44 ~ Dr. SVfAVi'Tz's Bo! anical Hi/lory 



This genus ought accordingly, in the fexual f3'ftem, to take its 

 place in Hexandria digynia, immediately after Oryza^ it having been 

 erroneonfly placed in the order monogy/iia; of this I ihall have occa- 

 fion to fay more hereafter. With refpe6l to its natural order, it 

 belongs to the Graminea, like the Oryza, Zizania and Pharus, with 

 which it agrees in number of ftamina, — a number unufual among 

 the graffes. 



As to the habit of the fpecies in general, they approach particu- 

 larly that of the Melica.', although quite different in the number and 

 the difpoficion of the glumes. 



The natural place of growth of this genus, as far as we yet knowj 

 is'bnly near the fouthernmoft part of Africa, commonly called the 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



As there are fpecies with Arijice as well as without them, I have, 

 thouo-ht it moft convenient in the following fcientific defcriptions^ta 

 divide the El:rharta into Mutka and Arijiaue. 



* Mullca, 



' I. EH RH ART A mneraatea. 



E. glumis corollinis exterioribus rugofis obtufis (muticis) ; panicula 



fimplici laxa, culmo indivifo; foliorum margiae cartilagineo 



crifpo. 

 E. mnemattia, foliis vaginatis crifpis, corolla rugofa obtufa. thunh^ 



prodr.ji. Cap. p. 66. 

 £. capetifts, A£l. Holm. i779,/>. 216. /. 8. Nova plant, gen. Up/. 1779^ 



Llnn.fuppJ. 209. Syji. not. ed. Gmel. I. p. 549. 

 E. cartilaginea^ culmo indivifo, panicula fimplici, corolla exteriore 



retufa fubmutica, fohorum margine cartilagineo-crifpo. Smhb 

 icon, plant, ined. II. /. 32. 

 £. nutans. Lamarck encycl.fp. k 



