nf the Genus Kb r hart a. 53 



5. EHRHARTA calycina. 



Tl, olumis coroUinis exterioribus fubpilofis obtufis cum acumine bievi; 



panicula coarclata fimpliciufcula; culmo ramofo. 

 JG. calycina, culmo ramofo, panicula lubfimplici, calyce colorato co- 



roUam asquarite. Smith imd.fjfc. \\, t. 2,3' 

 A'lra capenfts, culmo ramofo, floribus racemofis, coroUis pilolis. Linn. 



fuppl. />. 108. 

 Descr. Radices cap'illares, filiformes, fimplices, longiflniias. 



C«/;;2/ caefpitofi, 2 — 3-pedales, fubdivifi vel fubramofi, inferne 



geniculati, terctes, glabri. 

 Folia linearia acuta, bi- fex- pollicaria, erccla, ftriata, marglne 



fcabra (oculo armato fubciliata). 

 Vagina ftriatas, fauce coarfhatLE, fubindc ciliatx; Ligula mi- 



nuta, erecta, membranacea, albida, multifido-ciliata. 

 Panicula ere<fta^ fimpHciufcula, coarclata, femipcdalis ; pedun- 

 culis binis, ternis s. quaternis, capillaribus, re6tis, fubfecun- 

 dis, inferioribus 2 — 3 — 4-floris ; pediceliis apice incraflatis. 

 Flores ere6liufculi, plerumque purpurafcentes, E. panice^ 

 duplo majores, plerique hermaphroditi, pauci fcminei fta- 

 minibus carent. 

 Vahulo' calycincc fubasquales, longitudine fere coroUiE, extcrl- 

 ore parum angufliore, lanceolahE, obtufe carinatas, oblique 

 retufas, flriatae, fcabriulculse vel glabrx, f^epe violaceo 

 s. pallida purpureo-coloratac vel albidx. 

 Valvule; coroll. exterioris inxqualcs, carinatx, extus pilof^c, 

 obtufas fubretufx cum brevi acumine. Exterior anguftior, 

 linearis, vix brevior ; interior duplo latior, apice compreffa, 

 bafi parum excifa, abfque villis, fed fquamulis minutiflimis 

 .. , kteralibus. 



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