44 Dr.SwAKTz's Bo^a/nciit Hi/kry 



This genns ought accordmgly, in the fexnal fyftem, to take its 

 place ill Hexandria digynlo', immediately after Oryza, it having beca 

 erroiieoufly placed in the order momgynia\ of this I ihall have occa- 

 fion to fay more hereafter. With refpe6l to its natural order, it 

 belongs to the GramlnecLy hke the Oryza^ Zizania and Pharus^ with 

 which it agrees in number of flamina, — a number unufual among 

 the grafles. 



As to the habit of the fpecies in general, they approach particu- 

 larly that af the Meliccv, although quite different in the number and 

 the difpofition of the glumes. 



The natural place of growth of this genus, as far as we yet know^. 

 is only near the fouthernmofl part of Africa, commonly called the- 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



As there are fpecies with Jiriftc^ as well as without them, I have 

 thought it moft convenient in the following fcientific defcriptions, to. 

 divide the Ehrharta; into Muticic and Anjiatcv,. 



X. EHRHARTA mnematea. 



Z. glumis corollinis exterioribus rugofis obtu fi s (muticis) ; panicul'a 



fimplicL laxa,. culmo indivifo; foliorum margine cartiiagineo 



crifpo. 

 E* mnemateia, foliis vaginalis crifpis, corolla rugoia obtufa. 'Thunh 



frodr.Ji, Cap. p, 66. 

 E, capenjis, A^, Holm, 1779,^, 216. /. 8. Nova plant, gen, Upf. 1779, 



Linn.fuppl 209. Syji. nat, ed^ Gmel. I. p. 549. 

 E. cariilagineay culmo indivifo, panicula fimplici, corolla exteriore 

 retufa fubmuticav foliorum margine cartilagineo-crifpo. Smith 

 icon, plant, tned. II. t. -^z, 

 Er nutans, Latnarck €ncycLfp\.u --v..; 



DeSCR;. 



