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1. LUZULA, DC. Wood-rush. 



Italian, Incciola, a glow-worm; from the dew glistening upon its flowers. 



Perianth persistent, 6 parted, spreading. Stamens 6. 

 Stigmas 3. Capsule 1-celled, 3-yalved, 3 seeded. — Pe- 

 rennials, with flat and soft usually hairy leaves and spiked- 

 crowded or umbelled flowers. 



1. L. PiLOgA, Willd. Pilose Wood-rush. 



L'aves lance-linear, hairy; pel uncles umbelled, simple, mostly 1-flowered; sepalt 

 pointed, shorter than the obtuse capsule; seeds tipped with a curved appendage. 



Woods and banks. April, May. Stem 6 to 12 inches huh. eaaspitose at the base. 

 Radical It tves numerous, 2 to 4 inches long, veined, fringed with long white hair?. 

 Panicle 8 to 12-nowered, umbelled. Flowers reddish-bruwu. 



2. L. CAMPESTRIS, DC. Common Wood-rush. 



Leaves flat, linear, hairy ; spikes 4 to 12, somewhat umbelled, ovoid, straw-color, 

 som; of them long-poduueled, others nearly sessile; sepals acuminate, awned, 

 longer than the obtuse capsule; seeds with a conical appendage at the base. 



Dry fields and woods. May. Stem 6 to 12 inches hiqh, oaespitose at has.-. Leaves 

 grass-like 2 to 6 inches long, very hairy on the margins. Flowers reddish-brown, 

 in ovoid or oblong nearly erect spikes. 



2. JUNCUS, Linn. Eush. BoG-Rusn. 



The classical name, from jungo, to join, alluding to their use for bands. 



Perianth spreading glumaeeous, 6-parted. Stamens 6, 

 or sometimes 3. Stigmas 3, subsessile. Capsule 3-celled, 

 loculicidal, many-seeded. — Chiefly perennials, with pithy 

 stems, and cymose, panicled, or clustered small greenish or 

 brownish flowers. 



* Leaves none. Scapes naked and simple from matted running roolstoeks. Stament 3. 



1. J. EFFUSUS, L. Common or Soft Rush. Bull-rush, 



Scape soft and pliant, finely striated ; panicle diffusely much branched, many- 

 flowered ; sepals green, lanceolate, very acute, as long as the oborate very aeuta 

 capsule ; stamens 3. 



Marshy ground, very abundant. June. Scape 2 to 4 feet high, erect, terminating 

 in a loug tapering point. Panicle bursting from a fissure in the side of the scap» 

 above the middle, sessile. Flowers greenish, with white anthers. 



* * Scapes naked, some of Uie sJieaths at the base leaf-hearing. Stamens 6. 



2. J. setaceus, Rostkow. Bristly Bush. 



Scape slender, filiform; panicle loose, rather simple, few-flowered j sepals lanceo- 

 late, very acute, especially the 3 exterior, longer than the obovate pointed capsule. 



Swamps. June, July. A very Blend-, r species, growing in tufts about 2 feet 

 high. Scapes sheathed at base, turning light chestnut-color. Panicle small, 20 to 

 30-llowered, bursting from the side of the seape, below the summit. 



* * * Stems leaf-bearing. Leaves round or flattened laterally knotted, or jointed. 



3. J. SCRIPOIDES, Lam. Many-headed Rush. 



Stem erect, stout, round ; leaves round ; panicle rather simple, bearing 5 to t 



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