JUNCACEiE. I 



SPECIES m.—LUZUL A SYLVATICA. Beck. 

 PuTE MDXLES. 



Jidch. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. IX. Tab. CCCXC. 



Jiillof, Fl. GaU. et Germ. Essicc. No. 864. 



L. maxima, D.C. Kunth. Enmn. PI. Vol. III. p. 304. Fries, Summ. Veg. Scand. 



p. G6. Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ, et Helv. ed. ii. p. 845. 

 Lnciola sylvatica, Sm. Engl. Fl. Vol. II. p. 180. 

 Juncns sj"lvaticus, Hiids. Sm. Engl. Bot. ed. i. No. 737. 

 J. maximus, With. Bot. Arr. Vol. I. p. 349. 



Subccespitose, with rather short thick stolons. Stems solitary or few, 

 but each one accompanied by several barren tufts. Radical leaves broadly 

 linear, tapering most towards the apex, \videly channelled, firm, tliinly 

 fringed mth long silky hairs ; stem leaves very small. Flowers very 

 numerous, in fascicles of 2 to 5, in a very lax umbellato-corymbose 

 panicle; the lower branches elongate, twice or three times cymosely 

 branched at the apex, divaricate in fruit; ultimate branches divari- 

 cate, much longer than the flowers, except in specimens in which 

 the inflorescence is most decompound. Bracts lanceolate, acute. 

 Perianth leaves elliptical-lanceolate, acuminate-mucronate, about as 

 long as the capsule, dark chestnut, with pale margins and a green 

 midrib. Capsule broadly ovate, trigonous, mucronate. Seeds round- 

 ish-ovoid, very dark brown, with a minute wliitish tubercle at the 

 apex. 



In Avoods, on heaths, and on mountains. Frequent, and generally 

 distributed; rather scarce in the south-east of England. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Peremiial. Early Summer. 



Rootstock decidedly creeping, each branch of it producing but a 

 single flowering stem, accompanied by several barren tufts. Leaves 

 much firmer in texture than those of L. Forsteri and L. pdosa, more 

 tapering towards the apex, and distinctly channelled, 3 inches to 1 

 foot long by \ to -i- inch or more in breadth at the base. Stem rather 

 stout, 9 inches to 2 feet high, with a few leaves, the lamina of which is 

 commonly shorter than the sheath. Fruit panicle with the lower 

 branches 1-^- to 4 inches long, several times compound at the apex, 

 the upper branches much shorter, and the uppermost terminated by 

 a single head of flowers. Perianth leaves y'jj inch long. Capsule 

 considerably smaller than that of the two preceding species, hidden 

 by the connivent perianth leaves. Seeds similar to those of L. Fors- 

 teri, but darker, and with only a small tubercle at the apex instead 

 of an appendage half as long as the seed . 



Great Woodrush. 

 French, Luzulc a larges feuilles. German, Wald-Marhel. 



