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5. EH RH ART A calyclna. 



E, glumls corollinis exterioribus fubpilofis obtufis cum acumine brevi; 



panicula coar6lata fimpliciufcula; culmo ramofo. 

 jE. calyclna, culmo ramofo, panicula fubfimplici^ calyce colorato co- 



rollam asquante. Smith ineJ.fjfc. 11. /. 33. 

 Alra capenjis, culmo ramofo, floribos racemofis, coroUis piloSs. Linn. 



fuppl. p. 1 08. 

 Descr. Radices capillare«, filiformes, fimplices, longifrim-<ff. 



C^/w/ca^fpitofi, 2 — 3-pedaIes, fubdivifi. velfubramofi, inferne 



geniculati, teretes, glabri, 

 Fo//^ linearia acuta, bi- fex- pollicaria, erccla, flriata, margine 



fcabra (oculo armato fubciliata). 

 Vagina flriatas, fauce coarfliatjs, fubiiide ciliata: ; Ligula mi- 



nuta, erefta, membranacea, albida, multifiido-ciliata. 

 Panicula ereda, fimpliciufcula,- coardlata, fcmipcdalis ; pedun- 

 cw/wbinis, ternis s. quaternis,,capillaribus, rc6lis, fubfecun- 

 dis, inferioribus 2 — 3 — 4-flons; pedicellis apice incralTatis. 

 Flores eredtiufculi, plerumque purpurafcentes, E. panice<e 

 duplo majores, plerique hermaphroditi, pauci feminei fta- 

 minibus carent. 

 Valvula calycina fubsquales, longitudine fere corollae, exteri- 

 ore parum angufliore, lanceolate, obtufe earinatae, oblique 

 retufae, ftriatae, fcabriufculse vel glabra;, faspe violaceo 

 8. pallide purpureo-colorate vel albidse. 

 Valvule^ coroll. exierioris insquales, earinatae, extiis pilofa% 

 obtufa; fubretufae cum brevi acumine. Exterior anguftior, 

 linearis, vix brevior; interior duplo latior, apice compreffii, 

 bafi parum excifa, abfque villis, fed fquamulis minutiffimis 

 lateralibus. 



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