170 106. Luzula. 12. JUNCEJS. Plend.pk, 



5. Luzula congesta. Crowded luzula. 

 Spikes many, ovate, umbelled; Iractecs. short; sepales 



lanceolate, longer than the capsule, mucronate; capsule 

 obtuse. 



Juncus congestus, Thuil. Par. 2, 1, 179. 



Juncus liniger, With. But Arr. 2, 436. 



Lunula campestris /3, De Cand. Si)n. Fl. Gall. 1S27. 



Luzula erecta /3, Bart. Essai, 136. 



Luzula congesta, Forster Ft. Tonbridgensis, 44. 



Flaxen rush. 



Turfy bogs J perennial ; June. 



Root fibrous, in tufts ; culm upright, 12 in. high; leavet 

 with long hairs at the base ; umbel large, compact ; spikes 

 7 or 9, upright ; peduncles long ; powers reddish brown j 

 capsules large. 



6, Luzula multifiora. Many-flowered luzula. 

 Spikes ovate, rather umbelled, very loose; peduncles stiff; 



■iepales lanceolate, acute, half as long as the capsule. 



Juncus interinedius, Thuil. Par. 2, 1, 178. 



Juncus erecfus Per. Syn. 1,386. 



Luzula erecta a, DesJnur. 1, 156. 



Luzulii canapcsiris, De Cand. Syn. FL Gall. 1827. 



Juncus multiflnrus, Hoffrn. Germ. 1, 169, 



Luzula noultiflora, Lejeune Spa, 169. 



Turfy bogs ; perennial ; .Tune. 



jR'oo^ fibrous ; culm upright, 6 in. high ; flowers reddish 

 feown, in a corymbus of 5 or 6 unequally peduncled spikes ; 

 kractecE short ; sepales reddish brown, edges white. 



7.- Luzula spicata. Spiked luzula. 



Spike racemose, drooping, divided ; spikelets sessile, 

 bracteate ; capsule acute, the length of the sepales. 



Juncus spicalus, Lin. S. P. 468. 



Luzula spicala, Bicheno T, L. S. 12, 366. 



Lnziila spicata, De Cand. Syn. Fl. Gall. 1828 ? 



Scotch alps ; perennial ; July. 



Root fibrous, in tufts ; cuhn simple, 8 in. high, slender, 

 leafy ; leaves linear, channelled, hairy at the base ; stem- 

 leaves convolute or subulate ; spike terminal, nodding, cylin- 

 drical, oblong, obtuse ; spikelets sessile, many-flowered, 

 bracteated ; bractecB, pale, lanceolate ; sepales lanceolate, 

 acuminate ; capsule pointed, 3-sided. 



