Eriocaulon. | CLXXI ERIOCAULEZ. (J. D. Hooker.) 577 
19. E. sericans, Mart. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 29; Cat. 6079; 
leaves short subulate, scapes 1-2 slender, heads 1 in. diam. globose snow- 
white, invol. bracts oblong pale yellow scarious not reflexed tips rounded, 
cuneate-obovate acute pubescent tips of outer glabrous, male sepals 
small orbicular, fem. fl. pedicelled, sepals narrow concave, petals oblan- 
colate ciliate, ovary with petals very shortly stipitate or sessile. Kunth 
Enum. iii. 568; Steud. Syn. Pl. Cyp. 272. E. gracile, Mart. Le: Wall. 
(ut. 6079; Kunth l.c. 558. E. infirmum, Steud. Lc. 270. 
Burma ; at Prome and Tavoy, Wallich. 
Rootstock small. Leaves i-l in., erect and recurved, 3-5-nerved, opaque. 
es 4-grooved ; sheath short, tip acuminate green. Heads very pale; invol. 
shining, pubescent ; receptacle small, hemispheric; flowers pedicelled ; male 
» narrow, free or 2 connate bearded; petals unequal; fem. petals unequal, 
glands 0. Seeds globosely oblong, papillose.—I have no doubt as to the specific 
| OL sericans with gracile; Koernicke unites the former with Wighti- 
wm, it is certainly very close, but the heads are much smaller; the male petals 
‘get and fem. broader. The ovary with petals is sessile in gracile very shortly 
Pitate in sericans. The specimens are very few. 
t 20. E. lanceolatum, Mig. in Pl. Metz exsicc.n.131; leaves narrowly 
ilong-lanceolate many-nerved translucent, scapes many slender, sheath 
"ein above tip green, heads globose 1 in. diam. snow-white, invol. 
thee 8 small pale quadrate or obovate scarious not reflexed, male petals 
ne, fem. fl. sessile, sepals 2 deeply cymbiform 3rd flat all bearded, 
ip. 8 very unequal oblanceolate ciliate, ovary with petals sessile. Steud. 
da Cyp. 271; Korn. in Linnea, xxvii. 656. 
The Concan and Canara, Metz, Stocks. . 
"ih ootstock small. Leaves 1-2} by i-i in., acute or acuminate, flaccid, hardly 
Ast Scapes 4-6 in., not deeply grooved; sheath very slender below, inflated 
inc. the middle, tip acuminate, Heads very like those of E. sericans, as are the 
and seeds.—One of the fem. sepals is sometimes winged at the back. 
H Involucral and floral bracts both glabrous or nearly so. 
3 Receptacle glabrous or sparsely hairy. 
ĉl. E. Sieboldianum, Sich Zucc. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Cyp. 272; 
Haves short subulate or setaceous, déet vary many, heads small globose 
i » Sracts all scarious, invol. oblong obtuse gradually passing into 
l- > 9ng-lanceolate subacute shining floral, fem. fl. long-pedicelled, sepals 
Wal ender or 0, petals 0, ovary long-stipitate. E. sexangulare, Mart. in 
Pl. As, Rar. iii, 28. E. hexangulare, Kunth Enum. ii. 551; Thw. 
B “m. 94]; Steud. l.c.; Kern. in Linnea, xxvii. 613; Dalz, & Gibs. 
ir FI. 279 ; Wall. Cat. 6073. E. setaceum, Herb. Heyne. E. nitidum 
tenue, Herb. Ham. 
Om RoUGn oU INDIA ; from Kashmir to Assam and Burma, and southward to 
dus D. 795).—DrsTR1E. China, Japan, Mt. Philipp. - 
d. Leave i -5- rarely A, in. broad, opaque or translucent. 
Gë slender sheath shag. eds d um din? pale whitish or purplish ; invol. 
py, ee ing or ascending, much shorter than the head; receptacle columnar, 
With a VI Sparsely hairy ; fl. bracts imbricating upwards, closely appressed, often 
8. wn ` PUrplish central band; male sepals 3, petals minute, stamens 1-6 ; 
Mary, CH a long stipes above the sepals which is jointed between the sepals and 
» eeds minute, red-brown, quite smooth.—Closely allied to Australian E. 
VI. Pp 
