158 centuriaVI. 



Descr. Sf/pes interdum ped.ilis , compreffus, verfiis folia larior, viridls, 

 imbricatus vaginis breviflimis. Folia diflicha, digitum lata, fpith. valds 

 ciliara, infcriora magisj apice obtufa, emarginata : bafeos vagina flavi- 

 cante, cuncata, pollicari , margine amplexante folium fuperius : vaginae 

 columnam faciunt comprefTain, caule multo latiorem. 



Arab. Kofchar, 



5. ZOSTERA sTiPui.ACEA| Jl/pulis oppofitis , obtongts , comp!icatis\ foliis ge- 

 minatis, oblongo- lanceolatis , petioiatis. 



Descr. Planta compreffa, ita ut omnes partes in uno plano. Caulis cy- 

 lindricus, articulatus, articulis ftipula brevioribus , viridis, vix fpithama- 

 lis. Stipulo' ad genicula oppufitx, complicatae, femipoll. oblongs, ob- 

 tufs , hyalina;: unius Jatcris foliiferE. Folia e fingulis axiilis ftipula- 

 rum velut e fpatha prodeuntia, gemina: petiolo liiieari, viridi, hyalino, 

 in flipula dclitefcente. Lamina tenuis , 2 poll. utroque extremo atte- 

 nuata, ciliata, venis fimplicibusj obliquis, hyalinis. 



OiTOies hae Zofters ad Jittora Rlochhw, gramina referentes fubmarina. 



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NOVUM GENUS. 



MOSCHARIA. 



10, MOSCHARIA. Tetran^ria , monogijnia, Calyx ^-dentafus. CoroUa 



milla. 



Descs. Eadix perennis. Caiiles plures, annui, ere£lo-diffufi, tetragoni , 

 fpithamales. Folia brachiatim oppofita, lefiilia, bipoll. iinearia, apice 

 dentata, obtufa, villofa. Fiores ab imo caule in quavis ala foiitarii , 

 feflTles: magnitudine pifi minoris, Cahjx globofus, villofus, apice 5- 

 dentatus, claufus, perfiftens. Corolhv loco membrana hyalina, velut 

 faccus fruclificationem totam veftiens; illa fen'o apericnda, fi aditus pa- 

 teat difquifirioni botanicnc. Filamenta nulla. Authern^ 4: ftigmatis 

 apici circumpofitE atquc connats, didyma;. Germina 4, obovata. 



Stijlus filiformis, Stigma fimplex. Pericarpiim nullum, Semina 4, 

 ]a?via, nuda. 



In defertis circa Alexandriam, florens. medio April. Odorem Mofchi fpi- 

 rat fortiifimum. 



CLASSIS XXI. 



