jG Dr. ^■ff hurl's Botanical Hiftory 



Vahula coro/Iina exUricres calyce parum longiores, iiicnquales, 

 carinatae, albcfcentes, hirfutie erefta tedta:. Exterior li- 

 nearis, acuminata; interior dimidio major, bafi excifa, ca- 

 rina (oculo armato) ferratociliata, mucrone (arifta brevi^ 

 lubulato fufco terminata. 



Ad latera bafeos valv. inter, infident du:£ fquamula; fubro- 

 tundsE oppoiitae minutiflimas albida:. 



Valvulcc coroll. interiores muticx, glabrae, carinatcc. Exterior 

 lato-lanceolata, apice obtufa, carina ciliata, flavefcens, 

 margine tenui diaphana. hUcrior dimidio minor lanccolata 

 acuta tenera alba. 



NeSiarii petala oblonga, ere£la. 



Filamenta 6, breviflima. Anthera lineares, flavae, pollen ex 

 apice fundcntes. 



Gcrmcn ovatum, minutum. Styli t. Stigmata alba, prasce- 

 dcntium. 



This moft refcmbles the E. calycina; but, except a more genicu- 

 lated difpofition of the culm, and the crifped edge of the leaves, as 

 in the E. mnematea, tlie flowers appear to be longer. The calycine 

 glumes equal in length with tti'e corolla, which is more hairy than 

 in the £. ccilycina. The exterior corolline glumes are alfo pointed, 

 and one of them has a true, though fliort, arijla. 



7. EHRHARTA longiflora. 



£. glumis coroll. exterioribus rugofis hifpidis ariflatis; panicula laxi- 



ufcLila ramofa. 

 ii. longijlore, culmo fim.plici, panicula ramofa multiflora, corolla ex- 



teriori mucronata tuberculato-hifpida, floribus triandris. Smith 



ined. t. 32. 



E. arijiata. 



