Juncus Pilosus. Small Hairy Wood-Rush. 
JUNCUS Lin Gen. PL HeJcandria Monogynia. 
Cal. 6-phylluSj Cor. o. Capf. l-locularis. 
Raii Syn. Gen. 27. Herbie GRANiiNiFOLiiE flore imperfecto culmifer.e. 
JUNCUS pilofus foliis planis pilofis, corynibo ramofo; Lin. Syjl. Vegetab. p. 280. Sp. PL 468* 
FI. Suec. 30S. 
JUNCUS foliis planis, hirfutus, floribus umbellatis, folitariis, petiolatis, ariftatis. Haller hijl. 
n. 1325. 
JUNCUS pilofus. Scopoli FI. Cam. n. 435. 
GRAMEN nemorofum hirfutum latifolium minus. Bauhin pin. 7. 
GRAMEN nemorofum hirfutum. Ger. emac. lg. majus Park. 1 184. 
GRAMEN nemorofum hirfutum vulgare. Raii Syn. p. 416. Small hairy Wood-Rulh. Hudfort. 
FI. Angl. p. 151. LightJ'oot. FI. Scot. p. 186. 
RADIX perennis, fibrofa, fibris numerofis, fufcis, fto- 
Ionibus brevibus acutis quoque inftruitur, ita | 
ut fubrepens dici poteft. § 
CULMI plures, ex eadem radice, fpithamtei et ultra, f 
fuberefti, foliofi, fuperne nudi, fimplices, | 
laeves, ftriati, teretes, tribus aut quatuor 0 
geniculis minime protuberantibus inftru&i. | 
FOLIA radicalia plurima, tres quatuorve uncias v 
longa, lineas tres, trefque cum dimidia lata, $ 
ad bafin paulo anguftiora, parum concava, Y 
fuperne obfcure plerumque virentia et laevia 
glabraque, inferne dilutius virentia et glabra, ^ 
ad margines autem, raris et longis pilis | 
villofa, denfius autem hirfuta funt verfus 0 
eorum origines, faepe rubentia, apice obtu- $ 
fiufcula et fubtruncata, caulina plana. 
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FLORES paniculati, panicula diffufa. | 
PEDUNCULI inaequales, pauci fimplices, plures <> 
proliferi, dichotomi et trichotomi, demum Y 
retro porrefii, omnes uniflori, flofculis inter- <> 
mediis feflilibus. ^ 
CALYX Gluma bivalvis, fig. 1. Perianthium hexa- £ 
phyllum, foliolis oblongis, acuminatis, cari- ^ 
natis, concavis, ex purpureo fufcis, perfif- <> 
tentibus, fig. 2. au£t. i 
COROLLA nulla. 0 
STAMINA: Filamenta fex, capillaria, breviffima, ^ 
Anthers oblongs, erefls, flavae, jig. 3. 
PISTILLUM: Germen triquetrum, acuminatum ; | 
Stylus brevis, filiformis; Stigmata tria, ^ 
longa, filiformia, villofa, Jig. 4. <j> 
ROOT perennial, and fibrous, fibres numerous and 
brown, it is alfo furnifhed with fhort pointed 
Ihoots, fo that it may be called fomewhat 
creeping. 
STALKS many from the fame root, about a fpan in 
length, fometimes more, nearly upright, 
leafy, naked above, Ample, fmooth, ftria- 
ted, round, furnifhed with three or four 
joints, which do not protuberate. 
LEAVES next the root numerous, three or four 
inches long, and three lines or three and a 
half broad, fomewhat narroweft at the bafe, 
a little concave, above generally of a dull 
green colour, fmooth and rather glofly, 
beneath of a paler green, and {lightly glofly, 
at the edges efpecially, covered with a few 
long hairs, which are moft numerous towards 
the bale of the leaf, often of a reddilh colour, 
a little blunt and as it were cut off at the 
point, the flalk leaves flat. 
FLOWERS forming a fpreading panicle. 
FLOWER-STALKS of unequal lengths, a few of 
them fimple, mod of them proliferous, di- 
chotomous or trichotomous, finally ftretcht 
out backward, all of them fupporting a Angle 
flower, the intermediate ones feflile. 
CALYX: a Glume of two valves. Jig. 1. a Perianthi- 
um of Ax leaves, which are oblong, pointed, 
keel’d, concave, of a purplilh brown colour 
and permanent, fig. 2. magnified. 
COROLLA wanting. 
STAMINA: fix Filaments, capillary and very 
fhort; Anthers oblong, upright, and 
yellow, Jig. 3. 
PISTILLUM: G ermen three-cornered, pointed; 
Style fhort. Aliform: Stigmata three, 
long, filiform, and villous, jig.\. 
The Juncus pilofus, fylvaticus, and campeflris, are diftinguilhed from the other fpecies, by their grafs-like 
hairy leaves; the firft of thefe has fome little affinity with the campejiris already figured, but differs from it, 
not only in its place of growth, but in having its flowers ftand fingly, and not in duffers ; while the campejiris 
delights in expofed, the pilofus is found only in woods, and fhady fituations ; and from this circumffance we 
may perhaps in fome degree account for its flowering earlier than any of the others, for if the feafon be not very 
unfavourable, it will begin to flower in February, and is ufually out of bloom the beginning of May. 
We know of no ufe to which this fpecies, or the fylvaticus, is applicable ; nor yet from the places they 
inhabit, can they be confidered in any degree noxious in Agriculture. 
