572 CLXXI. ERIOCAULLE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Eriocaulon. 
. ical vi fl. 
1. E. setaceum, Linn. Sp. Pl. 87; receptacle conical villous, 
bracts cymbiform acute coriaceous glabrous black, seeds dark brovi: 
Kunth Enum. iii. 550. Steud. Byn. PL. Cyp. ii. 270; Thw. Erum. 3 C 
E. intermedium, Kern. in Linnea, xxvii. 601.—Rheede Hort. Mal. xu. t. 
63. 
MALABAR ; at Quilon, Wight. CEYLON; Walker, &c. . 
Stem 2-3 ft., bin or slender, flexuous. Leaves 11-2 in., flexuous, Keen 
Peduncles very many, slender, 13-3 in. ; sheath $-1 in., tip membranons. brous or 
lin. diam. Male petals obscure; stamens 6; fem. sepals cymbiform, hs "pi aite 
nearly so; petals narrow, ciliate, with or without a gland. Seeds oblong, q 
smooth. 
2. E. capillus-naiadis, Hook. f.; receptacle conical or Sie 
villous, fl. bracts whitish membranous outer glabrous inner wit Will 
white dorsal hairs, seeds dark olive-green or black. E. setaceum, xxvii. 
Cat. n. 6077; Mart. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 29 ; Korn. in Linnza, xxvi 
(excl. syn. Linn.). 
; at Nonk- 
BENGAL; Serampore, Grifith, Vicrampore, Clarke. Engt HILLS; at 
reem, J. D. H. A T. T. Se Tavoy Pind Pegu, Wallich, Ze, The Concay, 
Stocks.—DistR1B. Cochin China. nd Khasian 
Closely resembles E. setaceum in habit, foliage, &c. In the Burmese a d Cochin- 
specimens the fem. petals are ciliate with long hairs, in the Concan an 
Chinese they are nearly glabrous. 
ical 
3. E. bifistulosum, Van Heurck. Obs. Bot. 105; receptacle con ant 
glabrous, fl. bracts dark all with short dorsal bristles, seeds C 
brown. E. setaceum, Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. 191. W. Africa 
Kuasta Hrs at Myrung, alt. 5000 ft. Grifith.—DISTRIB. V. 
Australia. «Corinne from both in 
This is closely allied to E. capillus-naiadis and setaceum, differing f the fl 
the glabrous receptacle, and from the former in the very short hairs 0 o we 
bracts which are more mucronate and less membranous; the seeds M ^s in the 
smaller. The fem. petals are narrow, glabrous, with minute apical glands, 
Concan specimens of E. capillus-naiadis. 
B. Terrestrial or marsh plants; stem rarely elongate. 
the 
* Petals of male fl. 3, one much the largest and protruded beyond V 
n 
floral bracts, rarely subequal and all protruded. vol. bracts globose ` 
all; floral bearded. 
t Heads more than} in. diam. Receptacle villous. 
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4. E. robustum, Steud. Syn. Pl. Cyp. 271; subcaulescent, Fake 
subsolitary very stout, invol. bracts ovate-oblong or lanceolate be 
pale shining, sepals and petals villously bearded, fem. fl. subsessile 
im Linnea, xxvii. 674. S. bracteosum, Steud. Le, 272. 
Niteurrt HiILLs; alt. 6000 ft., Wight, Ee, 
Rootstock often as thick as the thumb. Leaves 1-9 by }-{ in, narrow 
ed to the 
H . 
: ining: 
obtuse or rounded tip, soft, thin, opaque, very many-nerved, striate, often ane e 
Scape 8 in.-3 ft., as thick as a crow-quill or less. Heads j-i in. Wi ' Janceo- 
bracts many-seriate, scarious ; receptacle convex, villous; fl. bracts perta A am 
late, acuminate. Flowers 3-merous ; sepals of both sexes 3, concave villous ; 
: D l us. 
6; fem. fl. with the ovary and petals stipitate above the sepals, stipes ee 
Much the stoutest Indian species, 
scent, 
5. E. caulescens, Hook. f. & Thoms. Herb. Ind. Or ener 
scape subsolitary from the stem or its branches, invol. bracts O 
