168 105. Juncus. 12. JIJNCEiE. Pl.end.ph. 



22. Juncus oblusifiorus. Bluntflowered junk. 



Leaves round, knotted, jointed ; paiiicle very much di- 

 vided above, divaricated; sepales elliptical, obtuse, the 

 length of the capsule. 



Granien junceuin sylvaticum, Ger.em, 22,9. 



Juncus obtusittorus, Ehr.Gram.16. 



Juncus arliculatus jS, Smith Fl. Brit. 379, excluding the synonyms. 



Stagnant watery places; perennial; July, August. 



Root horizontal ; culm upright, very smooth, fistulous, 



3 feet high ; leaves 2 or 3, long, thick, stiflfi cylindrical, 

 smooth, jointed, cellular ; sheaths short, pale : ligula short, 

 obtuse, 2-cut ; corymhus terminal, very much branched, 

 entangled ; ultimate ones often retracted ; Jiowers small, 



4 or 5 in a head ; edge of the sepales scariose, broad, 

 brownish; capsules light brown, shining, oval, straight, 

 blunt, mucronate. 



III. 106. LUZULA. Luzula. 



Perigonium 6-parted, glumaceous, persisting ; Iracteolce 

 3 or 4, glumaceous; stamens 6, short; stigmata 3; capszde 

 I-celled, 3-valved ; seeds 3, affixed at the base. — Root per- 

 ennial ; czdm upright, jointed below the sheath, round, 

 smooth, more or less leafy; leaves flat, lanceolate, edge fringed 

 with hygrometical hairs ; sheaths smooth ; ligula pilose ; 

 corymbus terminal, many-flowered. 



1 . Luzida pilosa. Hairy luzida. 



Corymbus yery much divided, becoming divaricated ; 

 flowers solitaiT; sepales ovate, acute; capsule cordate, ob- 

 tuse; caruncle of the seed hooked. 



Gramen nemorosuni hirsutum VHlgare, Rati Syn, 416,3. 



Gramen nenfiorosuai hirsutum, Gcr. em. 17. 



Gramen remorosum hirsutum majus. Park. 1184. 



Juncus pilosus, Lin. S. P. 468. 



Juncus nemf,rosus, Lam. Enc. Mcth. 3, 273. 



Juncus luzulinus, Vill. Delph. 2,235. 



Juncus vernal is, Ehrk. Gram. 10?. 



Luzula vernalis, De Cand. Syn. Fl. Gall. 182. 



Luzula pilosa, Willd. IJort. Her. 393. 



Hairy wood-rush. Hairy wood-grass. 



Woods and hedges; perennial; April and May. 



Roots in tufts, stoloniferous ; culm 12 in. high, slender, 

 simple; leaves broad; corymbus spreading; ^om,w5 lateral 

 and terminal ; sepales acute, dark brown, edge white ; 

 capsules inversely heartshaped;, iiarrowed towards the 

 middle. 



