Eriocaulon. | CLIV. ERIOCAULEH (BROWN). 255 
petals t—{} lin. long. Petals rudimentary or one of them about 1 lin. 
long, ciliate. Seeds $—! lin. long, ellipsoid, brown, thinly covered with 
very minute white papille.—Ruhland in Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 83. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, ser. iii. 
223! Witu ; between Fungo Zombo and Witu, Dennhardt. 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar: near the town of Zanzibar, Kirk ! Hildebrandt, 
1056. German East Africa: Usambara ; Duga, Holst, 3181! 
ZH. elegantulum, Engl., closely resembles E. Hanningtonii, N. E. Br. and Z, 
zambesiense, Ruhland, in general appearance, but the short blackish (not pallid) 
involucral-bracts, which are best seen in the very young heads, readily distinguish 
it from those species. 
30. E. Schlechteri, Ruhland in Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 78. Leaves 
#-1} in. long, 1-14 lin. broad, linear, mucronate or somewhat obtuse, 
7—9-nerved, glabrous, white-punctulate above. Peduncles 2-3 to a 
plant, 2-3 times longer than the leaves, acutely ribbed ; their sheaths 
about equalling the leaves, glabrous. Heads globose, somewhat glabrous. 
Involucral-bracts slightly longer than the flowers, ovate, obtuse, some- 
what glabrous, greenish-grey. Flowering-bracts like the involucral- 
bracts. Receptacle pilose. Female flowers: Sepals 3, narrowly 
ovate, almost glabrous, yellowish. Petals 3, equal, slightly narrower 
than the sepals, thinly hairy near the tips, with a black gland near the 
apex. Male flowers: Sepals connate for about 4 of their length ; 
lobes elongate-spathulate, irregularly denticulate at the apex, glabrous, 
greyish-white. Petals very minute, roundish, with an oblong black 
gland, glabrous. Anthers blackish-brown. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Gasaland; ina swamp at Inham- 
bane, Schlechter, 12093! 
The above locality is just south of the Tropic of Capricorn, but doubtless the 
plant occurs within the Tropical area. I have not seen it. 
31. E. subulatum, N. E. Br. Plant small, stemless. Leaves 
several, 7-1} in. long, 1-4 lin. broad, subulate, gradually tapering to a 
fine point, flat above, very convex beneath, 1—3-nerved, glabrous, 
Peduncles numerous, varying from shorter to longer than the leaves, 
3-24 in. long, square, glabrous ; their sheaths 4-} in. long, somewhat 
close-fitting, subacute, membranous. Heads 1}-1} lin. in diam., 
globose, moneecious, blackish. Involucral-bracts $-} lin. long, oblong, 
or oblong-obovate, acute, fuscous or somewhat pallid, spreading or 
slightly reflexed, glabrous. Flowering-bracts like the involucral-bracts, 
dark fuscous or blackish, glabrous. Receptacle thinly pilose. Female 
flowers numerous, subsessile. Sepals 3, often unequal, nearly % lin. 
long, 4 lin. broad, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, boat-shaped, some- 
times slightly gibbous on the back, fuscous, slightly ciliate with dusky 
hairs, Petals 3, slightly unequal, scarcely } lin. long, yg lin. broad, 
linear, subacute, dark fuscous, glabrous. Male flowers not very 
humerous, shortly pedicellate. Sepals } lin. long, united into a funnel- 
shaped body open down one side, shortly 3-lobed and denticulate 
at the apex, fuscous. Stipes between the sepals and petals } lin. long, 
