. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 2. RUSH FAMILY. 1. Juncoides carolinae (S. Wats.) Kuntze. Hairy Wood-rush Luzula carolinae S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 302. 1879. Juncoides carolinae' Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 724. 1891. Luzula saltuensis Fernald, Rhodora 5 : 195. 1903. Tufted, often somewhat stoloniferous. Stems erect, 2-4-leaved, 4°-i'° high; leaf-blades i4"-4" wide, flat,
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 2. RUSH FAMILY. 1. Juncoides carolinae (S. Wats.) Kuntze. Hairy Wood-rush Luzula carolinae S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 302. 1879. Juncoides carolinae' Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 724. 1891. Luzula saltuensis Fernald, Rhodora 5 : 195. 1903. Tufted, often somewhat stoloniferous. Stems erect, 2-4-leaved, 4°-i'° high; leaf-blades i4"-4" wide, flat, slightly webbed, especially when young, acuminate into a blunt almost gland-like point; stem leaves with similar but successively shorter blades; inflorescence an umbelloid flower-cluster, with a bract 5"-i2" high, the filiform pedicels equal or nearly so, i-flowered or sometimes 2-flowered; perianth ii"-ii" long, its parts triangular-ovate, acuminate, brown with hyaline mar- gins, about twice as long as the toothed bractlets; cap- sule about one-fourth exceeding the perianth, its valves ovate, acuminate; seed about I" long, its body about 1" in length, provided at the summit with a conspicuous hooked caruncle. Newfoundland to Alaska, south to Georgia, Alabama, Michigan and Oregon. Formerly confused with the Euro- pean /. pildsum (L.) Kuntze. 2. Juncoides nemordsum (Poll.) Kuntze. Forest Wood-rush. Fig. 1214. Juncus nemorosus Poll. Hist. PI. Pal. 1: 352. -,1776 . Juncoides nemorosum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 724. 1891. Loosely tufted or somewhat stoloniferous. Stems i°-2$° high, 1-6-leaved below the inflorescence; leaf-blades i4"—3" wide, ciliate, flat, tapering to a slender sharp tip; inflorescence diffusely paniculate or corymbose, the few lower bracts foliose, and the lowermost branch often inserted 4' below the next or more; flowers in clusters of 3-8, the bractlets ovate, entire or sparingly denticulate above, about one-third as l
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