i6 Genera mva 



Flores iivviinnUs ^ pnmculati. 

 Fanicilla fupradecompofita. 

 Fedunculi & Pedice-lli angulati, 



EHRHARTA. 



Cal. Qluma bivalvis, ovata, concava, patula, altera 

 pauUo majore, membranacea. 



CoRGLLA duplex: exterior bivalvis; valvuls oblon- 

 gae, complicatae, carinatae, retufe, transver- 

 ie rugofx; calyce triplo longiores, ba(i ex- 

 tus viilofx. Interior paullo brevior, cari- 

 nata, fevis. 



Nectarium patherif orme , hinc truncatum, inde la- 

 cerum, album, breviffimum. 



Stam. Filamenta fex , brevia , capillaria, alba. 



Antber^e QVQ.^-z^ lineares, emarginatas, corolla 

 breviores. 



PiST. Germen fuperum. 



Styius comprefRis, villofus, ftaminibus brevior. 

 Stigfna fimplex, villofum. 



CHARACTER^^;2^r/j: Corolla infera, glumacea, duplex! 



Ne^Starium patheriforme. 



Locus: Hexandria, Monogynia Dofl Hypoxin. 



NoMEN : Domino FREDERICO 'EHRHART, Bota- 

 nico maxime oculato & diligentiflimo, ob 

 merita in hocce fludium non pauca, confe- 

 cratum fuit novum hoc e gramimum fami- 

 lia, genus. 



Species I. Ehrharca capenfis. 



Ehrbarta capenfis, Thunb. Aa. Stockh. 1779. p. 

 216. tab. 8. ' FALC- 



