of the Genus Ehrhaiia, 45- 



Pescr. Radices filiformcs, longae, fimplices, rigicJas, crumpentes fub 

 bttlbo fupra radicali glabro lutefcente, vaginis foliorum ra- 

 dicalium fubimbricatis ftriatis emarcidis te6lo. 

 Culmus ereaus, fimplex, fubbipedalis, remote articulatus (ar- 

 ticulis circlter quinque) foliofus, ciaffitie culmi 1'riciti re- 

 pentis. 

 Folia inferiora s. radicalia longiora, palmaria, fuperiora bre- 

 viora, fubenfiformia, ere£la, marginata, margine cartila- 

 ginea, crifpa, 1. crenulata, difco laeviufcula, fubtus nervofo- 

 ftriata, bafi in vaginis contraflis definentia, fauce reflexo 

 nigro. Ligula minuta albida membranacea ciliata intra 

 faucem inferta culmumque cingens. 

 Panicula erefta, fimplex, fubflcxuofa; peduncuti bini ternique, 

 laxiufculi, capiUa.res, inferiores 2—3 flori, fub floribus 

 incraflati, fa^peque colorati. 

 Flores magni, cernui, flavo-purpurafcentes. 



Calyx bivalvis. Vahula fubaequales, fubovat^, acuta^, 



concavjc, leviter carinatae, patentes, membranaces, vix 

 nervofe, totse glabrae, dorfo et bafi fufco purpurafcentes. 

 Interior paulo major latiorve, exteriore bafi amplexa. 

 Gluma corollina duplex^ mutica, calyce longior. 

 Exterior acinaciformis, bivalvis. 



Valvula complicatae, comprefliufculae, oblongo-IanceoIata5 



obtufas, bafi pauUulum excifae. 

 rar/f nor elongate -obovata, latior, carinata, dorfo leviflime 

 recurvata, lateribus inferne coftatis et rugofis, margini- 

 bus fuperne fubconvolutis ; apice carinaque (oculo 

 armato) fcabriufcula fubhifpida; fafciculis duobus villo- 

 rum albiflimorum extus bafin, unus fupra alterum 

 jnfertis, facpe pallide violacea» 



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