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JU^ICACE.'E 



hairs ; llowers in clusters, with prominent* «;;//!f)'5, wind-pollinated ; 

 capsule 1 -chambered, 3-seeded. (Name from the provincial 

 Italian luzziola, a gluw-wonn, from the sparkling appearance of 

 the flower-heads by moonlight when wet with di:w.) 



I. L. Forslcri (Forster's Wood-Rush). — A slender plant, about 

 a foot high; leaves linear, hairy; ihm\ys un r-flowercd, erect 

 peduncles in a loose, slightly branched cyme ; capsule 3-sided, 



acuminate. — .Shady places 

 on calcareous soil in the 

 south ; rare. — M. March — 

 |une. I'erennial. 



2. L. pilnsa (broad- 

 leaved Hairy Wood-rush). 

 — A very similar plant, 

 with broader, soft, slightly 

 hairy leaves; limners 1 — 3 

 together, on peduncles 

 which bend d( nvn wards in 

 fruit ; capsule 3 - sided, 

 blunt. — ^\'oods ; common. 

 ^1""1. April — June. Peren- 

 nial. 



3. L. sih'dlica (Great 

 Wood-rush). — A common 

 woodland plant, withaiiore 

 of the habit of a Grass 

 thtni a Rush, sometimes 

 iiearly 2 feet high ; leaves 

 linear - lanceolate, chan- 

 nelled, shining, with hairy 

 edges ; flozcers 3 — 4 to- 

 gether, in a loose, tioubly 

 compound, terminal pani- 

 cle with long branches ; 

 periantli'leaves pale brown, 

 awned, about as long as 



abundant. — Id. April — luue. 



I.liZL'L.V C.'VUIPKSTRIS {Field )V.^od- R^i iJ:'). 



'ipsiile. — Woods : 



tire o\oid, beaked 

 I'erennial. 



4. L. arcuahi (('urved Moiuitain "Wood-Rush). — A small 

 speciis, 2 — 3 ill. high, with recurved .leaves and a 3 — 5 raxed 

 umbellate ]iamcle ot fl.jcccrs in 3 — 3-llowered clusters on drooping 

 stalks. — .Summits of lolty Scottish mountains ; very rare. — Fl. 

 Jul)-. Perennial. 



5. L. spiciila (Spiked Mountain '\\"ood-Rush). — A slender spe- 



