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^-j Dr. SwAnrz^s Botanical Hi/lory niculafi, erefti, 1. verfus radicemdecumbentes, ftolonlferl; in qm^

bufdam fuffrutefcentes. Falia ut in gramineis bafi vaginantia, difco plana, apice interdum

convoluta ; margine cartilaginea fcabra 1. crenulato-undulata^ Vagincf! ar6lae,. fauce contraftx, ligulifers. Panicula terminalis, fimpliciufcula, contradta 1. patens. Flores mutici 1. ariftati. Glurncc calycina fspius coloratae.

Chara£Ief generkus.

Cal. Giuma uniflora, bivalvis.

ValvtiU corolla faepius breviores, ovata?, acutas, concavo»»

canal iculatas, muticse, patentiufculaz, inaequales^ exterior plerumque minor,, ovato-lanceolata, interiorena baft

ampleftens. interior parum major, lato-ovata, acuta. Cor. Gluma duplex, calyce longior, fubclaufa. Exterior bivalvis.

Valvulce complicatae, compreflae, amplexantes in£Bquales, faepc

bafi uno alterove fafciculo villorum praedita?^ interior anguftior, bafi utroqiK latere excifa. exterior latior, ante florefcentiam maximam partem interiori's obvolvens» infima bafi interiorem fubtus (articulatione quafi) excipiens. Interior anceps, bivalvis.

Valvula: complicatos, membranacea;, carinatas inxqualcs. exterior latior, bafi ad latera excifa glumse oppofits corollas

exterioris illam ampledtens.. interior fubulato-falcata. Ad bafin intenoris^ verfus valvulam interiorem glumas corollinae'

ejcterioris