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Sepals exceeding both the petals and the capsule, 3 to 4.2 mm. long, 
firm or rigid in texture and usually somewhat spreading, commonly 
contrasting in color with the darker capsule. 
Culms 1 to 3.5 mm. in diameter at the top of the sheaths, finely 
striate or deeply sulcate var. Pylaei. 
J. efEusus L., var. compactus Lejeune & Courtois. — Wet mead- 
ows; rare. Williamstown; Otis. 
var, decipiens Buchenau. — Wet meadows, hillsides, borders of 
brooks; common. 
var. Pylaei (La Harpe) Fernald & Wiegand. — Springy places, 
swamps, and low meadows; common in cooler situations than the 
following. 
var. solutus Fernald & Wiegand. — Swampy meadows; common, 
particularly along the Housatonic. 
J. filiformis L.— Collected from only one station, a springy spot 
at the summit of Hoosac Mt., North Adams. 
J. marginatus Rostk. — Borders of ponds, wet places in meadows, 
roadside ditches; frequent. Reaches an altitude of 1500 feet in 
Washington. 
J. militaris Bigel. — Shallow water on sandy bottom, Big Pond, 
Otis. 
J. nodosus L. — Borders of ponds, swampy meadows, roadside 
ditches; fretiuent in the valley. 
J. pelocarpus Mey. — Boggy or muddy shores; frequent. 
J. secundus Beauv. — Dry, open soil; occasional. Alford; 
Sheiheld. 
J. tenuis Willd. — Pastures, fields, wood-roads, roadsides; common. 
var. anthelatus Wieg. — Low, open ground ; occasional in the 
valley. New Ashford (Churchill); Pittsfield; Stockbridge; Great 
Barringtou. 
var. Williamsii Fernald. — Low open ground, Great Barrington. 
LUZULA. Wood Rush. 
{Ju.ncoi,l,s 111. Fl. (-(1. 2.) 
L. campestris (L.) DC., var. multiflora (l^^^hrh.) Crlak. — Fields, 
meadows, and open woods; coniniou. 
L. parviflora (Fin-h.) Desv., var. melanocarpa i^Mieiix.'i Huclie- 
nau. — Upper slopes of Mt. (u-eylock. 
