^-j Dr. SwAnrz^s Botanical Hi/lory 



niculafi, erefti, 1. verfus radicemdecumbentes, ftolonlferl; in qm^ 



bufdam fuffrutefcentes. 

 Falia ut in gramineis bafi vaginantia, difco plana, apice interdum 



convoluta ; margine cartilaginea fcabra 1. crenulato-undulata^ 

 Vagincf! ar6lae,. fauce contraftx, ligulifers. 

 Panicula terminalis, fimpliciufcula, contradta 1. patens. 

 Flores mutici 1. ariftati. 

 Glurncc calycina fspius coloratae. 



Chara£Ief generkus. 



Cal. Giuma uniflora, bivalvis. 



ValvtiU corolla faepius breviores, ovata?, acutas, concavo»» 



canal iculatas, muticse, patentiufculaz, inaequales^ 

 exterior plerumque minor,, ovato-lanceolata, interiorena baft 



ampleftens. 

 interior parum major, lato-ovata, acuta. 

 Cor. Gluma duplex, calyce longior, fubclaufa. 

 Exterior bivalvis. 



Valvulce complicatae, compreflae, amplexantes in£Bquales, faepc 



bafi uno alterove fafciculo villorum praedita?^ 

 interior anguftior, bafi utroqiK latere excifa. 

 exterior latior, ante florefcentiam maximam partem interiori's 

 obvolvens» infima bafi interiorem fubtus (articulatione 

 quafi) excipiens. 

 Interior anceps, bivalvis. 



Valvula: complicatos, membranacea;, carinatas inxqualcs. 

 exterior latior, bafi ad latera excifa glumse oppofits corollas 



exterioris illam ampledtens.. 

 interior fubulato-falcata. 

 Ad bafin intenoris^ verfus valvulam interiorem glumas corollinae' 



ejcterioris 



