244 CLIV. ERIOCAULEE (BROWN). [Eriocaulon 
spathulate-obovate, concave, obtusely keeled on the back, pale fuscous, 
densely bearded with white hairs on the apical part. Receptacle 
glabrous. Female flowers subsessile or very shortly pedicellate, 
trigonous. Sepals 3, equal, 1-1} lin. long, } lin. broad, elliptic-oblong, 
very deeply boat-shaped, obtuse, obtusely keeled, dark fuscous, bearded 
with white hairs at the apex. Petals 3, one larger than the others, 
arising close to the sepals, about 1} lin, long, }-} lin. broad, oblanceo- 
late, acute, white, bearded with white hairs within and with a black 
gland near the apex. Male flowers pedicellate. Sepals 1 lin. long, 
4-1 lin. broad, free or variously connate, obovate, obtuse, dark fuscous, 
bearded with white hairs at the apex. Stipes between the sepals and 
petals about } lin. long. Petals unequal, oblong, acute, white, bearded 
with white hairs within and with a black linear central gland, the 
largest 3 lin. Jong, } lin. broad. Anthers black. Capsule 3-lobed, 
3 lin. in diam., glabrous, brown. Seeds } lin. long, ellipsoid, brown.— 
Ruhland in Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 80. 2. schimperianum, Koernicke in 
Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 309, name only; Durand & Schinz, 
Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 503. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Begemeder; in a swamp at Jan Meda, 8500 ft. 
Schimper, 1217! 
13. E. mesanthemoides, Ruhland in Engl. Jahrb, xxvii. 79. 
Leaves erect, 34-10 in. long, (1} in. broad at the base, ex Ruhland), 
4 in. broad in the specimen seen, but much dilated in the sheathing 
portion, gradually tapering to a very obtuse apex, many-nerved, 
glabrous. Peduncles several to a plant (3 in the specimen seen), much 
longer than the leaves, 1-11 lin. thick, terete, with 10-11 remarkably 
prominent ribs, as seen in thin transverse section in water, glabrous ; 
their sheaths shorter than the leaves, very lax, mostly 3-fid at the apex, 
glabrous. Heads about 6-7 lin. in diam., semiglobose, moncecious, 
densely white-pubescent (somewhat glabrous, ex Ruhland). Involucral- 
bracts 17-23 lin. long, 1-14 lin. broad, white (greenish-fuscous, eX 
Ruhland), glabrous. Flowering-bracts 13-2 lin. long, 3-1 lin. broad, 
cuneate-rhomboid, abruptly very acute, white, densely bearded with 
short white hairs on the apical part. Female flowers shortly pedicellate. 
Sepals 3, equal, 1} lin. long, } lin. broad, oblong, boat-shaped, flaccid, 
blackish, bearded and ciliate with white hairs on the apical part. 
Petals 3, unequal, 1-1} lin. long, } lin. broad, linear-subspathulate 
(oblong-spathulate, ex Ruhland), white, all slightly hairy on the inner 
face (ciliate, ex Ruhland) with a black gland near the apex, the larger 
bearded on the back at the apex, the smaller with only a small apical 
tuft of white hairs. Male flowers pedizellate. Sepals connate into @ 
funnel-shaped body about 11 lin. long, open down one side, trifid at the 
apex, blackish, densely bearded with white hairs on the apical part. 
Stipes between the sepals and petals exceedingly short, about § lin. oF 
less long. Petals 3, unequal, 3—1 lin. long, }—} lin. broad, linear-cuneate, 
whitish, densely bearded with white hairs on the apical part, and with 
