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LU'ZULA* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. llEXA'NDRiAf, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Ju'nce.e, Decand.— Lindl. Syn. p. 273. ; Intr. 
to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 270. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p.397. — Loud. 
Hort. Brit. p. 541. — Mack. FI. llibern. p.289. — Hook. Brit. FI. 
(4th edit.) p.424. — Junci, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 43. — Sm. Gram, of 
Bot. p. 72. — Juncales; sect. Ju.ncin^e ; type, Juncace-e ; Burn. 
Outl. of Bot. v. i. pp. 403 & 416. — Tripetaloide.e, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (see fig. 1.) inferior, of 6 oblong, pointed, 
permanent, glumaceous sepals ; 3 of them internal, and rather 
smaller than the other 3. Corolla none. Filaments (see fig. 1.) 6, 
hair-like, very short, attached to the base of the sepals. Anthers 
(see fig. 1 .) oblong, upright, of 2 cells, busting lengthwise. Germen 
(see fig. 2.) superior, triangular, of 1 cell, with rudiments of 3 seeds 
only. °Style (see fig. 2.) simple, thread-shaped, deciduous. Stigmas 
(see fig. 2.) 3, tapering, downy, as long as the style, or longer. 
Capsule (figs 3 & 4.) egg-shaped, triangular, smooth, subtended by 
the permanent calyx, of 1 cell, and 3 rather horny valves, without 
dissepiments. Seeds (see figs. 4,5, & 6.) 3, at the bottom of the 
cell, upright, roundish, with a tumid crest, various in shape and 
position. ( Leaves flat, generally hairy. ) 
The calyx of 6 sepals; and the 1-celled, 3-valved, 3-seeded 
capsule ; will distinguish this from other genera, without a corolla , 
in the same class and order. 
Seven species British. 
LU'ZULA CAMPE'STRIS. Field Wood-rush. Small hairy 
Wood-grass. 
Spec. Char. Leaves flat, hairy. Panicle of 3 or 4 egg-shaped, 
dense, partly stalked, clusters. Capsule inversely egg-shaped, ob- 
tuse, with a small point, shorter than the calyx. 
Luzula Cami'Estris. Bicheno in Tr. of Linn. Soe. v. xii. p. 334. t. 9. f. 4. 
excl. var. 3. — Gray’s Nat. Air. v. ii. p. 169. — Lindl. Syn. p. 27G. — llook. Brit. 
FI. p. 166. excl. var. 0. — Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 242. cxcl. var. 0. — Hook. FI. 
Scot, p. 110. excl. var. 0. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 81. excl. var. 0. — FI. Devon, pp. 63 
and 129. excl. var. 0. — Bab. FI. Batli. p. 52. — Dick. FI. Abred. p. 34. — Irv. Loud. 
FI. p. 104. — Luxf. Reig. FI. p. 31. — Cow. FI. Guide, p. 37. — Mack. FI. Hibern. 
p. 293. excl. var. 0. — Luciola campestris, Sm. Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 181. — With. 
(7th ed.) v. ii. p. 448. — Jolinst. FI. of Berw. v. i. p. 81. — Winch’s FI. of Northumb. 
and Durli. p. 23. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 100. — Mack. Cat. I’l. Irel. p. 34. — 
Ju ficus campestris, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 468, a. — Iluds. FI. Angl. (2nd edit.) p. 152. 
excl. var. 0. — Engl. Bot. t. 672. — Curt. Lond. FI. t. 140. — Wiild. Sp. PI. v. ii. pt. t. 
p. 221. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 385, a. — With. (5th edit.) v. ii. p. 436. — Liglitf. FI. 
Scot. v. i. p. 186. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 1 16, a. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. j>. 80. — Davies’ 
Welsh Bot. p. 35. — Leers’ FI. Herborn. p. 91. t. 13. f. 5. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 
178. — Relh. FI. Cant. (3rd edit.) p. 145. — Juncoides villosum, capitulis psyllii, 
Scheuchz. Agr. p. 310 . — Gramen exile hirsutum, Ray’s Syn. p. 416. — Johnson’s 
Gerarde, p. 17. 
Localities. — In dry pastures, meadows, and on heaths ; common. 
Fig. 1. A single Flower. — Fig. 2. Germen, Style, and Stigmas. — Fig. 3. Capsule. — 
Fig. 4. The same, with the valves separated. — Figs. 5 6c 6. A Seed. — All, except 
fig. 1., more or less magnified. 
* The Gramen Luzula of Bauiiin. Luzula, Smith tells us, is altered from 
lucciola or luzziola, a glow-worm ; because the heads of flowers, wet with dew, 
and sparkling by moon-light, gave the elegant Italians an idea of those brilliant 
insects. Hooker. t See folio 33, note t. 
