170 
106. Luzula. 12. JUNCEiE. 
PL end. pL 
5. Luzula congesta . Crowded luzula . 
Spikes many, ovate, umbelled ; bractece short ; sepales 
lanceolate, longer than the capsule, mucronate; capsule 
obtuse. 
Juncus congestus, Thuil. Par. 2, ], 179. 
Juncus liniger, With. Bot. Arr . 2, 436. 
Luzula campestris j6, De Cand. Sj/n. F7. GaM. 1827. 
Luzula erecta /3, DarL Essai, 136. 
Luzula congesta, Forster FI. Tonbridgensis y 44. 
Flaxen rush. 
Turfy bogs ; perennial; June. 
Root fibrous, in tufts ; culm upright, 12 in. high; leaves 
with long hairs at the base ; umbel large, compact ; spikes 
7 or 9, upright ; peduncles long ; flowers reddish brown ; 
capsules large. 
6. Luzula multiflora . Many -flowered luzula . 
Spikes ovate, rather umbelled, very loose ; peduncles stiff ; 
sepales lanceolate, acute, half as long as the capsule. 
Juncus intennedius, Thuil. Par. 2, 1, 178. 
Juncus erectus. Per. Syn. 1,386. 
Luzula erecta a, DesJour. 1, 156. 
Luzula campestris, De Cand. Syn. FI. Gall. 1827. 
Juncus multiflorus, Hoffm. Germ. 1, 169. 
Luzula multiflora, Lejeune Spa , 169. 
Turfy bogs; perennial; June. 
Root fibrous ; culm upright, 6 in. high ; flowers reddish 
brown, in a corymbus of 5 or 6 unequally peduncled spikes ; 
bractece short ; sepales reddish brown, edges white. 
7. Luzula spicata. Spiked luzula . 
Spike racemose, drooping, divided ; spikelets sessile, 
bracteate ; capsule acute, the length of the sepales. 
Juncus spicatus, Lin. S. P. 468. 
Luzula spicata, Bicheno T. L. S. 12,366. 
Luzula spicata, De Cand. Syn. FI. Gall. 1828 ? 
Scotch alps ; perennial ; July. 
Root fibrous, in tufts ; culm simple, 8 in. high, slender, 
leafy ; leaves linear, channelled, hairy at the base ; stem- 
leaves convolute or subulate ; spike terminal, nodding, cylin- 
drical, oblong, obtuse; spikelets sessile, many-flowered, 
bracteated; bractece pale, lanceolate; sepales lanceolate, 
acuminat#; capsule pointed, 3-sided. 
