tfthe Gems "Ehrharia. 6i 



E. bulhofa^ culmo indivifo, panicula ramofa multiflora, corolla exte- 



riori retufa ariftata. Smith ined.fafc. ii. 

 Trocbera Jiriata, culmo enodi, foliis glabris, pedicellis paniculae ple- 



rumque unifloris, valvulis exterioris corolls tranfverfim ftriatis, 



bafi pappofis ariftatis. L. Richard In Rozier Journ. di Phyf. v, 13, 



p. 225. /. 3. 



Descr. Rddlx bulbofa. 



Culmus eredlus, pedalis & ultra. 

 Folia lanceolata, linearia, glabra. 



Panicula erefta, laxiufcula, fimplex, 3 — 3-pollicaris. Pedun- 

 culi 2 — 5-ni, capillares, patentes, inferiores 2-flori loiigi- 

 ores, fuperiores fenfim breviores, uniflori. 

 Flores pallide lutefcentes. 

 Valvuh-e cafycincc ovatae, acuminatx, patentes, 2 — 6-lin. lon- 



gitudine, membranacea; ; /«/fr/or<? parum majore. 

 Valvula corollina exterior es fubaequales, s. interiore vix minore 

 calycis multo majores, complicatse, carinatse, obovatje, 

 bafi anguftiores excife, fafciculis albis villorum praeditse, 

 apice latiores, obtufje, emarginata:, ariftam fefquilinearem 

 erefilam in emarginatura inferentes, rugis tranfverfis ele- 

 vatis iiotats, pubefcentes. 

 Valvida interiores ina:quales, comprelfe, acuminatse ; interiore 



minore. 

 NeSlarium ut in csetcris. 



Filainenta tria ? ? Anthercc oblongo-lincares, apice bifidae. 

 Germen oblongum. Styli 2, capillares. Stigmata villoia. 



This bears the fame trivial name that Dr. Smith, probably on 

 account of the root, has given it; I have, however, already proved 

 that the root is iK)t bulbous in this fpecics only. The F. mncmatea 



and 



