Friocaulon.] CLXXI. ERIOCAULER. (J. D. Hooker.) 581 
long leaved specimens have a leafy stem 2-3 in. long, as in Sect. A, but much 
stouter, E. fluviatile, Trim. (see end of genus) is probably allied, 
3l E. cuspidatum, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. iii. (1851) 281; 
leaves short linear-ensiform flaccid 7-9-nerved translucent, margins 
thickened, tip rounded and cuspidate, scapes several very long, heads 
globose or hemispheric white villous, invol. bracts cuneiform or rounded, 
scanous, floral membranous cuneate-obovate, fem. fl. sessile, sepals 3, 2 
deeply eymbiform dorsally tubercled, ovary with petals sessile. Dalz. & 
Gibs. Bomb. F1. 980. . 
The SovruEzRN Concan; between Vingorla and Malwan, Dalzell. 
, leaves 1-4 by 3-4 in., erect and recurved. Scapes few or many, 6-10 in., soft, 
“iming, obscurely furrowed ; sheath much longer than the leaves, tips membranous. 
i-i in. diam., base intruded ; invol. bracts yellow, passing into the hyaline 
floral ; receptacle convex, quite naked ; male sepais 2, narrow, free; petals small, 
subequal, fimbriate; stamens 6; fem. sepals coriaceous; petals 3, very narrow, 
briately villous towards the tip. Seeds oblong, quite smooth. 
ü 32. E. nepalense, Prescott ez Bong. in Act. Acad. Petrop. Ser. vi. i. 
0; leaves broadly subulate or ligulate many-nerved, scapes many slender, 
5 globuse grey, invol. bracts cuneate-obovate scarious at length recurved, 
ral linear oblong dark obtuse or apiculate, fem. fl. shortly pedi- 
» Sepals cymbiform, petals very narrowly oblanceolate ciliate with the 
SAI stipitate. Kunth Enum. iii. 554; Steud. Syn. Pl. Cyp. 270. E. 
wi, Kern. in Linnæa, xxvi. 637. E. quinquangulare, Wall. Cat. 
t Temprrate HIMALAYA; from Garwhal, alt. 5-6000 ft., to Sikkim, alt, 4-5000 
The KuasrA He alt. 4-5000 ft. 
th tstock small. Leaves 2-3 by 1-1 in., usually subulate and narrowed from 
è base to the acute tip, but often broader flaccid linear and obtuse or roundel at 
tip, Opaque or translucent, many-nerved. Scapes 4-9 in., soft; sheaths with 
di ranous tips. Head 1 in. diam.; receptacle convex or columnar, quite glabrous ; 
bracts finely hairy ; male sepals 3; petals minute ; stamens 6 ; sepals very con- 
be’ tips Ciliate. Seeds oblong, ribs papillose.—Very similar to E. luzulefolium 
d e Invol. bracts of the fully formed head are recurved, the receptacle is 
Tous. The ligulate leaved specimens look different. 
er E. greg atum, Kern. in Linnza, xxvii. 606 ; dwarf, tufted, leaves 
8 J slender flat acute flexueus opaque, scapes subsolitary, heads very 
l emispheric or globose white or hoary, invol. bracts spreading or 
in cuneiform black, floral oblanceolate obtuse and subacute dark, male 
er small Subequal, fem. fl. sessile, sepals 2 dorsally bearded narrowly 
obl iform 3rd flat, tips villous with stout hairs, petals spathulately 
“nceolate densely villous, ovary with petals sessile. 
vA HILLS; alt. . cks in streams, Griffith, Ee, 
key, t of capillary finos, noc 1-1 by Je in. Seapes slender, often flexuous, 
above th or 5-grooved ; sheaths with membranous tips. Heads } in. diam., white 
` € black involucre; receptacle columnar, glabrous ; male sepals 3, free or 
large bla Petals minute, obovate, subequal, villous; stamens 2-6 ; fem. petals with 
his ack glands, Seeds broadly oblong, yellow.—Allied to E. mitophyllum an 
» Dut the male petals are small and equal. 
- R. Pumilio, Hook. f.; leaves very short subulate acuminate, 
W short slender, KM pale green not striate subinflated tip 
head 45 in. diam. few-fld. hairy, invol. bracts 3-4 erect obovate 
