Eriocaulon. ] CLXXI. ERIOCAULLE, (J. D. Hooker.) 573 
obtuse inner acute black shining, fem. fl. subsessile, sepals and petals 
villously bearded. E. atratum, 8 major, Thw. Enum, 341. 
aoa Wight; G. Thomson; central province, alt. 5~7000 ft., Thwaites 
0, 131). 
Sien simple, in young plants 3-4 in. long and as thick as the thumb, often 
plously branched in old; branches 6-10 in. long, leafy throughout. Leaves 2-6 
by 4-3 in., narrowed from the base to the obtuse tip, rigid, quite opaque; nerves 
"try many, close, obscure. Scape stout or slender. Heads 4-2 in.; invol. bracts 
th 3-seriate, fcarious; receptacle flat, villous; fl. bracts oblanceolate, acute, dark, 
tly bearded ; 2 sepals of fem. fl. concave, the 3rd flat ; petals very unequal, 
gonds large ; ovary with petals stipitate, stipes villous.—The only Indian much- 
ched species, 
H Heads 1 in. diam. or less. 
$ Receptacle villous. 
6. E. subcaulescens, Hook. f.; stem short stout densely leafy, 
laves linear acute concave thick opaque, scapes 2-3, bracts all yellowish, 
üvoluera] broadly obovate scarious, floral cuneately oblanceolate acute 
*d, fem. fl. sessile, petals oblanceolate villous, ovary with petals sessile. 
CEYLON; Newera Ellia, Gardner, Thwaites (C.P. 61 and 789 in Herb. Kew). 
Stem 34 in., as thick as the little finger. Leaves very many, 2-3 by AA in., 
qutt, very many-nerved, quite smooth on both surfaces; sheath slightly woolly at 
the base, Scape 12 im. slender. Head i-i in. diam., depressed spherical, pale ; 
hale and fem, sepals 2 concave, 1 flat, all bearded ; fem. petals oblanceolate villous ; 
Mary villous at the base. Seed sub-globose, smooth.—Closely resembles a Bornean 
“es from Kina Balu, in which the male petals are shorter. 
7. B, longicuspis, Hook. f.; stem short stout, leaves short linear- 
tbulate acuminate flat thick opaque, scapes tall very slender, invol. bracts 
i Ty small cuneately obovate scarious blackish, floral cuneate tip black 
winded toothed and with a long black cusp, fem. fl. pedicelled, petals 
dhlanceolate ciliate with the ovary long-stipitate. E. cristatum, var. 
w. Enum, 34]. 
Cerro, Thwaites (C.P. 1002 in Herb. Kew; 789 in Thw. Enum.). 
*tstock as thick as a swan's quill. Leaves 2-23 in., narrowed from the base 
Sea e tip, many-nerved, obscurely striate ; sheaths obscurely woolly at the base. 
ae 18-20 in weak, flexuous, Heads } in. diam., the black cusps of the fl. 
D el contrasting with the white small petals; receptacle hemispheric; male fl. on 
wen pedicels; sepals 3, free, tips bearded ; stamens 6; fem. petals very unequal, 
Ser than the sepals, glands large.—1 have seen only one specimen of this well- 
Species, 
h 8. m, polycephalum, Hook. f. ; rootstock very stout, leaves elongate 
ay] I Sword-shaped acuminate flat thin, scapes very many tall slender, 
flo 1 bracts very small cuneately obovate scarious blackish shining, 
Sex oblanceolate long-cuspidate black softly bearded, fem. fl. shortly 
“na » Sepals and petals softly hairy, ovary subsessile. 
TRAL ĪNDIA ; archi, Duthie. . 
" votstock as thick as the middle finger. Leaves many, 2-8 by j-$ in., lower 
dée » Very many-nerved, narrowed to the acuminate tip, rather glossy. Scapes 
d More, 8.90 in. Heads 1-1 in. globose, ash-colrd., hairs flexuous ; receptacle 
d Wei shortly villous; tips and cusps of bracts black ; male sepals 3, free; stamens 
TR, sepals long, narrow; petals narrowly oblanceolate, ciliate with long soft 
larger p; very handsome species, closely allied to E. longicuspis, but very much 
with many scapes. 
