512 XUZULA. [CLASS VI. OaDER I. 



** Seeds with a large crested appendage at the apex. 



2. L. Forster'i, De Cand. (Fig. 584.) Narroiv-leaved Hairy Wood 

 Rush. Panicle sub-cymose, but little branched ; peduncleu erect, 

 single flowered ; perianth of six narrow acuminated segments, rather 

 longer than the acute capsule ; seeds with a large oblong obtuse crested 

 appendage. 



Juncus Forsteri. — English Flora, vol. ii. p. 179. — Hooker, British 

 Flora, vol. i. p. 169. — Lindley, Synopsis, p. 276. — English Botany, 

 t. 1293. 



Root of numerous branched fibres, and creeping underground stems. 

 Stems erect, from twelve to eighteen inches high, round, smooth, slen- 

 der, leafy. Leaves from the root numerous, linear, of a bright shining 

 green, numerously striated, paler and duller beneath, the margins espe- 

 cially in the lower part fringed with long soft hairs, those of the stem 

 much shorter, with a sheathing base. Panicle terminal, small, of a 

 few erect nearly simple branches, longer than the leafy bracteas, the 

 peduncles short, erect, single Jlowered, each having at its base two 

 lanceolate bracteas, with pale membranous margins. Perianth of six 

 narrow lanceolate acuminated pointed pieces, keeled and striated at 

 the back, of a shining brown colour, with pale membranous margins, 

 the inner ones rather shorter than the outer, and rather longer than the 

 acute capsule, which is crowned by the persistent base of the style, 

 three seeded, three valved, the seeds roundish, oblong, somewhat 

 angled, having at the apex a large oblong obtuse straight appendage, 

 of a pale colour. 



Habitat. — Groves and thickets, especially in a gravelly or calcareous 

 soil ; more common in Surrey than the L. pilosa. — Mr. J. S. MilL 

 About Forfar and banks of the Doune, Ayrshire — Mr. J. Wilson. 



Perennial ; flowering in May and June. 



3. L. pilo'sa, Willd. (Fig. 585.) Broad-leaved Hairy Wood Rush. 

 Panicle sub-cymose, but little branched ; peduncles single flowered, 

 reflexed ; perianth of six acuminate pieces, rather shorter than the 

 obtuse capsule; seeds with a large hooked appendage at the apex. 



English Flora, vol. ii. p. 178. — Hooker, B ritish Flora, vol. i. p. 

 169. — Lindley, Synopsis, p. 276. — Juncus pilosus, Linn. — English 

 Botany, t. 736. — J. vernalis, Ehren. 



Root of numerous long slender branched fibres, with creeping under- 

 ground stems. Stems tufted several from the same root, erect, smooth, 

 simple, leafy, slender, from six to twelve inches high. Leaves nume- 

 rous, linear, lanceolate, smooth, striated, a shining green, paler on the 

 under side, the margins especially below fringed with soft white silky 

 hairs, those of the stem short, with a sheathing base enveloping the 

 stem. Panicle terminal, small, of a few slender longish branches, 

 simple or divided towards the end into two or three spreading pedun- 

 cles, each bearing a solitary flower ; these before flowering are erect, 

 but afterwards become reflexed. Bracteas short and leafy, those at 



