574 CLXXI. ERIOCAULLE. (J D. Hooker.) [ Eriocaulon. 
9. E. odoratum, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. iii. (1851), 280; leaves 
short subulate recurved 7-nerved, scapes many filiform, heads snow whit 
invol. bracts short obovate-oblong obtuse scarious dark, floral cuneately 
obovate bearded, fem. fl. pedicelled, sepals narrow subequal greng 
petals oblanceolate villously ciliate, ovary with petals very 8 3 y 
stipitate. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 280; Korn. in Linnea, xxvi. 683. 
The Concan; prov. Malwan, in stagnant water, Dalzell. . ü 
Leaves 1 in., in. broad at base, narrowed thence to the finely weie Op 
translucent. Scapes 6-10 in., deeply grooved ; tip of sheath membranous. hairs ; 
in. diam., globose; recept. hemispheric, shortly villous with brownish SA 
fl. bracts concealed by the male petals; fem. sepals longer than the petals.—Sur 
strongly of chamomile, Dalzell. 
10. E. atratum, Korn. in Linnea, xxvii. 610; leaves very deen 
linear obtuse opaque; scape long solitary, invol. bracts cuneately * Van 
black shining inner acute, floral black shortly bearded outer ormon ar 
obovate very shortly cuspidate inner narrow cuneate acute, fem. fl. sessile, 
petals oblanceolate villous. 
CEYLON; Gardner (n. 972). ; 
Densely tufted. M s in., erect or spreading from an erect base, AA 
broad, sheaths woolly at the base, nerves very many, close. Scapes 1 ft. an We 
Heads X in. diam., hemispheric; invol. bracts convex, rigid, incurved ; inner ed 
black above the middle; recept. hemispheric, densely villous ; male fl. pedice 2» 
stamens 6; fem. subsessile; 2 sepals of fem. coneave, narrow flat; ovary nich be 
base hairy.—1 am rather doubtful of this being Koernicke's E. atratum, w. rin 
describes from a specimen in the Berlin Herb. as being stouter than E. wen 
and broader leaved. It is most like the Khasian cristatum of the Ceylon specie 
$8 Receptacle glabrous or nearly so (or villous in E. cristatum, var’). 
1L E. cristatum, Mart. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. sii. 28; Cat. H 
densely tufted, leaves erect 3-0 in. narrowly linear flat tip pci as 
opaque many-nerved striate, scapes 1 or more rigid about twice as © s 
the leaves, heads snow-white, invol. bracts cuneately obovate edge m. f. 
black, floral dark broadly obcuneate acute very shortly bearded, ovary 
shortly pedicelled, petals narrowly oblanceolate villously ciliate, 
sessile. Korn. in Innnea, xxvii. 609. 
Kuasa Hues: alt. 4-5000 ft., common. A 
Leaves j;—j, in. broad, narrowed to the obtuse tip; sheaths short, not Aue 
at the base. Scapes rigid, deeply grooved. Heads }-} in. diam., black an brons, 
invol. bracts coriaceous ; floral rather rigid; receptacle flat or convex, quite, tatum d 
or very sparsely hairy. Seeds oblong with papillose ridges.— The duda 
Benth. Fl. Hongk. differs in the equal or subequal male petals. robably 
Var. Mack: leaves broader, receptacle densely villous.—Assam (p 
Khasia) Mrs. Mack.—Perhaps a different species. . 
Q at. 6080; 
12. E. melaleucum, Mart. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 235 bsolitary» 
leaves 1-2 in. subulate acuminate 3-7-nerved opaque, scapes SU»? acute, 
invol bracts membranous black, outer obovate-oblong obtuso, linear 
floral acuminate black thickly bearded, fem. fl. subsessile, peta S with 
villously ciliate tipped with short white bristles, glands 0, ovaty 
petals subsessile. Kunth Enum. iii. 568; Kern. in Linnea, 
E. leucomelas, Steud. Nom. Ed. 2,1.585; Syn. Pl. Oyp- 272; E. 
gulare, Herb. Heyne. 
Kont He, Heyne, Schmidt. ARRAKAN, King. "T sheath 
Leaves translucent, recurved, more opaque in Schmidt’s specim 
nd wbite; 
glabrous at base. Scape strongly grooved. Head j in. diam. bla . 
quinqua?" 
