i6 Cenera nova 



$iore$ twmbmks, pnni^ulati. 

 Puflk ula fu f:rac!eeo mpofit a. 

 Pedunculi & Pcdicelti angulati, 



E HRHARTA. 



Cal. Gluma bivaivis, ovata , concava, patula > altera 

 paullo rnajore, membranacea. 



Coroxxa duplex: exterior bivalvis; valvulae oblon* 

 gse, complicatae, carinatse, retufe, transver- 

 fe rugofe; calyce triplo longiores, baft ex~ 

 tus viiiofe» Interidr pauilo brevior, cari- 

 nata , lasvis. 



Nectarium patheriforme, hinc truncatum, inde la- 



cerum, aibum, breviffimum. 

 Stam. Filamenta fex , brevia , capiiiaria, alba. 



/Intbera ereftae, lineares, emarginatx, corolla 

 breviores. 

 Pist. Germen fuperum. 



Stytus comprefilis, villofus, ftaminibus brevior. 

 Stigma limplex, villofum. 

 Character genens : CproIIa infera, glumacea, duplex! 



Neftarium patheriforme. 

 Locus: Hexandria, Monooynia poft Hypoxin. 

 Nomen : Domino FREDERfCG EHRHART, Bdta- 

 nico maxime oculato & diiigentiffimo, ob 

 merita in fepcce ftudium non pauca, confe- 

 cratum fuit novum hoc e gramimum fami- 

 lia, genus. 

 Species I, Ehrharta capenfis. 



Ebrbarta capenfis, Thunb. A£h Stockh. 1779. p. 

 216. tab, 8. FALC« 



