Fiend, ph. 12. JUNCE^E. 106. Luzula. 169 



2. Luzula Forsteri. Fcrrster's li/xula. 



Corymbus slightly divided, irregular; jiowers solitary, 

 upright ; sepaLes and capsules ovate, acute ; caruncle of the 

 seed erect, obtuse. 



Juncus Forsteri, Smith Fl.Brit. 1695. 

 Luzula Forsteri, Be Cand. Syn. Fl. Gall. 1824. 



Chalky woods and hedges ; perennial ; May. 



Root fibrous; ailm 12 in. high, threadshape; leaves slen- 

 der, upper largest ; cnrymhus terminal, erect, slightly 

 branched ; sepales lanceolate, pointed, as long as the cap- 

 sule, light brown ; capsule mucronate ; seeds oval ; caruncle 

 rather straight, obtuse. 



S. Luzula sylvalica. Wood luzula. 



Corymbus divided, loose; /lowers 3 together; sepales awned, 

 longer than the capsule ; canmcle obtuse. 



Gramen nemorosum hirsufum laiifolium maximum. Rail Syn, 416, 4. 



Juncus pilosus S, Lin. S. P. 468. 



Juncus pitosus, Vill. Delph. 2,234. 



Juncus montanns, Lamarck Enc. Meth. 3, 237. 



Juncus maximus, WiUd. S. F. 2,218. 



Juncus sylvaticiis, Huds. Fl.Angl, 131. 



Great broad-leaved wood-grass. 



Shady stony places ; perennial ; May and June. 



Root fibrous; culm 2 feet high, upright, leafy, striated; 

 leaves broad, light green, S-ribbcc! ; panicle cymose, re- 

 peatedly divided, often divaricated ; Jiowers small, above 

 fasciculate ; Iractece linear, hairy, acute ; sepales equal, 

 somewhat longer than the capsule, acuminate ; capsule ovate, 

 mucronate; caruncle elliptical, sitting close to the seed. 



4. LiLZula campestris. Field luzula. 



Spikes ovate, unequally peduncled, intermediate ones 

 sessile ; hractecB short ; sepales lanceolate, longer than the 

 capsule, mucronate ; capsule obtuse. 



Gramen nemorosum hirsutum q. Gramen exile hirsufum, Ger.ew. 16 j 

 Rail Syn. ^\Q,\. 



Gramen nemorosum hirsutum minus angustifolium, Park. 1185. 



Juncus campestris, Lin. S. P. 468. 



Luzula campestris, De Cand. Syn. Fl. Gall. 1827. 



Small hairy wood-grass. 



Meadows and pastures ; perennial ; April, May. 



Root fibrous, creeping; culm 4 in. high ; leaves linear, 

 flat, 5-ribbed ; Jiowers in spikes, sessile, 10 or 12 together; 

 head ovate, upright, afterwards nodding; sepales s^hmmg, 

 keeled, edge white ; capsule obovate, obtuse, 3-sided ; steds 

 kidneyshape, rather rough, ash-green, opake ; caruncle en- 

 larged at the bottom of the seed, attaching it to the re- 

 ceptacle. 



