546 ERIOCAULEAE l. c. rich. (Eriocaulon.) 



losa; tria intcriora longiora, in tubum superne ampliatum, ex- 

 terne glabrum stramineo-palliduin subspongioso-crassiusculum, 

 limbo bilabiato-trilobum connata ; lobis obtusis, valde inaequa- 

 libus, interne hirsutis ibique supra medium uniglandulosis : duobus 

 interioribus multo minoribus. Stamina 6. Anlherae biloculares, 

 subrotundae, utrinque bilobae , nigrae. Pistiliorum rudimenta 

 tuberculiformia, nigra. Flores feminei brevissime pedicellati : 

 Sepala sub ovario approximata; 3 exteriora spathulata, obtusa, 

 pallidissime viridula, carinato-navicularia, apicem versus pilosa, 

 aequalia; 3 interiora superne pallidissime straminea, interne hir- 

 suta ibique supernc glandula minuta nigra instructa, inferne 

 glabra: lateralia subspathulata, calvcem exteriorem vix superan- 

 tia; anticum longius ct duplo latius, oblongum, apice rotunda- 

 tum, crassiusculum, basi late unguiculatum. Ovarium sessile, 

 ovatum, tricoccum. Stylus elongatus. Stigmata 3, filiformia, 

 simplicia, Pili bractearum et calvcum crassiusculi, obtusiusculi, 

 opaci, albi. In altero suppetente specimine valde juvenili folia 

 longiora (l^-2{ poll. longa, 2-2^ lineas lata), tenuiora, subti- 

 lissime fenestrato-multinervia, magis minusve pellucida. Vaginac 

 4-4^-poIlicares. Pedunculi 8-14-poliicares, 8-sulcati. Ab Erio- 

 caulo Humboldtii, cui proxin uin, diflert nolis supra indicatis. 

 6. E. ELICHRYSOIDES Bxmgard m Act. Petrop. 6. 1. 631. 

 3. 559. / 27. Acaule; foliis caespitosis, erectis, c basi lata 

 lanceolatis (potius late linearibus), obtusis, reticulatis, pedun- 

 culis vaginisque glabris ; his laxis, obtusis, folio brevioribus ; 

 illis sulcatis; bracteis involucrantibus obtusis, Ilores stipantibus 

 acuminatis ; lloribus masculis hexandris: femineis trigynis; ca- 

 lyce masculo interiore externe glabro , limbo regulariter (?) tri- 

 lobo : lobis apice pilosis; sepalis masculis exterioribus distinctis. 

 (Ex Bong.) Dupatya ligulata Vell. Flor. Flutn. 1. t. 86? — In 

 paludosis ad flumina Rio Pardo (Bong.) et Rio Pedras (Sellow.) 

 Brasiliensium. — Rhizoma breve, contrachun, simplex. Folia 

 basi complicata, ceterum plana, reticulata i. e. contextu cellu- 

 loso diaphano, septis translucentibus, basi villo albo brevi densc 

 vestita, pedalia ct ultra, viridia. Pedunculi 3-5, planiusculi, 

 striati, subsesquipedales*. Vaginae glabrae, suba-pollicares, apice 

 integrae. Capitula hemisphacrica, basi explanata, glabra, brac- 

 tcis numerosis magnisque involucrata. liracteae involuerantcs 

 steriles, imbricatae, ovatae vel ellipticae, obtusae, glabrae, inte- 

 riores dorso pilis albis brevibus deciduis vestitae, omnes albo- 

 flavicantcs, sensim sensimquc in angustiores et acutiores tran- 

 seuntes, subsemipollicares ; bracteae flores stipantes ovato-Ian- 

 ceolatae, longe acuminatae, basi angustatae^, dorso, a medio ad 

 apicem, pilis brevibus crassiusculis adpressis albis dense obsi- 

 tae, flavidae, floribus paulo longiores. Flores masculi pedicel- 

 lati: Sepala 3 exteriora obovala, basim versus attenuafa, dorso 

 margineque, a medio ad apicem pilis brevibus crassiusculis albis 

 vestita; interiora in tubum concrcta: lobulis 3, oblongis, obtu- 



