448 HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Luciola, 
A new and very distinct species: continuing- unchanged in a garden. 
Narrow-leaved Hairy Wood-rush. L. Forsteri. De Cand. Bich. 
Hook. Juncus Forsteri . Sm. With. In thickets, especially in calcareous 
or gravelly soil. In woods under trees between Hoghill and Collier Row 
in Hainault Forest, Essex, along with J. pilosus, first observed by Mr. 
Edward Forster, jun. In a wood opposite the south front of Hafod 
House, Cardiganshire. FI. Brit. About Dorking. Mr. Winch. Fir 
woods east of Forfar. Mr. G. Don. Hook. Scot. P. May. , E.) 
(L. maxima. Panicle cymose, doubly compound: flowers and brac- 
teas aggregate: capsule pointed: crest of the seeds obsolete. 
{E. Bot. 737. E.)— Curt. 344— FI. Ban . 441— H. Ox. viii. 9. row 1. 2./. 4 
— J. B. ii. 403. 2 —C . B. Pr. 15. 1, and Th. 102— Park. 1185. 3— H. Ox. 
viii. 9. row l.f. 5, between 2 and 3. 
Three or four feet high. Root-leaves half an inch or more in breadth, shin¬ 
ing. Swayne. (Forms large tufts. Seed vessel smaller in proportion 
than any of the rest. Bich. Linn. Tr. v. xii. p. 331. t. 9. f. 3. E.) The 
flowers not being solitary, but mostly in pairs, will readily distinguish 
between this and the preceding species. 
Great Wood-rush. L sylvatica. Bich. Sm. L. maxima. Willd. Hook. 
Grev. The modern trivial name being decidedly more appropriate (to 
the largest species), than the one originally adopted, we consider the 
preference justifiable. Juncus sylvaticus. Buds. Lightf. Curt. With. Ed. ii. 
FI. Brit. J. maximus. Willd. With. Purt. Woods and hedges, near 
Hampstead. Whitsell Gill, near Askrig, Yorkshire, and at the bottom 
of the Rye-loaf near Settle. Curtis. Witchery Hole, near Clifton upon 
Teme, Worcestershire. Mr. Ballard. Common in Scotland, near rivulets 
and in woods. Mr. Brown; as Roslin, Auchindenny, Braid Hermitage. 
Greville. Corby Castle, near Carlisle. Leigh Wood, near Bristol. Mr. 
Swayne. (Knot’s-hole, near Liverpool. Dr. Bostock. E.) 
P. May—June. 
(L. campes'tris. Panicle of three or four ovate, dense, partly stalked, 
clusters: capsule obovate, obtuse, with a small point, shorter 
than the calyx: seeds stalked, without a crest, leaves flat. 
Curt. 140— {E. Bot. 672. E.)— Kniph. 12—C. B. Pr. 13. 2, and Th. 103— 
H. Ox. viii. 9. row 1. 4— Leers 13.5— J. B. ii. 493. 3— Ger. Em. 17. 2-— 
Park. 1185. 6—Ger. 16. 2. 
{Stem four inches or more high. Leaves five-nerved. Flowers ten or 
twelve together. Seeds renitorm : coruncula enlarged at the bottom of 
the seed, and attaching it to the receptacle. Bich. Linn. Tr. v. xii. p. 
334. t. 9. f. 4. E.) Spikes three or four, the central one sessile, the others 
on fruit-stalks of unequal lengths. 
Field Wood-Rush. (Welsh: Brwynenflewog y maes. L. campestris. Br. 
Willd. Curt. Sm. E.) Pastures, meadows, and heaths, common. 
P. April—May. 
(L. li'niger. Leaves flat, hairy: spikes large, compact, more oblong 
than globular : on long fruit-stalks. Purt. 
Purt. Append, t. 9. E.)— H. Ox. viii. 9. row l.f. 1, the left hand corner —* 
Ger. 16. 1— C. B. Th. 104— Park. 1186-J. B. ii. 468. 2. 
Panicle larger, more compact than in J. campestris: spikes globular; straw 
and leaves as long again. Ray. (This uncommon species, Var. 2. J. cam - 
