354 89. 3VSCA.CBM. 



tutercled at the end.— ^.5. 737. <S. 36. 14 iJ. ix. 390. L. 

 maxima DC, Kocli. Juncus syhaticua Huds. — Rhizome woody. 

 St. 12 — 18 in. high. L. hroad, shining, striate, -srith hairy 

 edges. Panicle much exceeding the leaflike bracts. — Shadv 

 places. P. IV.— VI. E.S.t 



2. L. Fars'teri (DC.) ; 1 linear hairy, panicle suhcymose only 

 slightly branched, ped. 1 -fiower^d erect with both fl. and fr., style 

 equalling stam., filaments J as long as the anth., caps, acute 

 scarcely falling short of perianth, seeds with, a straight hlunt 

 erest.—E. B. 1293. St. 77. 2.— St. slender, about a foot high. 

 Caps, with 3 acute angles, not suddenly contracted above. — 

 Thickets, rather rare. P. V. E. 



3. Z. piUsa (WiUd.) ; 1. lanceolate hairy, panicle subc3rmose 

 only slightly branched, j)e(ft/»cfes 1— 3-fl., upper ones reflexed 

 after flowering, fl. solitary, style (excluding stigmas) exceeding 

 stam., filaments about half as long as the auth., caps, hhmt ex- 

 ceeding the perianth, seeds with a falcate crest. — E. B. 736. St. 

 77. 3. — St. slender, 6 — 12 in. high. Caps, ovoid, trigonous, sud- 

 denly contracted above. — L. Borreri (Bromf.) seems to be an 

 abortive state of this species. — Thickets. P. V. E. S. I. 



4. L. camped tris (Willd.) ; 1. linear hairy, panicle of i or ^ 

 ovate dense sessile or stalked clusters, segments of perianth lan- 

 ceolate-acuminate exceeding the blimt apiculate c&-^s., filaments 

 much shorter than the anHiers, seeds tiearly globular with a basal 

 appendage.— E. B. 672. St. 77. 5.— St. 4—6 in. high. Anth. 

 linear, about 6 times as long as the filaments. — Pastures and dry 

 places. P.IV.V. E.S.I. 



6. L. rmdtifUra (Lej.) ; 1. linear hairy, panicle of many flvate 

 dense segsile or stalked clusters, segnjients of perianth nan-owly 

 lanceolate strongly acuminfite exceeding the blunt apiculate 

 (^•fs., filaments nearly as long as tjie flnthers, seeds nearly twice as 

 long as broad with a basal appendage^ — E. B. S. 2718. St. 77. 7. 

 L. congesta Sm. — St. 8 — 20 in. high. Filaments more than half 

 as long as the rather short small anth. and often as long as 

 them. Panicle with the clusters nearly all stalked, or (;8. i. 

 congesta Lej., L. campestris )3. Hook.) contracted into a rounded 

 lobed head. — Moor-like and turfy places. P. VI. E. S. I. 



6. Z. spicdta (DC.) ; 1. narrow slightly channelled hairy, 

 panicle oblong lobed nodding spikelike, clusters falling short of 

 their bracts, segments of perianth narrow acuminate bristle- 

 pointed, iBlaments half as long as the anthers, caps, blunt api- 

 culate, seeds oblong with a very slight basal appendage. — E.B. 

 1176.— St. 3—12 in. high, L. short, slender. Spike J— 1 in. 



