236 CLIV. ERIOCAULEZ (BROWN). [ Eviocaulon. 
female flowers pure white, 
hairy atthe apex. - 21. #. Teusezii. 
§$Heads less than 3 lin. in diam. 
Involucral bracts blackish, fus- 
cous or greenish-grey. 
Sepals of the female flowers 
dark fuscous s . 29. FE. elegantulum. 
Sepals of the female flowers 
“yellowish” or “pale 
greenish-yellow.” 
Leaves 9-15 lin. long, 1-14 
lin. broad, 7-9-nerved. 30. EF. Schlechteri. 
Leaves 4—7 lin. long, 3 lin. 
broad, 1-nerved; heads 
3 lin. in diam. . . 34, EB. gilgianum. 
Involueral- bracts pale straw- 
coloured or brownish-white. 
Peduncles several-ribbed ; pe- 
tals much shorter than 
the sepals, with a black 
gland near the apex . 22. E. huillense. 
Peduncles 3—5-angled as seen 
inthin transverse sections 
in water; petals equal- 
ling or exceeding the 
sepals, 
Petals unequal, the largest 
+4 lin. broad, ob- 
lanceolate, thick, all 
ciliate and the largest 
with hairs on both 
sides, glandless . . 23. EB. afzelianum. 
Petals subequal, 2 lin. 
broad, linear-cuneate, 
thin and rather mem- 
branous, ciliate, gla- 
brous on both sides, 
with or without a : 
minute apical gland . 27. E. Hanningtoniv. 
1. E. longipetalum, Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 96. A 
very small plant, 4 to 4 in. high, apparently an annual, of rosette-like 
habit. Leaves numerous, 3-8 lin. long, not exceeding } lin. broad at 
the base, capillary-subulate, glabrous. Peduncles very numerous, not 
exceeding the leaves, 2-5 lin. long, slender, subtrigonous or subquad- 
rangular, glabrous, their sheaths nearly or quite as long, open nearly to 
the base, acute, shortly hairy at the very base. Heads 3—1 lin. in diam., 
campanulate, whitish or greenish-white, few to about 10-flowered, with 
1 or 2 central male flowers surrounded by females. Involucral bracts 
% lin. long, } lin. broad, erect, slightly exceeding the disk, oblong, obtuse 
or minutely bifid at the apex, glabrous, slightly shining, whitish. 
Flowering bracts similar to those of the involucre, about as long, it 
lin. broad, glabrous. Receptacle glabrous. Female flowers subsessile, 
