j^-z Dr, SvTARTZ^s Botanical Hiftory 



niculati, ere£li, I. verfas radicem decumbentes, floloniferi ; in qui* 



bufdam fuffrutefcentes. 

 Folia ut in gramineis bafi vaginantia, difco plana, apice intcrduni 



convoluta j margine cartilaginea fcabra 1. crenulato-tindulata. 

 Vagina; arc!^S2, fauce contra6laE, liguliferse. 

 Panicula terminalis, fimpliciurcula, contradta 1. patens. 

 F lores mutici 1. ariftati. 

 Glum^e catycirus foepius coloratae. 



Charadler genericus* 

 Cal. Gluma uniflora, blvalvis. 



Valvul^e corolla fsepius breviores, ovat23, aeutae, concayo*- 



canaliculatae, muticse, patentiufcula:, inasquales. 

 exterior plerumque minor, ovato-lanceolata, interiorem ba^. 



arapledens. 

 interior parum major, lato-ovata, acuta. 

 Cor, Gluma duplex, calyce longior, fubclaufa. -^^^^^ 



Exterior blvalvis. 



Valvule^ complicatae, comprefTaD, amplexantes inseqnales, fcEpc 



bafi uno akerove fafciculo villorum praeditae. 

 Interior anguftior, bafi utroque latere excifa. 

 exterior latior, ante florefcentiam maximam partem interioris 

 obvolvens, infima bafi interiorem fubtus (articulatione 

 quafi) excipiens. 

 Interior anceps, bivalvis. 



Valvules complicatac,. membranaceos, carinatae inasquales, 

 exterior latior, bafi ad latera excifa glumse oppofitse corollas 



exterioris illam ample6tens. 

 interior fubulato-falcata. 

 [^ Ad bafm interioris^ verfus valvulam interiorem gluraae corollina: 



ejjwterioris 



