of the Genus Ehrharla. $$ 



the appearance of the panicle, make this kind very diftina: from the 

 E. melicoides jufl defcribed. 



Sterile male filaments are likewife found here as in the E. paniceoi 

 in feparate flowers from the hermaphrodite. Dr. Smith has alfo ob- 

 ferved the fame. There may, pcrliaps, be fomething analogous in: 

 all the fpecies of the genus, which for want of fufEcient fpecimens- 

 could not at prefent be explored. 



* • jtr'tjlata. 



6. EHRHARTA geniculata. 



jE. glumis coroll. extcrioribvis hirtis, altera mucroriata; panicula 



coar£l.ita; culmo decumbente gemculato. 

 Melka geniculata^ coroUis hirtis, paniculu coardata, culmo decum- 

 bente. Thunb. pradr. p.%\. Spec pi. ed. Wild. p. 382. 

 D-ESCR. Radices \ong\^\m-£, filiformes, fimplices. 



Culmi 3— 4-pedale3, teretiufculi, glabri, geniculati, ii:iferne 



decumbentes, laxi. 

 Genicula tumida,. fufca. 



Folia linearia, acuminata, plana, 4. — fi-uncialia, margine ob- 

 tufo cartilagineo leviter undulata, quafi tenuilTime crenu- 

 lata, longitudinaliter ftriata, glabra, fupra glaucefcentia. 

 Vagince longitudine articulorum, tereti-compreffiufculae, ftri— 

 atze, glabrx, ardae, fauce nigricante ciliatse; ligula albido— 

 membranacea, lacero-ciliata. 

 Panicula erediufcula, coarftata, fubramofa, femipedalis, pe- 



dunculis fubfecundis, pedicellis fub floribus incraflfatis. 

 Flores oblongi, acuminati, erefti, exalbido purpurafcentes. 

 Valvulce caiycincs ovato-lanceolatx, fubacutce, concavae, mu- 

 ticas, glaberrimte, gallide purpurafcentes •„ fere asquales. 



Valvules. 



