Genus 2. 



RUSH FAMILY. 



483. 



1. Juncoides carolinae (S. Wats.) Kuntze. Hairy Wood-rush 



Luzula carolinae S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 302. 1879. 

 Juncoides carolinae' Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 724. 1891. 

 Luzula saltuensis Fernald, Rhodora 5 : 195. 1903. 



Tufted, often somewhat stoloniferous. Stems erect, 

 2-4-leaved, 4°-i'° high; leaf-blades i4"-4" wide, flat, 

 slightly webbed, especially when young, acuminate into 

 a blunt almost gland-like point; stem leaves with 

 similar but successively shorter blades; inflorescence 

 an umbelloid flower-cluster, with a bract 5"-i2" high, 

 the filiform pedicels equal or nearly so, i-flowered or 

 sometimes 2-flowered; perianth ii"-ii" long, its parts 

 triangular-ovate, acuminate, brown with hyaline mar- 

 gins, about twice as long as the toothed bractlets; cap- 

 sule about one-fourth exceeding the perianth, its valves 

 ovate, acuminate; seed about I" long, its body about 1" 

 in length, provided at the summit with a conspicuous 

 hooked caruncle. 



Newfoundland to Alaska, south to Georgia, Alabama, 

 Michigan and Oregon. Formerly confused with the Euro- 

 pean /. pildsum (L.) Kuntze. 



2. Juncoides nemordsum (Poll.) Kuntze. Forest Wood-rush. Fig. 1214. 



Juncus nemorosus Poll. Hist. PI. Pal. 1: 352. -,1776 . 

 Juncoides nemorosum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 724. 1891. 



Loosely tufted or somewhat stoloniferous. Stems 

 i°-2$° high, 1-6-leaved below the inflorescence; 

 leaf-blades i4"— 3" wide, ciliate, flat, tapering to a 

 slender sharp tip ; inflorescence diffusely paniculate 

 or corymbose, the few lower bracts foliose, and the 

 lowermost branch often inserted 4' below the next 

 or more; flowers in clusters of 3-8, the bractlets 

 ovate, entire or sparingly denticulate above, about 

 one-third as long as the perianth; perianth about il", 

 in length, its parts from reddish brown with pale 

 margins to dirty white, ovate-lanceolate, acute, the 

 outer about one-fifth shorter than the inner; capsule 

 ovoid, acuminate, barely equalling the perianth; seed 

 obliquely ovoid, about I" long. 



A European species, naturalized at Riverdale, N. Y., 

 and at Niagara Falls, Ontario. 



3. Juncoides parviflorum (Ehrh.) Coville. Small-flowered Wood-rush. Fig. 121 5. 



Juncus parviflorus Ehrh. Beitr. 6: 139. 1791. 

 Lusula frarviftofa Desv. Journ. de Bot. 1: 144. 1808. 

 /. parviflorum Coville, Contr. Nat. Herb. 4: 209. 1893. 



Stems single or few in a tuft, stoloniferous, erect, 

 io'-3o' high, 2-5-leaved ; leaves glabrous, their blades 

 ii"-S" wide, tapering to a sharp or blunt apex; 

 inflorescence a nodding decompound panicle, com- 

 monly 1F-4' high, its lowest bract foliose, seldom 

 more than one-fourth the length of the panicle ; 

 flowers borne singly, or sometimes 2 or 3 together, 

 on the branches of the inflorescence, on slender 

 pedicels; bractlets ovate, entire or rarely somewhat 

 lacerate, perianth S"-ii" in length, its parts ovate, 

 acuminate, slightly exceeded by the green to brown 

 ovoid capsule ; seed narrowly oblong, l"-l" in length, 

 attached to its placenta by slender implexed fibers. 



Labrador to Alaska, Massachusetts, New York and 

 Minnesota ; in the mountains to Arizona and California. 

 Also in Europe and Asia. 



