160 TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
S. VEss. none. : 
SEED solitary, egg-oblong, rolled in a cover, variously 
crowned by the proper cups. 
Receptacle common, Convex, chaffy or naked. 
Oss. Outer blossoms generally larger and more irregular, 
Seeds crowned differently in different species. The florets hay- 
ing 4 or Sclefts, afford a primary specific distinction. Linn. 
U 
ERIOCAU’LON. Phil. Trans. vol. 59. p. 246. t. 12. 
Male and Female florets in a termining. hemis- 
t 
herical head; the former in the centre, the: latter 
lhencamd rows in the circumference. — 
Ca. common, scales numerous, roundish, concave mem- 
-~ branaceous, black, fringed towards the top. 
Male florets, central, numerous. =. 
Cup (proper) 2-leaved ; leafits wedge-shaped, con- 
cave, Engr fe ~) er 
Bross. 1 petal, funnel-shaped, mouth 2-lipped, fringed. — 
Stam. Filaments 4, thread-shaped, as long as the blossom. 
_Anthers roundish. __ eel 
eee = in es circumference. _ at } 
sup (proper) 2-leaved; leafits egg-shaped, con- 
cave, black, fringed at the By eeee at the base 
into a narrow claw. : . 
Bross. 2-petaled; petals oblong, concave, tapering at the 
rere into narrow claws, fringed at the top and on the 
ac > : wi 
Prst. Germen roundish, but flatted. Style short. Sum- 
mits 2, thread-shaped, lone. — Som 
S. Vess. Ca sule roundish, but compressed, 2-celled. 
SEEDs smooth, 1 in each cell. : 
Oss. This generic character is taken from the very excel- 
lent description of the Eriocaulon, given by Dr. Hope in the 
59th vol. of the Philos. Trans. and though it may not apply t 
the whole genus, yet as the foreign species have not hitherto 
been sufficiently examined, whatever may be its place in the 
system hereafter, it was judged proper at present, to insert It 
where an English botanist would expect to find it, Mr. Hudson 
has since called it Nasmyruta, and given @ generic description — 
ccue Flees phates: sekedppsin ‘tive: fonlOning un 
in the circumference very numerous. Germen ior, double, 
ts shorter than the blossom. Female florets 
. 
