Lciicoccpliala. monoecia hexandria. 613 



the apices of both white with small fihunents. Florets one- 

 petalled, liuiiiel-shaped ; border of six suhuh\te tlivisions. 

 Filaments no otlier than the divisions of the border of the 

 florets, evciy alternate one broader, and with a bearded pro- 

 cess near the middle on the underside. Anthers six, resting-, 

 incumbent on the apices of the divisions of the florets, blue. 

 Pistillum no other than a three-lobed gland in the mouth of 

 the tube. Female florets most numerous, and chiclly in the 

 circumference, short-pedicelled. Perianth proper from two 

 to three-leaved, but the scales of the receptacles as in the 

 male. Florets of three, filiform, white petals. Stamens 

 none. Germ superior, three-lobed. Style three-cleft. Sti(j- 

 mas recurved. Capsules three-lobed, three-celled. The ex- 

 treme delicacy of the partitions may render their presence 

 doubtful. Seed solitary, oval, aflixed by the apex. Re- 

 ceptacle globular, chafty, with some hairs interspersed ; the 

 chaff' or scales are numerous, of which one always embraces 

 llic under side of each floret, but there are many more of them 

 than florets. 



JSTole. The generic character of Eriocaulon must have 

 been taken from other species, for this has not the smallest 

 affinity to it. 



2. L. spathacea. li. 



Leaves spathiform. Common cahjx many-leaved. 



Eriocaulon sexanrjulare. Willd. i. 485. 



A native of the same places with L. graminifolia, and dif- 

 fering from it in the following points only. 



\st. In this the leaves are shorter, broader and embracing 

 from three to four culms, so that they are more like common 

 spathes than leaves. In that they are simple, sword-shaped. 



2nd. In this the common calyx is composed of about 

 twenty leaflets. In that five-leaved. 



Besides, in the specimens of this which I have exanuned, 

 the scales of the heads of corollets are naked. In that they 

 are clothed with small delicate, white filaments. 



