ERIOCAULEAE l. c. rich. (Eriocaulon.) 565 



imbricatae, late rhombeo -cuneatae, acutae, stramineo- pallidae, 

 apice inflexae ibique externe pube pulveracea alba obsitae. Re- 

 ceptaculum glabrum?. Flores androgyni ; feminei non interrupto 

 agmine exteriores spiras omnes tenent, tunc insequuntur, inter- 

 rupto lamen ordine, ita ut sparsi inter femineos interiores saepe 

 occurrant, solitarii masculi. (Mart.) Hi pedicellati, basi pilis 

 pellucidis cincti (Mart.) : Calyx cxterior monosepalus (sepala 3 

 usque ad apicem connata *) ), complanatus , cuneato-obovatus, 

 apice truncato-rotundatus ibique subtiiissimeet irregulariter eroso- 

 denticulatus, utroque margine alatus, scarioso -membranaceus, 

 albidus. glaber, alis inferne angustatis; interior inclusus, strami- 

 neo-pallidus: tubus elongatus, axi paraliele compressus ; limbus 

 trilobus; lobis parvis, ovato -oblongis , apice barbatis et interne 

 glandula fusca instructis : antico panlo majore. Stamina 6, 

 summo tubo inserta, alterna longiora ante lobos iisque adnata. 

 Antherae didymo-ellipticae, fuscae. Pistillorum rudimentum trun- 

 catulum apice fuscescens in centro summi tubi. Flores femi- 

 nei breviter pedicellati, complanati : Sepala 3 exteriora pallide 

 fuscescenti-straminea, glabra **) : duo lateralia late compresso- 

 navicularia, carinato-alata, obtusa, subspongiosa (ala rotundafa, 

 superne irregulariter denticulata), clausa; posticum (a bractca 

 stipante aversum) brevius, sublanceolatum, planiuscuhini, inferne 

 convexum, membranaceum, hyalinum, albidum; 3 intcriora ex- 

 terioribus approximata iisque vix breviora, hyalina, albida, e 

 basi angusta lanceolata, apice subulato-angustafa ibiquc ciliata ***), 

 eglandulosa, anticum (bracteae contiguum) paulo majus. Ovarium 

 brevissime stipitatum. Stylus elongatus. Stigmata 3, simplicia. 

 Capsula brevissime stipitata, subdepresso-globosa, tricocca, calyce 

 persistente inclusa, hyalina, membranacea. Semina ovato-elliptica, 

 ad extremitatem, ubi affixa, acuta, ad oppositam rotundata (matura 

 utrinque rotundata), laete fusca, quasi pilis minutissimis lon- 

 giusculis, apice subincrassato-truncatis hyalinis, per series 15? 

 (12 Mart.) longitudinales dispositis obsifa. (Descr. juxta speci- 

 men Meyenianum.) Specimeu alterum chinense a cel. Philippi 

 acceptum humiiius, folia 2-2^ pollicaria, pedunculi 3^-5^ poll. 

 longi. Specimina (Kleiniana ?) in herb. reg. Berol. sub nominc 

 Kok Moethe suppetentia cum supra dcscripto Meyeniano plane 



*) Sepala 3 exteriora distincta ; biiia antica sibi opposita atque basi 

 vaginantia, oblique oblonga ac antice in margine pilis subtilibus ebur- 

 neis opacis nititlis, nonnunquam omnino deciduis ciliata ; posticummargine 

 a lateralibus tectum, apice emarginato-detruncatum et subsinuato-den- 

 tatum, pilis destitutum. (Mart.) 



**) Sepala femiuea exteriora lateralia in specimine (valde juvenili) 

 Wallichiano superne pilis crassiusculis obtusiusculis opacis albis dense 

 obsi-ta. 



* ft<s ) Sepala interiora liuearia, superne in penicillum pilorum secta» 

 Mart. 



