of the Genus Ehrharfa, 6l 



E. hulhofa^ culmo indivifo, panicula ramofa multiflora, corolla exte- 



riori retufa ariftata. Smith ined. fafc, ii. 

 Trochera Jlriata, culmo enodi, foliis glabris, pedicellis paniculx ple- 



rumque unifloris, valvulls exterioris corollae tranfverfim flriatis, 



bafi pappofis ariftatis. L, Richard in Rozier Journ. de Phyf. v, 13. 



p, 225. /.J. 



Descr. Radix bulbofa. 



Culmus ere6tus, pedalis & ultra. 

 Folia lanceolata, linearia, glabra. 



Panicula ere^ta, laxiufcula, fimplex, 1 — 3-pollicaris. Pedun- 

 culi 3 — 5-ni, capillares, patentes, inferiores 2-flori longi- 

 ores, fuperiores fenfim breviores, uniflori. 

 ^ Flores pallide lutefcentes. 



Valvulce calycince ovat^, acuminata?, patentes, 1 — 6-Ifn. lon- 



gitudine, membranacese; interiore parum majorc, 

 Valvulce corolUna exteriores fubxquales, s. interiore vix minore, 

 calycis multo majores, complicatae, carinatae, obovataj, 

 bafi anguftiores excife, fafciculis albis villorum prseditse, 

 apice latiores, obtufse, emarginata?, ariflam fefcjuilinearem 

 ere6lam in emarginatura inferentes, rugis tranfverfis ele- 

 vatis notatae, pubefcentes, 

 Vahula interiores inaequales, comprefTae, acuminatse ; interiore 



minore. 

 Nedlarium ut in casteris. 



Filamenta tria ? ? Anther ce oblongo-Iineares, apice bifida?. 

 G^r;»f« oblongum. 5'//// 2, capillares. 6'//^w<3//i villofa. 



This bears the fame trivial name that Dr. Smith, probably on 

 account of the root, has given it; I have, however, already proved 

 that the root is not bulbous in this fpecies only. The £. mnematea 



and 



