174 HEXAKDEIA MONOGYNIA. [cL. VI. 



20. /. 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 partitions, 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. polyce'phalus, Many -headed jointed R^^sh, 

 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 nu- 

 merous flowers. Eng. Bot. Suppl. pi. 2643. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 177. 



545. 



16. LU'ZTJLA. 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.pilosa. 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. Fl. vol. ii. p. 178. 546. 



2. L. Forsteri. Narrow-leaved Hairy Wood Rush. Panicle cy- 

 mose, 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 collected into a nearly 

 round head, is the L. conges' ta, Many -headed Bog Wood Rush, of 

 many botanists. Eng. Bot. Suppl. pi. 2719. Eng. JF7.vol.ii. p. 181. 



549. 



5. L. spicdta. Spiked Wood Rush. Panicle compound, dense, ob- 

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

 calyx between taper-pointed and awned, as long as the capsule. 



