430 90. JUNCACE.E. 



long stalks, per.-segm. bristle-pointed equalling the ovoid- 

 mucronate capsule, filaments very short, seeds minutely tubercled 

 at the end. E. B. 737. St. 36. 14. R. ix. 390. L. maxima 

 DC. Rhizome woody. St. 1218 in. high. L. broad, 

 shining, striate, with hairy edges. Panicle much exceeding the 

 leaflike bracts. j3. gracilis (Rost., under Luzula) ; rt.-l. 1 3 in. 

 long, pan. simple with a single large term, head, overtopped 

 by drooping 1-headed peduncles. Sandy places. /3. Shetland. 

 Mr. Beeby. P. IV. VI. E. S. I. 



2. J. Forsteri (0. Kuntze) ; 1. linear hairy, panicle subcymose 

 only slightly branched, ped. \-flowered erect with both fi. and 

 fr., style equalling stam., lilaments about as long as the anth., 

 caps, acute scarcely tailing short of perianth, seeds with a straight 

 blunt crest. E. B. 1293. St. 77. 2. St. slender a,bout a foot 

 high. Caps, with 3 acute angles, not suddenly contracted 

 above. Thickets, rather rare. P. V. E. 



3. J.pilomm (0. Kuntze) ; 1. lanceolate hairy, panicle sub- 

 cymose only slightly branched, peduncles 1 3-^., upper ones 

 reflexed after flowering, fl. solitary, style (excluding stigmas) 

 exceeding stam., filaments about half as long as the anth., caps, 

 blunt exceeding the perianth, seeds with a falcate crest. E. E. 

 736. St. 77. 3. L. vernalis (DC.). St. slender, 612 in. high. 

 Caps, ovoid, trigonous, suddenly contracted above. L. JBorreri 

 ( Bromf.) is a sterile form with shorter and acuter capsules. 

 [A hybrid with Sp. 2 ?] Thickets. P. V. E. S. L 



4. J. campes'tre (O. Kuntze) ; 1. linear hairy, panicle of 3 or 

 4 ovate dense sessile or stalked clusters, per.-segm. lanceolate- 

 acuminate exceeding the blunt apiculate caps., filaments much 

 shorter than the anthers, seeds nearly globidar ivith a basal ap- 

 pendage.K B. 672. St. 77. 5. -St. 46 in. high. Anth. 

 linear, about 6 times as long as the filaments. Large forms often 

 mistaken for Sp. 5. Pastures and dry places. P. IV. V. E. S. I. 



5. J. multiflorum (Druce) ; 1. linear hairy, panicle of many 

 ovate dense sessile or stalked clusters, per.-segm. narrowly 

 lanceolate strongly acuminate exceeding the blunt apiculate 

 c&ips., filaments more than \ as long as the anthers, seeds nearly 

 twice as long as broad ivith a basal appendage. E. B. S. 2718. 

 St. 77. 7. L. congesta Sin. St. 820 in. high. Anth. small, 

 rather short. Clusters on elongate drooping stalks, or (L. con- 

 gesta Lej.) subsessile in a rounded lobed head, or a few stalked. 

 [A nearly glabrous mountain form with few heads on short stiff stalks, 

 and with very dark fr., is referred to L. sudetica (DC.).] Wet and 

 turfy places. P. VI. E. S. I. 



