j:6 Dr, SwARTz's Boianical Il'tflory 



Vakula corolihid'exitr'icres calyce parum longiorcs, ina^quales, 

 carinatiE, albcfcentes, hirlutie ere6la te61:a^. Exterior li- 

 nearis, acuminata; inttnor dimidio major, bafi excifa, ca- 

 rina (oculo armato) ferrato-ciliata, mucrone (arifta brevij 

 lubulato fufco terminata. 



Ad latera bafeos valv. inter, infident dud^ fquamula fubro- 

 tundai oppofitae minutiffimae albidae. 



Vahulcc coroIL interto?'es muticjc, glabrx, carinatcc. Exterior 

 lato-lanceolata, apice obtufa, carina ciliata, flavefcens, 

 margine tenui diaphana. Interior dimidio minor ianccolata 

 acuta tenera alba. 



i\"<?c7^r// petala oblonga, ere6la. ' -- 



EUamenta 6, breviflima. Anthem lineares, fiavae, pollen ex 

 apice fundentes. 



Germen ovatum, minutum. Styli 2. Stigmata alba, prasce- 

 dentium. 



This moft refcmblcs tlic E. calycjna', but, except a more genicu- 

 lated dilporition of the culm, and the crifpcd edge of the leaves, as 

 in the E. mnematea^ the flowers appear to be longer. The calycine 

 glumes equal in length with the corolla, which is more hairy than 

 in the E. cdycina. The exterior coroUinc glumes are alfo pointed, 

 and one of them has a true, though fliort, arijla. 



'"7. EHRHARTA longillora. 



B. glumis coroll. exterioribus rugofis hifpidis ariflatis; panicula laxi- 



ufcula ramofa. 

 E. iongi/hra, culmo fimplici, panicula ramofa multiflora, corolla ex- 



teriori mucronata tuberculato-hifpida, floribus triandris. Smitl? 



ineii, /. 32, 



E. arijlata^ 



