ERIOCAULEAE l. c. rich. (Eriocaulon.) 563 



Stylus 1. Stigmata 3, subulata. (Mart.). Pili bractcaruin et 

 calycum crassiusculi, opaci, albi. 



27. E. WlGHTIANUM Mart. in Wall. Plant. rar. 3. 28. 

 Wall. Caf. n. 6068. «. (y. s.) Acaulc; foliis late linearibus, obtu- 

 siusculis, multinerviis, vix pellucidis, glabris, vaginas superan- 

 tibus; pedunculis sulcato-7-angularibus, pilosis, folia duplo su- 

 perantibus; capitulis subglobosis, albido-villosis; bracteis invo- 

 lucrantibus obovatis , apice rotundatis, molliter piiosis, flores 

 stipantibus rhombeo- cuneatis , acuminatis ; floribus masculis 

 6-andris ; femineis trigynis ; calyce masculo interiore limbo irre- 

 gulariter trilobo, glabro : Jobis parvis, uniglandulosis; sepalis 

 masculis exterioribus distinctis ; femineis interioribus apiccm 

 versus ciliato-pilosis, glanduliferis ; seminibus costulatis. 



a) vaginae glabrae. 



/?) vaginae molliter pilosiusculac. 

 — Regnum Birmanicum. (Moalmyne in Martabania [Wall.], Pegu 

 [Regnaud].) — Rhizoma perenne, inter iolia parce arachnoi- 

 deum. Folia 5y-64-poliicaria, tres lineas lata, plana, obsolete 

 et subtilissime fenestrata, membranacea, utrinque glabra, supra 

 strigulis? subtilissimis longitudinalibus dense obsita, basi sor- 

 dide lanuginosa. Vaginae -i-i^-pollicares, laxiusculae, glabrae 

 (pubenti-pilosae Mart.), virides, acuminato-subulatae, integrae. Pe- 

 dunculi profundc sulcato-7-anguli (6-7-anguli Mart.), 8-12-polli- 

 cares (sesquipedales Mart.). Capitula subglobosa, magnitudine 

 pisi majoris. Bracteae involucrantes molliter pilosae, obovatae, 

 apice rotundatae, convexae, stramineo-pallidae, capitulo multo 

 breviores ; bracteae flores stipantes eos superantes, stramineo- 

 pallidac, rhombeo-cuneatae, acuminatae, apicem versus dorso pi- 

 losac. Receptaculum pilosum. Flores masculi in ambitu longe 

 pedicellati, pedicello piloso : Sepala tria exteriora apice rotun- 

 data, glabra (pilis delapsis?), subaequilonga , postice cohaeren- 

 tia?, solubilia, stramineo-pallida : lateralia obovata , navicularia, 

 posticum angustius, planiusculum ; 3 interiora in tubum tenuem 

 spongioso-crassiusculum farctum, apice infundibulari-ampliatum 

 et trilobum pallidum glabrum connata; lobis parvis, ovatis, acu- 

 tis, infra apicem glandula lineari nigra instructis, glabris (pilis 

 delapsis ?), antico duplo majore. Stamina 6, summo tubo in- 

 serta, longe exserta; tria lobis opposita longiora et interiora. 

 Antherae didymo-reniformes, olivaceo-nigrae. Pistillorum rudi- 

 menta 3, clavulaeformia, nigra, centrum summi tubi occupantia. 

 Flores feminei medium capituli occupantes?, longe pedicellati: 

 Sepala sub ovario approximata, hyalina, albida; 3 exteriora 

 longiora, oblonga, acutiuscula, carinato-navicularia, superne pi- 

 losa: lateralia paulo majora et piiosiora; tria interiora spathu- 

 lata, interne infra apicem glandulifera: duo postica apicem versus 

 ciliata, anticum paulo longius et duplo latius, superne magis 

 pilosum. Ovarium sessile, subrotundo-ovatum, tricoccum. Sty- 

 lus brevissimus. Stigmata 3, elongata capillacea , simplicia. 



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