Bestiacece.l cetlon plants, 3X1 



CLXV. EESTIACE^. 



1. ERIOCAULON, Linn. 



A 



(Norn. vulg. " Kok-mota.") 



1. E. setaceum, Linn. (Ktli. Emim. iii, p. 550, cum syn.) — E, inters 

 meditim, Kornicke, iu Linnsea, xxvii.— c.p. 791 (791). 



Hab. Hotter parts of the island, in marshy places. 



2. E. Wallichianum, Mart, in Wall. PL Ear. iii. t. 249 ; Kth. L c. 



p. 564, cum syn. — JEJ, longifolium, JN. ab Es., Kth. 1. c. p. 567- — c.r. 

 220. 



Hab. Not uncommon in the warmer parts of the island. 



3. E. sexan^ulare^ Linn. (Kth. 1. c.p. 551^ cumsj^n.) — E, TlucaitesU, 

 Eornicke, I.e. (partim). — c.p. 795, 



Hab, Central Province. 



4 E. truncatum, Ham, (Kth, I.e. p. 555.) — E, Thwaitesii, Koru. 

 1. c. (partim).— c.p. 790 (793). 

 Hab, Very common. 



5. E. BroTOuianuxu 



378 (1001). 



c.p. 377, 



000 



^ An extremely variable species, as regards the amount of pubescence, and tlie relative 

 size of the leaves, peduncles, and capitula. The external sepals of the male flowers 

 are more or less coherent, 



6. E, qninquangxilare, Linn. (Willd, Sp, PL h p. 485 ; Kth. 1. c. p. 

 556, cum syn.) — c.p. 792. 



Var. /3. argenteum. — E, argenteuMy Mart. 1. c. ; Kth. 1. c. p. 557. 

 c.p. 3562. 

 Hab. Very abundant on the borders of paddj-fields, 



7. E. luzulsefolium, Mart. 1. c. p. 2%; Kth. 1. c. p. 553.— An E. iri- 

 lohim, Ham. in Herb. Wall. ; Korn. I.e.?— c.p. 796. 



Hab. Central Province, up to an elevation of 4000 feet. 



8. E, Wightianum, Mart. 1. c. ; Kth. 1. c. p. 503 ; Steud. Synops. 



p. 271. 

 Var. capituUs nigro-cinereis, parce pilosis. — c.p, 3382. 

 Hab. Ambagamowa District. 



9. E. cristatum, Mart. 1. c.— Var, hracteis floralihus denticulatis et 

 lonrriuscule cuspidato-acuminatis. — c.p. 789. 



Hab. Eambodde, in the Central Province, Gard^ier. 



This may possibly be a dlstiuct species, Tlie flowers are moncecions, and the 

 flower bracts are different in shape from those of the ordinary form of E. crutaiian ; 

 but the two plants are so conformable in other respects, that 1 cannot venture to 

 separate them. 



10. E. atratum, Korn. 1. c.— C.P. 61. 



Var. ^. major,— E. caidescens, H. f. and T. MSS.— c.p. 131. 

 Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 5000 to 7000 feet. ■ 



Parce caulcscens. Folia vaginis valde dilatatis. ^ Sepala exlenora mixlium latiora 

 quani in U, aistato, cui alioquin hccc species simillima est. 



