^-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
