736. 



Woods and shady places, frequent. Fl. April, May. 1{. Much 

 smaller than the last, with the flowers standing singly on the panicle. 

 Seeds with a curved appendage at the top. 



3. L. campestris, Br. Field Wood-rush. Leaves hairy ; 

 spikes sessile and pedunculated ; leaflets of the perianth acu- 

 minate, longer than the obtuse capsule. Br. Fl. 1. p. 166. 

 E. Fl. v. ii. p. 181. Juncus campestris, Linn. E. Bot. t. 672. 



ft. taller, with the spikes of flowers collected into an almost 

 orbicular head. Hook. Scot. 1. p. 110. L. conaesta, Lej. 

 E. Fl. v.ii. p. 181. 



Dry barren pastures. {3. on Feather-bed mountain, County of 

 Wicklow. Fl. April, May. %. From four to eight inches, or even 

 a foot high. Flowers collected into ovate or oblong, nearly erect 

 spikes, of a reddish brown colour, sometimes very pale. In J3. the 

 spikes are nearly all sessile. 



3. NARTHECIUM. Huds. Bog-Asphodel. 



Perianth inferior, petaloid, of six linear-lanceolate, spreading 

 pieces. Stamens woolly. Germen pyramidal. Capsules 

 3-celled, 3-valved. Seeds with an appendage at each extre- 



