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Prod, in Herb. Banks, ut & planta Commerfoniana ex in- 
fula Mawritii , qux Foriteri Dichondra repens, ex A 
Sonfe&tus eft charadter genericus, videtur. 
IX. 
EHRHARTA. 
Thunb. AS, Holm, ann. 1779 Lin. Supp. 28. 
HEXANDRIA digynia ? 
CHAR. EssENT, Calyx Gluma bivalvis uniflora.. Corolla 
 Gluma duplex, utraque bivalvis! exterior compreila, 
acinaciformis, bafı 'excifa, ' 
EHRHARTA panicea, 
EHRHARTA culmo divifo, panicula fubramofa, Horibus 
eredtis digynis. 
Ex Capite Bon& fpei adtulit Sonnerat anno 1776, Herb, 
Thouin, 
CuLMmuvs fubramofus geniculatus foliofus, 
FoLIA vaginantia enfiformia ftriata nuda margme fcabra. 
PANICULAE terminales fubramoß, 
PEDUNCULI capillares rei, apice incraflati, 
FLORES quamin E. capenf triplo minores, virides eredti, 
Calyx bivalvis margine fcariofus, valvula exteriori majori. 
CoROLLA Gluma duplex mutica calyce duplo longior., 
Exterior tudior acinaciformis bivalvis. Valvule 'oblong« 
complicate comprefle amplexantes fubzquales trian- 
‚gulares, Exterior levis, nec rugofa. Interior baü 
excifa , dorfo transverfaliter rugofa, Villos ad bafın 
non inveni, 
Interior bivalvis, exteriori contrarias | 
Faloula complicatz glaberrime fubequales, Exterier 
paulo latior interiorem amplectens, 
Nesfarium, fi adfit minutifimum, nun’ vidi, 
