158 CENTURIA VI 
Descr. Stipes interdum pedalis, compreffus, verfus folia latior, viridis, 
imbricatus vaginis brevifimis. Folia disticha, digitum lata, fpith. valde 
ciliata, inferiora magis; apice obtufa, emarginata: bafeos vagina flavi- 
cante, cuneata, pollicari, margine amplexante folium fuperius : vaginz 
columnam faciunt compreflam, caule. multo latiorem. 
Arab. Kofchar, —- S 
9. ZOSTERA sriPuLACEA; Jfipulir oppofitis, oblongis, complicatis; foliis ge- 
minatis, oblongo- lanceolatis , petiolatis. ; 
Descr. Planta compreífa, ita ut omnes partes in uno plano, Caulis cy- 
lindricus, articulatus, articulis ftipula brevioribus, viridis, vix fpithama- 
lis. Stipulz ad genicula oppofitz, complicatæ, -~ femipoll. oblongæ, ob- 
tufe, hyaline: unius lateris foliiferæ, Folia e fingulis axillis ftipula- 
rum velut e fpatha prodeuntia, gemina: petiolo lineari, viridi, hyalino, 
in flipula delitefcente, Lamina tenuis, 2 poll. utroque extremo atte- 
nuata, ciliata, venis fimplicibus, obliquis, hyalinis. 
Omnes hæ Zofteræ ad littora Mochkæ, gramina referentes fubmarima, 
Be S e 
NOVUM GENUS. 
| |... MOSCHARIA. -— 
10, MOSCHARIA, Titraudria , monogynia, ^ Calyx 5 -dentatus. — Corolla 
nulla. 
Descr. Radix perennis, Caules plures, annui, ere&o-diffufi, tetragoni, 
Ífpithamales, Folia brachiatim oppofita, feffilia, bipoll linearid, apice 
dentata, obtufa, villofa, Flores ab imo caule in quavis ala folitarii 
fefliles: magnitudine pifi minoris, Calyx globofus, villofus, apice 5- 
dentatus, claufus, perfiftens. ^ Corollz loco membrana hyalina, velut 
faccus fru&ificationem totam veftiens; illa ferro aperienda, fi aditus pa- 
teat difquifirioni botanice, Filamenta nulla. ^ Ztherz 4: ftigmatis 
apici circumpofite atque connate, didymz, Germina*4 , obovata. 
Stylus filiformis, Stigma fimplex. Pericarpium nullum. Semina 4, 
levia, nuda. | 
In defertis circa "Miexandriam , florens medio April, Odorem. Mofihi fpi- 
rat fortiffimum, | 
| pem | cosi WOLASSIS XXI. 
