of the Genus FJjrharta, fj 



E. ar//?afa, folils planis, corolla rugofa ariftata, T'/.^unlr, prodr, p. 66. 

 E. Bankju, floribus digynis, corolla gluma cxteriori exterius hifpida. 

 Syft, nat, ed. Gmel. 1 1. /. 549. 



Descr. Radices fimplices, filiformes. 



Culmus fimplex, bi-tripedalis, eredus, bafi fubgcnlculatus, 



teres, giaber. 

 ArtlcuU fufci. 

 Folia lanceolata, latiufcula, erecla, pedalia, glabra, ftriata, 



margine plana, cartilagineo-fcabra. 

 Vagtme carinate, laxiufculx, flriataE, fauce contraftx, imbcr- 

 bes, fufcse. Ligula intra faucem, margine laciniato-ciliata, 

 fufca. 

 Panicula palmans, fubramofa, multiflora. 



PeduncuU inasquales, capillares, conferti, fubverticillati, 

 pedicellis fub floribus incraffatis, hifpidulis, 

 Flores majores, lanceolati, ariftati, pallide 1. viridi-purpuraf- 



centes, nitidi. 

 Valvulce calyclna insequales, 5-nerves, muticse, pallide purpii- 

 . . I _ rafcentes. £A,7^/(2r minor, ovata, acuminata, fubcarinata, 

 margine anterlore ferrulata ; interior duplo major, oratu, 

 concava, apice ferrulata, acumine brevi terminal i. 

 Valvula corollina: exterlores calyce longiores, ariftats, pallide 

 virides, fere pollicares, fubsequales, lanceolata:^, compreiTo- 

 prifmaticas, complicatse, carinatas, apice convolutse in 

 ariflam fubulatam, retflam, longitudine valvulse, hifpido- 

 fcabram; inter angulos verfus bafin tranfverfe rugofie, 

 fubinde la^ves, dorfo 1. prxfertim verfus apicem hifpids, 

 oculo armato tuberculatx. Exterior fafciculo pilorum ad 

 bafm unico; interior bafi excifa, cum duabus fquamulis 

 lateraiibus albidis. 

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