238 CLIV. ERIOCAULE& (BROWN), | Lriocaulon, 
the mouth, rather loose-fitting, glabrous, Heads about 2 lin. in diam., 
hemispherical, monecious, with the sexes somewhat intermingled. 
Involucral bracts much longer than the flowering part of the head, 
radiating, 14-21 lin. long, }—} lin. broad, lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, 
thin, light straw-coloured. Flowering bracts 1 lin. long, } lin. broad, 
oblong-oblanceolate, acute, concave, with a few white hairs on the back 
or almost glabrous, faintly fuscous-tinted on the apical part. Receptacle 
densely covered with whitish hairs that are about as long as the flowers. 
Female flowers pedicellate. Sepals 3, equal, % lin. long, scarcely 4 lin. 
broad, linear, subacute, glabrous, whitish or faintly fuscous-tinted on 
the apical part. Stipes between the sepals and petals 1 lin. long. 
Petals 3, unequal, }—? lin. long, about as broad as the sepals, cuneate- 
linear, subobtuse, whitish, sparingly ciliate and with a few white hairs 
on the inner face, glandless. Male flowers pedicellate. Sepals more or 
less united into a narrowly funnel-shaped body 4 lin. long, deeply cleft 
on one side, denticulate at the apex, fuscous, glabrous. Stipes between 
the sepals and petals }-} lin. long. Petals obsolete, or one of them 
represented by a very minute lobule, ciliate with a few hairs. Anthers 
dark fuscous, not exceeding the calyx. Seeds ellipsoid, about 4 lin. 
long, very minutely reticulate with microscopic whitish papille.— 
Ruhland in Engl, Jahrb. xxvii. 84. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory: Borgu ; in the drier part of a swampy pond 
near Fakun, Barter, 778! 
4, E. Volkensii, Hngl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 133. Dwarf and stem- 
less. Leaves 1-1} in. long, 2-4 lin. broad, flat, linear-lanceolate, obtuse 
or acute, many-nerved, tessellately cross-veined, densely woolly on both 
sides in the sheathing part, otherwise glabrous. Peduncles shorter 
than the leaves, 1-1} in. long, moderately stout, about 4 lin. thick, 
3-angled, thinly pilose at the base, their sheaths about 4 in. long, thin, 
acute, open nearly to the base, glabrous, embedded in the wool of the 
leaves. Flower-heads 2-21 lin. in diam., subglobose, moneecious, with 
the outer flowers female. Involucre campanulate, its bracts 14-14 lin. 
long, 1-1} lin. broad, orbicular or subquadrate, very obtuse, glabrous, 
light straw-coloured. Flowering-bracts 1}-13 lin. long, ? lin. broad, 
cuneate-obovate, acute, minutely ciliate, straw-coloured or faintly 
fuscous, very thinly pubescent with white hairs on the apical part. 
Receptacle glabrous. Female flowers subsessile. Sepals 3, subequal, 
1-1} lin, long, }-} lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, concave, membranous, 
whitish, becoming pale fuscous with age, bearded on the apical part 
with white hairs. Petals 1-14 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, linear-lanceolate, 
acute, white, pubescent on the face, with a black linear gland near the 
apex; ovary trigonous, glabrous; style deeply trifid—Ruhland 
Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 82. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, on Kibo peak, 1100 ft., 
Volkens, 2032! on the north side of Kilimanjaro, near the Yumba-ya-Nguaro Cave, 
Volkens (ex Engler), ina damp depression near the Noholu Cave, Volkens, 2032 (ex 
Ruhland). 
