430 
90. JUXCACE.E. 
stalks, per.-segm. bristle-pointed equalling the ovoid-mucronate 
capsule, filaments very short, seeds minutely tubercled at the 
end— i;. 5. 737. St.ZQ.l-l. i?. ix. .390. L. maxima (DC.).— 
Rhizome woody. St. 12 — 18 in. high. L. broad, shining, 
striate, with hairy edges. Panicle much exceeding the leaflike 
bracts. — /S. gracilis (Eost.) ; rt.-l. 1 — 3 in. long, pan. simple with 
a single large term, head, overtopped bj' drooping 1-headed 
peduncles. — Sandy places. ^. Shetland. Mr Beeby. P. IV. — 
VI. E. S. 1. 
2. L. Fors'teri (DC.) ; 1. linear hairj-, panicle subcymose only 
slightly branched, j^^d- l-jlowered erect with both fl. and fr., 
style equalling stam., filaments about as long as the anth,, 
caps, acute scarcely falling short of perianth, seeds ivith a straight 
blunt crest. — 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. L. pilosa (Willd.) : 1. lanceolate hairy, panicle subcymose 
only slightly hmnched, j^eduncles 1 — 3-X, upper ones reflexed 
after flowering, fl. solitary, style (excluding stigmas) exceed- 
ing stam., filaments about half as long as the anth., caj)s. 
blunt exceeding the perianth, seeds with a falcate crest. — U. B. 
736. St. 77. 3. L. vernalis (DC). — St. slender, 6 — 12 in. high. 
Caps, ovoid, trigonous, suddenly contracted above. — L. Borreri 
(Bromf.) is a sterile form with shorter and acuter capsules.— 
[a hybrid with Sp. 2?]— ThicketS. P. V. E. S. I. 
4. L. campes'tHs (DC. em.' Lej.) : 1. linear hairy, ^)am'c/e ofZ 
or 4 ovate dense sessile or stalked clusters, per.-segm. lanceolate- 
acuminate exceeding the blunt apiculate ca.'p^., jHcuments much 
shorter than the anthers, seeds nearly globular u'ith a basal ap- 
2}e)idage. — E. B. 672. St. 11. 5. — St. 4—6 in. high. Anth. 
linear, about 6 times as long as the filaments. Large forms often 
mistaken for Sp. 5. — Pastures and dry places. P. IV. V. E. S. I. 
5. L. multifloi-a (Lej.) ; 1. linear hairy, panicle of many 
ovate dense sessile or stalked clusters, per.-segm. narrowly 
lanceolate strongly acuminate exceeding the blunt apiculate 
csLTps., filaments more than h as long as the anthers, seeds nearly 
twice as long as broad with a basal appendage.- — E. B. S. 271S. 
St. 77. 7. L. congesta (Sm.). — St. 8 — 20 in. high. Anth. small, 
rather short. Clusters on elongate drooping stalks, or {L. con- 
gesta licj.) subsessile in a rounded lobed head, or a few stalked. 
[a nearly glabrous mountain form with few heads on short stitf stalks, and with 
very dark fr., is n-ferred to L. sudetica (DC.).] — Wet and turfy places. 
P. VI. E. S. 1. 
