46 Vr, S\YA%T2*s Bo fam'cal H^JIory 



inferior anguflior, linearis, acumine breviflimo vix incurva, 

 obtufe carinata, tota rugis tranfverfis elevatis notata, mar- 

 o-ine fubciliata, pallefceiis ; ad utrumque latus bafcos ca- 

 rinas hiipiduls fafciculo villorum praedita. 

 Interior h\w2\\'\?>, 



Valvulde inxquales, complicata:, glaberrimx, membra- 



naceae, pallide virefcentes. 

 exterior ovato-lanccolata obtufa, emarginata, dorfo impri- 

 mis carinata ; nervofa. -r 

 interior multo anguftior, lanceolato-falcata, dorfo bicari- 

 nata, margine tenuiflima, albida. 

 Inter bafm hujus et interiorem corolla: exterioris, iuherculum 



feflile, minutum, inasquale. 

 NeBarium^ Petala bina, minuta, obovata, erecla, bafi flavef- 

 centia, fuperne tenuiflima albida, margine lacero-ciliata, 

 genitalia ampledentia. 

 Filamenta fex breviffima s. longitudine ne6larii, circa bafm 

 germinis inferta, alba. Antherce erectae, lineares, longitu- 

 dine glumse interioris corollse, bafi emarginata?, apice bifido 

 extrorfum pollen emittentes ; luteoe. 

 Oermen ovato-comprefliufculum, glabrum. Styli duo, fila- 

 mentis breviores latiufcuU comprefli, conniventes. Stig-^ 

 mata longitudine antherarum ere6la, vix divergentia, 

 compreflb-bijubata s. pilis diilichis longiufculis albido- 

 fplendidis ornata. 

 Semen ovatum, glabrum, glumis corolllnis inclufum. 



Xnis beautiful grafs is diflinguifhed by its acinacifonn or fcymitar-. 

 fnaped flowers, and its leaves being more cartilaginous and undulated 

 at their edges than in any other known fpecies. Though the culm is 

 not fo long as in many other fpecies, the flowers furpafs mod of them 

 in fixe. That the root, though provided with fibres, is at the fame 

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