420 JUNGE^. [LuzuLA. 



than the stem, usually copiously hairy. Cymes very variable ; clusters sub- 

 sessile, or on long drooping branches. Flowers % hi., pale or dark ; bracte- 

 oles ciiiate. Seeds with no terminal crest. DISTRIB. Europe (excl. Greece), 

 all temp, and cold regions. 



L. campes'tris proper ; usually short, clusters usually 3-4-fld., seeds subglobose. 

 VAR. L. erec'ta, Desv. (L. multiflrfra, Lej. ; L. conyes'ta, Lej.) ; larger, 

 stouter, cymes more contracted, flowers more in a cluster, perianth-segments 

 narrower, filaments longer, capsule narrow, seeds oblong with a shorter 

 basal appendage. Most frequent on heaths. 



5. Ii, spica'ta, DO. ; leaves slender., cymes drooping dense-fld. 

 spike-like, bracteoles silvery, perianth-segments awned exceeding the 

 broad ellipsoid apiculate capsule, seeds with an obscure white basal 

 appendage. 



Mts. of N. Wales, Westmoreland, and from Perth and Stirling to Shetland ; 

 alt. 1,000-4,300 ft.; fl. July. Eootstock densely tufted; stolons short. 

 Stems 6-12 in., slender. Leaves much shorter than the stem, small, hairy on the 

 sheaths chiefly, coriaceous, recurved, narrow, channelled ; cauline few, short. 

 Cymes -1^ in., shorter than the leafy bracts. Flowers in., usually shorter 

 than the scarious transparent ciiiate awned bracteoles. Seeds oblong. 

 DISTRIB. Arctic and Alpine Europe, N. Asia, Himalaya, N. America. 



6. L. arcua'ta, Swartz ; dwarf, leaves short, cymes umbelled, branches 

 few outer slender recurved, perianth-segments acuminate exceeding the 

 broadly ovoid apiculate capsule, seeds with an obscure basal appendage. 

 High alps of Aberdeen, Banff, Inverness, and Sutherland, alt. 3,000-4,300 



ft. ; fl. July. Eootstock creeping, loosely tufted ; stolons slender. Stems 

 1-4 in., rather stout. Leaves coriaceous, sparingly hairy, narrow, recurved, 

 channelled. Cymes lax, outer branches 1-2 in., 1-3-fld. Flowers | in., 3-5 

 in a cluster, dark chestnut; bracteoles lanceolate, acute, not silvery. Seeds 

 small, oblong. DISTRIB. Norway, Arctic regions. 



ORDER LXXXII. ERIOCAULONE'-flB. 



Perennial, scapigerous herbs. Leaves chiefly radical, often cellular, 

 sheaths narrow. Flowers minute, usually monoecious, in involucrate 

 heads, bracteate. MALE. Perianth membranous or scarious, outer of 2-3 

 free segments ; inner a 2-3-lobed tube. Stamens 2-3, inserted on the tube 

 opposite its lobes, with sometimes alternate perfect or imperfect ones, 

 filaments in flexed in bud ; anthers fixed by the back, 2-celled, bursting 

 inwards. Ovary rudimentary. FEMALE. Perianth inferior, persistent, 

 outer as in the male, inner of 2-3 petals or pencils of hairs. Staminodes 

 0. Ovary of 2-3 connate carpels ; style short, terminal, persistent, stig- 

 mas 2-3 slender ; ovules solitary and pendulous from the top of each 

 cell, orthotropous. Capsule membranous, 2-3-celled, loculicidally 2-3- 

 valved. Seed pendulous, testa coriaceous, epidermis hyaline splitting into 

 hairs, albumen floury ; embryo outside and at the base of the albumen 



