578 CLXXI. ERIOCAULEM. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Eriocaulon. 
cinereum, Br., which has a villous receptacle. As ascertained by Trimen (Linn. Sov. 
xxiv. 136) from the examination of Hermann’s Herbarium, the E. sewangulare 7 
Linneus is E. Wallichianum of Martius. In Herb. Linn. E. secangulare bears i 
right name; where there is also a specimen of E. Sieboldianum, from Konig; 
unnamed. 
22. E. Duthiei, Hook.f.; leaves very short broadly subulate, scape 
many very slender, heads } in. diam. broadly ovate or hemisphere pe 
bracts spreading oblong obtuse scarious shining passing into i : a 
linear-oblong or oblanceolate acuminate glabrous glistening floral, tem. 1i. 
shortly pedicelled, sepals 2 very narrow, petals 3 filiform. 
CENTRAL PRoviNCES ; Bhimkund, in the Khandma district, Duthie. lv black 
Leaves 4-3 in., many-nerved. Scapes 2-5 in.; sheath short. Heads near Y (ds the 
glistening ; fl. bracts strongly incurved, sometimes obscurely pubescent towa elle; 
tips; receptacle very tall and slender, quite glabrous; flowers shortly pedio mE 
male sepals 2, narrow, subacute, glabrous; petals very obscure; stamens 9; 
with the petals stipitate. Seeds broadly oblong, quite smooth, yellow. 
23. Ei. alpestre, Hook.f.& Thoms. Herb. Ind. Or.; leaven broadiy 
or narrowly subulate, scapes very many short stout, heads broadly o ceous 
few-fld., invol. bracts suberect as long as the flowers cuneiform coe tuse 
floral obovate-oblong, fem. fl. sessile, sepals oblong cymbiform | 1 
glabrous, petals 3 subequal obovate coriaceous glabrous glands apica 
kiusianum, Maxim. in Herb. Hort. Petrop. D.H 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 8-12,000 ft., and Knuet Hie, alt, 5-6000 ft., J. D. ^^^ 
Clarke.—DıstRIB. W. China, Japan. +o the acute tip, 
Leaves very many, 1-5 by 4-4 in., narrowed from a broad base tot pw leaves, 
few or many-nerved, usually spreading. Scapes shorter or longer tban ck; floral 
often flexuous. Heads } in. diam. or less; invol. bracts yellowish and bia truncate, 
black, coriaceous ; receptacle small, convex, glabrous; male sepals i ed; ovary 
glabrous; petals obscure; stamens 6; fem. petals white, shortly D An ui- 
with petals sessile. Seeds large, oblong, yellowish or dark, quite smooth. 
usually well-marked species by the glabrous coriaceous fem. petals. 
T 9 ; 
24. E. truncatum, Ham. ex Mart. in Wall. Pl. As. NUS 
Wall. Cat. 6076 ; leaves 1-2 in. subulate, scapes many stout, hear scarious 
diam. hemispheric, invol. bracts cuneate spreading shining, flora d, sepals 
obovoid tip concave truncately rounded glabrous, fem. fl. pediee: Wel ovary 
2 narrow, petals 3 filiform or very narrowly oblanceolate cuia D 270; 
with petals stipitate. Kunth Enum. iii. 555; Steud. Syn. Pl. CYP: een 
Kern, in Linnæa, xxvii. 631; Thi. Enum. 341 (excl. syn.. E? 
Ham. Leucocephala spathacea, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 613. C.P. 799). 
AssaM, BENGAL, BURMA, and southward to MaALACCA and CEYLON (C.E. 
—Disrris. Malay and Philippine Islands, China. 
Leaves } in. broad at the base or less, acuminate, few- or many-n 
1-4in. Heads glistening; invol. bracts sub-2.seriate; floral incur rent; Pe 
cating; receptacle conical, sparsely hairy; male sepals free or CO b: petals very 
minute, ciliate; fem. fl. long-pedicelled, sepals concave or linear and ret Ro 
variable in breadth. Seeds pale, ribs papillose.—This is unquestionably 
Leucocephala spathacea, of which he had a good drawing made. ile, petals 
Var. malaccense ; floral bracts broader, flowers of both sexes bi e arger- 
broader and more coriaceous, gland apical, ovary with petals stipitata Possibly 3 
Malacca, Grifith (Kew Distrib. 5567); at Kwala Pehang, Ridley.— 
different species. 
§§ Receptacle more or less villous. 
