PHALARI9 BULBOSA Cav. Tr. Diss. II. />. 2 55. 



PllALARIS AOUATtCA L. A M. 

 PhALARIS TUBEROSA LI.MK j'.T l'ERS. 



Radix e eulrrii bulbo infimo fibrae plures, fasciculatae, flexuosae, 

 simplices, albiclae. 



Culmus erectus , bipcdalis, 4 — 5 -nodis, ad nodos semilinea- 

 Ies retusos et glabros hinc inde paulo geniculatus, infcrius 

 pennae corvinae vel gallinaceae crassitudine , sub tbyrso, 

 ubi demum pl. min. nudus est, pertenuis, teres, glaber, 

 striatus ; basi tumescens in bulbos 2 — 3 alterum super 

 alterum positos, sensim minores, pallcntes, squamis s. vagi- 

 nis emarcidis obtectos , quorum iniimus saepe magnitudinem 

 nucis avellanae attingit. 



Vaginae ad basin usque fissae, pl. min. laxae et, superiores, 

 quae internodio demum dimidio breviores, magis magisque 

 apicem versus tumentes, striatae, glabrae. Ligula mem- 

 branacea, rotundato- obtusa vel pl. min. lacera, breviuscula, 

 decurrens, culmum semiamplectens. 



Folia linearia, attenuato - acuta, plana et lineam vel sesquili- 

 neam Iata aut siccitate demum involuta et angustiora, deor- 

 sum aspera : infima, e vaginis baseos congestis plurima, 

 culmeaque inferiora spithamaea vel dodrantalia ; superiora 

 breviora ; extremum sesquipollicare aut multo brevius. 



Thyrsus ovato - oblongus vel ellipticus, semi — sesqui — polli- 

 caris, densus, pallidus et longe plerumque ex amethystino 

 varius. 



Axis pertenuis, teres, flexuosulus, pei* interstitia brevia radio- 

 los a basi divisos emittens. Pedicelli apice paulo cras- 



