of the Genus Ehrharia, c^ 



t\\Q appearance of the panicle, make this kind very dlftni6l fron^ the 

 E. tnclicoides '^uik defcribed. 



Sterile male filaments are likewife found here as in the E. pankeoy 

 in feparate flowers from the hermaphrodite. Dr. Smith has alfo ob- 

 lervcd the fame. There may, perhaps, be fomething analogous in 

 all the fpecies of the genus, which for want of fufficicnt fpccimen& 

 could not at prefent be explored. 



* • Ar\Jlai£. 



6. EHRHARTA geniculata. 



E, glumis coroU. exterioribus hirtis, altera mucronataj paniculk 



coardata; culmo decumbente geniculate. 

 Melica genkuJata, corollis hirtis, panicula coar^lata, culmo decum- 



bente. Thunb, prodr. p.ii, Spec.pL cd. IVild. p. 382. 

 Descr. i2i7^//m longiffimae, filiformes, fimplices. 



Culmi 3 — 4-pedales,. terctiufculi, glabri> gcnicuiati, infernc 

 decumbentes, laxi, 



Genicula tumida, fufca. 



Folia linearia, acuminata, plana, 4 — 6-unciaIia, margine ob- 

 tufo cartilagineo leviter undulata, quafi tenuiffime crenu- 

 lata, longitudinaliter ftriata, glabra, fupra glaucefcentia. 



Vagince longitudine articulorum, tereti-comprefliufculae, flri- 

 ata^, glabrae, ardtae, fauce nigricante ciliatse ; Ugula albido- 

 membranacea, lacero-ciliata. 



Panicula crediufcula, coar^tata, fubramofa, femipedalis, pc-- 

 dunculis fubfecundis, pedicellis fub floribus incraffatis. 



Flores oblongi, acuminati, erecli, exalbido purpurafcentes.. 



Falvul<!e calycincs ovzX.oA7incQo\2it.x, fubacutac, concava^j.mu*- 

 ticas, glaberrimae, pallide purpurafcentes ; fere aequales. 



Falvula- 



