ERIOCAULE-E. 



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Eriocaulon nantoense HAYATA 



sp. nov. (Fig. 28). Folia csespitosa 

 linearia 3-4 cm. longa rnedio 3 mm. 

 lata apice acuminata glaberrima erecta. 

 Scapi csespitosi 15-25 cm. lougi glabri 

 gracillimi 4-5-sulcati basi 1-vaginati, 

 vaginis folia in longitudine fere 

 gequantibus glabris 2-4 cm. lougis, 

 oribus oblique fissis apice obtusis. 

 Capitiilum late globosum 5 mm. 

 longum 6 mm. latnm, bracteis in- 

 volucralibus majoribus obovatis 3 mm. 

 lougis 2 mm. latis apice rotundatis 

 basi cimeatis glabris sterilibus, bracteis 

 superioribus floreni f amplectantibus ; 

 bracteis inferioribus Sores amplec- 

 tantibus spathulatis 2|- mm. lougis 

 | mm. latis apice acutis vel triangu- 

 lari-cuspidatis margine ciliolatis dorso 

 liirsutis intus glabris. Fl. J : sepala 

 3 in spathulam interfere reciirvam 

 2 1- mm. longam anteriore fissam apice 

 3-lobatam dorso apiceque ciliatam 

 nigricantem apice -| mm. latani basi 

 attenuatam. connata ; corollas tubns 

 2 mm. longus gracilis, lobis 3 lineari- 

 bus |-| mm. longis albo-ciliatis |- mm. 

 latis ; stamina 3-6, autheris nigris. 

 Fl. : stipitati, stipitibus ^ mm. 

 longis : sepala 3 nigricautia spathu- 

 lata 2 mm. louga 4- mm. lata apice 

 obtusa sursuin margine dorsoque albo- 

 ciliolata ; corollas tubns brevissimus 



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Fig. 28, Lriocaulon nantffinse HAYATA; 

 1, the plant x | ; 2, a head ; 3, a bract of a 

 male flower ; 4, 5, male flowers ; 7, calyx of a 

 male flower ; 8, the same, more or less expanded ; 

 9, apical portion of corolla with stamens ; 10, a 

 female flower ; 11, the same, calyx taken off ; 

 12, a petal ; 13, a seed. 



