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Juncodes pilosum (L.) O. Ktze. Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 725.' 1891. 

 Luzula pilosa (L.) Willd. var. simplex Sonder, PL Hamburgensis 199. 1851. 

 Luzula pilosa (L.) Willd. var. prolifera J. Ch. Doll, Fl. Grossherzogthums Baden 1: 325. 

 1857. 



Juncus vernalis Reichard, Fl. Moeno-Francof. 2: 182. 1778. 



Luzula vernalis (Ehrh.) DC. in Lam. & DC. Fl. Fr. 3: 160. 1805. 



Juncus pilosus L. var. vernalis (Hoffm.) Pers. Syn. PI. 1: 385. 181)5. 



Nemorinia vernalis (Ehrh.) Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, NS. 17: 172. 1869. 



Juncus luzula Krock. Fl. Siles. 1: 569. 1787. 



Juncus pilosus L. var. cymosus Schrank, Baier. Fl. 1: 622. 1789. 



Juncus nemorosus Lam. Encycl. 3: 272. 1789. 



Luzula nemorosa (Lam.) Dulac, Fl. Hautes-pyr. 100. 1867. 



Perennial, with very short rhizomes, to 2 cm long-, 1-2 mm wide, dark scale- 

 like leaves and slender adventitious roots; blades of basal leaves flat, 5-11 mm 

 wide, to 20 cm long, margins glabrous to sparsely pubescent, apex callose-tipped, 

 without a mucronate projection; culms erect, slender, smooth, 20-40 cm tall, 

 hearing 2-4 leaves; sheaths closed, pubescent at the throat with long white hairs; 

 blades linear, 1-3 mm wide, to 4 cm long, usually only 2 cm, margins glabrous 

 to sparsely pubescent, callose-tipped; inflorescence terminal, compound, usually 

 with numerous secondary pedicels, most of the pedicels nodding or reflexed; 

 basal bract erect, much shorter than the inflorescence, leaf-like, green, margins 

 glabrous to pubescent, callose-tipped ; other bracts of the inflorescence light 

 brown to dark brown with hyaline margins ; inner bract at the base of each 

 pedicel truncate with a hyaline tip, sometimes pubescent ; outer bract usually 

 shorter than the inner, acuminate, pubescent ; bracteoles at the base of the flowers 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, light brown with hyaline tip and margins, half as 

 long as the flower; perianth segments similar, equal, lanceolate, entire, usually 

 extended into a slender tip, light to dark brown to black with narrow hyaline 

 margins, 3-4 mm long; stamens b' shorter than the perianth, filaments linear 

 white, anthers linear usually twice as long as the filament; pistil erect, style 

 filiform 1 mm long, stigmas 3 erect 2-3 mm long; fruit equalling to exceeding 

 the perianth, to 4.5 mm long, tip subtruncate to obtuse, extended into a short 

 tip by the persistent base of the style, stramineous to light brown; seeds 1.5 mm 

 long, dark purple to black ; caruncle at apex curved, 0.8 mm to as long as the 

 seed, 0.5 mm wide at the base, yellow. 



Type. This species was named by Linnaeus and no type was designated and 

 no specimens listed. However, in the micro-edition of photographs of the speci- 

 mens of the Linnaean herbarium (International Documentation Center) a speci- 

 men wa^seen that is typical of Luzula pilosa and is labeled Juncus pilosus. In 

 the opinion of the author this specimen in the Linnaean herbarium should be 

 considered the type of the species. 



Eepresentative Specimens: AUSTRIA: J. Ball (July, 1877) (GH) ; M. E. Edmonds 123 

 (K); A. KneucJcer 56 (GH, K, US); L. Meisser 423 (GH) ; A. S. Pease 8597 (GH), 13185 

 (GH). BELGIUM: Heurch Martins 289 (K). CZECHOSLOVAKIA: R. Dolezal 644 (K, 

 US) ; J. Otruba 334 (GH, K, US), 773 (US) ; J. Petrarh 430 (GH). DENMARK: F. A. Joker 

 (May, 1925) (GH). ENGLAND: J. Ball (April, 1839) (GH), (May 30, 1861) (US), (April, 

 1876) (US); C. E. Britton (May 21, 1893) (K) ; B. Burtt 234 (K) ; C. B. Clarke 47409 

 (GH) ; C. E. Hubbard 12667 (K) ; F. K. MaTcin 1910 (K) ; Bedhead 6136 (K) ; Bedhead <f 

 Summerhayes 5402 (K) ; W. B. Turrill (May 23, 1915) (K), (May 2, 1926) (K), (April 20, 

 1927) (K), (May 1, 1927) (K), (May 1, 1943) (K) ; D. P. Young 3993 (K). FINLAND: 

 Nordholm, Forsblom $ Ejelt 155 (K). FRANCE: C. Billot 134 (US); 8. E. Lassimonne 259 

 (US); A. v. Beuss (June, 1872) (US). GERMANY: A. Meebold (April, 1910) (K) ; E. M. 

 BeinecJc (April, 1902) (GH) ; v. Schelling (April 15, 1913) (GH) ; Ziesche (May 28, 1900) 

 (US). ITALY: J. Ball (June, 1872) (US) ; Beguinot $ Pampanini 410 (GH, K). NETHER- 



