1024 OCXCVIL | ERIOCAULEJE. 
intra basin cyathi affixa, breviter exserta, filamentis filiformibus ; pukherm parvs, ovato- 
oblongse, antice suleatze, rima unica dehiscentes, apert:e 1-loculares ; inodia in fl. 9 0. 
Ovarium in fl. 9 intra perianthium interius sessile, 3-lobum, 3-loculare ; stylus filiformis, 
3-fidus, ramis is indivisis, appendiculis 3 cum ramis stigmatosis alternantibus 
iisque multo brevioribus; pistilli rudiment in fl. d Fructus et semina 
ordinis.—Héerb:e humiles, tenues, caulibus dense foliatis c:spitoso-ramosis v. infra inflo- 
rescentiam simplicibus. Folia brevia, lineari-filiformia. Pedunculi filiformes, 1-cephali. 
Capitula parva, fructifera globosa. Perianthia glabra v. exteriora parce ciliata. Recep- 
taculum breviter pilosum. 
Species 5 (v. 2?) Guianz et Brasilize incole, Kwnth, Enum. Pl, iii. 495. Kern. in Mart. FI, Bras. 
iii, i, 304, £. 38. 
Genus Pepalantho valde affine, nec habitu nec floribus feemineis a speciebus nonnullis generis 
istius polymorphi distinguendum. Keernieke genus retinuit ad species 2 limitatum floribus d 
2-andris in perianthio 3-mero, nobis melius definitum videtur si includimus Pepalanthum albidum et. 
P. rupestrem, Gardn. in Hook. Pl. t. 525, floribus d 3-andris, antheris tamen apertis 1-locularibus. 
Species typica P. Hoffmanseggii, Mart., habitu speciminibus minoribus Pepalanthi Schraderi simillima 
est, et bractee involuerantes pariter angustze acutzque, caulis foliatus basi simplex plus minus 
evolutus etsi humilis, apice corymbosus dense foliosus, pedunculis filiformibus folia parum excedenti- 
bus; in hae stamina semper 2 tantum vidimus, In P. a/bida et P. rupestre, caules foliati dense 
ewspitoso-ramosi basi breviter tantum simplices, peduneuli capillares quam in P. Hoffmanseggii 
longiores et bractez involuerantes breviores latioresque. Stamina ut videtur constanter 3. PAilo- 
dice cuyabensis, Kern. (Eriocaulon cuyabense, Bong. in Mem. Acad. Petersp. ser. 6, i. t. 10), floribus 
d ex Bongardio 3-andris, ex Kornickio 2-andris, et Pepalanthus prostratus, Kcern., floribus d 
3-andris, antheris tamen 1-locularibus, nobis ignoti sunt. 
5. Lachnocaulon, Kunth, Ewwm. Pl. iii. 497.—Perianthii exterioris segmenta 3, dis- 
tincta, ovalia v. spathulata, concava; interius 0. Stamina in fl. 4 ad apicem stipitis 
perianthio exteriore inclusa 3, circa pistilli rudimentum minimum 9-partitum inserta, 
filamentis brevibus persistentibus ; anthers oblongs, rima unica dehiscentes, aperte 1- 
loculares. Ovarium in fl. 9 intra perianthium exterius fere sessile, pilis numerosis cinctum, 
3-loculare ; stylus superne crassiusculus, breviter 3-fidus, appendicibus alternis minimis. 
Semina ovoideo-globosa, Rn ODE Eriocauli normalis, Folia radicalia v. in 
rhizomate breviter evoluto czespit ulata, tenuia, inata. Scapi fonuen, Togphab- 
Capitulum primum interdum dep , perfecte jlui glob y. 
Bractez invol floribus breviores, scariosc, sub capitulo perfecte evoluto occult, 
interiores sub floribus spathul hyalinse, i dum medio nigricant Perianthii exte- 
rioris segmenta nunc in fl. d solis, nunc in utroque sexu, medio nigricantia, margine nunc 
conspicue albo-ciliata, nunc ciliis minutissimis eats apparent. Pili receptaculi et stipitum 
copiosi. 
Species nobisadsunt 2, Amerieze borealis civitatum austro-orientalium incol:e, nec plures ab auctori- 
bus Amerieanis recognite. Kornicke tamen in Linnsa, xxvii. 564, 4 descripsit quarum 2 novae 
L. Beyrichianum, Korn., e Georgia, eujus characteres omnino convene videntur speciminibus bene 
evolutis L. Michauzi, Kunth ; et L. digynuin, Kcrn., pistillo 2-mero, ad specimina Drummondiana 
prope Covington lecta deseriptum, quz nobis videntur specimina depauperata L. Michauzi, capitulis 
parvis nondum bene evolutis, floribus 3-meris pistillo sepe imperfecto. 
6. Tonina, Aubl. Pl. Gui. 856, t. 330. . (Hyphydra, Schreb. Gen. Pl. 666. )—Perianthii 
exterioris segmenta 3, in fl. d membranacea, rotundata, concava, in globum conniventia, 
i sub ta, in fl. 9 1 lat. acuta, carinata, rigidula, a basi distincta ; interius in 
- fl. d ad apicem stipitis clavati mi if , minute 3-dentatum v. 
in fl. 9 e segmentis 3 distinctis hyalinis brevissimis longe ciliato-fmbriatis. Stamina in 
fl. d 3; antherce parv:e, ovatze, antice sulcatze, rima unica dehiscentes, apertze 1-loculares ; 
staminodia in fl. 9 0. Ovarium in fl. 9 sessile, 3-lobum, 3-loculare ; stylus filiformis, 
3-fidus, ramis stigmatosis 2-fidis, appendiculi LES ramis stigmatosis PIECE iisque 
parum brevioribus rigidulis ; pistilli rudimenta i in fl. d minuta glanduliformia. Fructus 
3 hi semina ordinis,—Caules foliati, longe p basi tes. Folia brevia, 
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