of the Genus Ehrhaiia, 45
Descr. Radices filiformcs, longae, fimplices, rigicJas, crumpentes fub
bttlbo fupra radicali glabro lutefcente, vaginis foliorum radicalium fubimbricatis ftriatis emarcidis te6lo.
Culmus ereaus, fimplex, fubbipedalis, remote articulatus (articulis circlter quinque) foliofus, ciaffitie culmi 1'riciti repentis.
Folia inferiora s. radicalia longiora, palmaria, fuperiora bre-
viora, fubenfiformia, ere£la, marginata, margine cartilaginea, crifpa, 1. crenulata, difco laeviufcula, fubtus nervofoftriata, bafi in vaginis contraflis definentia, fauce reflexo
nigro. Ligula minuta albida membranacea ciliata intra
faucem inferta culmumque cingens.
Panicula erefta, fimplex, fubflcxuofa; peduncuti bini ternique,
laxiufculi, capiUa.res, inferiores 2—3 flori, fub floribus
incraflati, fa^peque colorati.
Flores magni, cernui, flavo-purpurafcentes.
Calyx bivalvis. Vahula fubaequales, fubovat^, acuta^,
concavjc, leviter carinatae, patentes, membranaces, vix
nervofe, totse glabrae, dorfo et bafi fufco purpurafcentes.
Interior paulo major latiorve, exteriore bafi amplexa.
Gluma corollina duplex^ mutica, calyce longior.
Exterior acinaciformis, bivalvis.
Valvulae complicatae, comprefliufculae, oblongo-IanceoIata5
obtufas, bafi pauUulum excifae.
rar/f nor elongate -obovata, latior, carinata, dorfo leviflime
recurvata, lateribus inferne coftatis et rugofis, margini-
bus fuperne fubconvolutis ; apice carinaque (oculo
armato) fcabriufcula fubhifpida; fafciculis duobus villo-
rum albiflimorum extus bafin, unus fupra alterum
jnfertis, facpe pallide violacea»
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