653 
‚braeteis involuerantibns pluribus, demum reflexis; Bracteis 
Hlores stipantibus obtusissimis, apiculatis, fores aequan- 
tilus ; perigonio femineo interiore apice emarginate, ©. 
Eriocaulon Smithil Bu Br. Prodr. 254, Kıh, En. 3, 
569. Steudel Synops, 2, 270, 
Evriocaulon Lhotzkyi Stendel Syuops, 2, 270. (v. s). 
var, @. peduneülis usque 8- polliearibus; foliis pleramgue 9- 
nerris. 
var. #. minor; pedunrulis usque 2"/,-pollicaribus, foliis 4 
5-nerviis. 
var, y. pedunenlis usque 6-pollicaribus; foliis plerumgue 7, 
angustioribus 5-nerviis, 
Nova Hollandia: 
var. a, (Hb. Holm. ded. Smith). "Leg. Sieber no. 582 
(Hl, Berol. et Schldl.) et D’'Urvillo (Hb, Berol,) et Lhotzky 
(Eh. Steudel). 
var, 8, Botany Bay Bush Martio leg. Leichhardt (Ab. 
- Berol.), 
var, 9% Leg. Sieber (Hb. Vindob,). 
Planta 2-8 -pollicaris. — Var u. Radieis fihrae fasri- 
tulatae, simplives, spongiosae, seplis transversarlis. caren- 
tes, glabrae, albidae. Caulis perbrevis. Folia cespitosa,, sub- 
‚ensiformi-linearia, basi plus minus dilatata, angustalo-acnta, 
‚glahra, subpellucida, fenestrato- 7 —9-nervia, nervis longi- 
(ndinalihus aeque validis, membranacea, plana, lacte viridia 
‚vol exsivcatione fusca, 2— 24, pollices longa, medio 1 lineam 
et qnod excedit lata. Peduncali aggregali, inaegnales, gla- 
bri, 5- costati, plus mins torti, 3-—8-pollicares, Vaginne 
laxingonlae, oblique fissae, Inmina apice tenni- memhranacea, 
Slabrae, foliig breviores vel ea fere zequantes, 11, —19/y- 
Pollicares, Capitula, subglohosn, demum ovato-glohosa, sparsd 
