Juncace®. 
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598. Luzula. Woodrush. Yi, 31. 
1. FIs solitary, separated from one another, pedicelled, 
arranged in an umbel-shaped anthela. Seeds with an 
appendage at the top ...... 2 
— FIs clustered, several (3—15) together, or forming spike - 
lets, sessile. Seeds without, or with a scarcely visible, 
appendage at the top ...... 4 
2. Rt-stock creeping. FIs yellowish.— Woods of the mount, 
(wanting in L. S.). 5 . . flavescens Gaud. 2238. 
— Rt-stock tufted. FIs brown ..... 3 
3. Adult rad. Is linear-lanceolate (6 — 10 mm broad). Ap¬ 
pendages of the seeds curved like a sickle.—Woods; 
distrib. 3.pilosa Willd. 2239. 
— Rad. Is linear (2—3 mm broad). Appendages of the seeds 
straight.—Woods; southern and western Switz. 4 
Forsteri Dec. 2240 
4 (1). FIs clustered, in a compound anthela. Seeds without 
an appendage at the base . . . . . ' 5 
— FIs in spiltelets which are arranged in a (simple) 
umbel-shaped anthela, or in a spike. Seeds with an 
appendage at the base ...... 8 
5. FIs yellow. FI.-Is shorter than the branches of the 
anthela. Ls entirely glabr.—Granite Alp. (wanting in 
A.). 7.lutea Dec. 2241. 
— FIs white or sometimes tinted with red. FI.-ls as long as, 
or longer than, the branches of the anthela . G 
— FIs brown or blackish. Fl.-ls shorter than the branches 
of the anthela ....... 7 
6. Anthela lax; fls whitish or (v. rubella) light copper- 
coloured, 3— 3 l /2 mm long, gen. in clusters of 3—5. L. 
albida Dec.— Woods; distrib. (Vaud rather rare). 6 
angustifolia Garck. 2242. 
— Anthela more dense; fls pure white, silvery, rarely rosy 
(v. rubescens Favrat), shining, more acute and larger 
than in the last (5mm long), in fuller clusters.-Woods 
of the mount, (wanting in J. S.). 6 
nivea Dec. 2243. 
7. Ls linear-lanceolate (5—10mm broad), hairy at the 
edges. Fls more or less dark yellowish brown. L. maxima 
Dec. — Woods of the mount, (wanting in S.). 5 
sylvatica Bich. 2244.*) 
— Ls linear (2—4 mm broad), bearded at the base. Fls 
blackish brown, smaller than in the last. L. parviflora 
Desv. (N. Beitr. I, 23.) is hardly different. — Alp. and 
subalp. 7.spadicea Dec. 2245. 
*) L. Sieberi Tausch, with narrower is, and few-fid anthela, is found 
in Switz. according to Celak. 
