of the Genus Ebrfjarfa. 45 



Descr. Radices fillformes, long.T, fimplices, rlgida^, crumpentes fub- 

 ^«//'& fupra radicali glabro lutelcente, vaginis foliorum ra- 

 dicalium fubimbricatis ftriatis emarcidis te6lo. 



Culmus ere6liis, fimplcx, fubblpcd<dis, remote articulatus (ar- 

 ticulis circiter vjuinque) foliofus, craflitle culmi Trklti re^ 

 penth. 



Folia inferioras. radicalia longiora, palmarla, fupcrlora bre- 

 viora, fub. ififormia, ere6ta, mnrginata, margine cartila- 

 ginea, criipa, L crenulata, difco laevinfcula, fubtusncrvofo- 

 ftriata, bafi in vaginis contratflis dcfiiientia, fauce reflexo 

 nigro. Ligv.Ia- minuta albida membranacea ciixata intra 

 faucem inferra culmumque cingcns. 

 Panicula erc<3;a, fii-nplex, fubflcxuofa: pedurrcuU bini ternique, 

 laxiufcnli, capiilares, inferiores 2—3 flori, fub floiibus 

 incraOTati, fxpeque colorati^ 

 'Flares magni, cerniii, flavopurpurafcentes. 



Calyx bivalvis. ValvuU fubcequales, fubovatnc, acutae, 



concavac, leviter carinata!, patentes, membranacea:, vix 

 nervofa^, totae glabrse, dorfo et bafi fufco purpurafcentes. 

 Interior p3.ulon1a.jor latiorve, exteriore bafi amplexa. 

 Gluma corollina duplex, mutica, calyce longior., 

 Exterior acinaciformis, bivalvis. 



Valvula complicatae,. comprefliufculse, oblongolanceolate 



obtui'ae, bafi pauUulum excifae. 

 exterior elongate -obovata, latior, carinata, dorfo. levifli me 

 recurvata, lateribus infernc coftatis et rugofjs, margini-^ 

 bus fuperne fubconvolutis ; apice carinaque (oculo 

 armato) fcabriufcula fubhifpida; fafciculis duobus viFlo- 

 rum albifTimorum extus bafin, unus fupra alterum- 

 infertis, Isepe pallide violacea.. 



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