THE INDIAN SPECIES OF ERIOCAULON. 147 



PI. Ceylon. — Handbook to the flora of Ceylon by Trimen and Hooker 

 Vol. V (1900). 



Cooke Fl. Bomb.— The Flora of Bombay by Cooke, Volume and page 

 in Roman and arabic numerals respectively. 



Fyson Fl. N. & P. H. T.— The Flora of the Nilgiri and Pulney Hill tops 

 by P. F. Fyson. (Madras 1915—21). 3 Vols. 



Koern. Linn. — Koerniche in Linnaea Vol. XXVII (1854), pp. 577-592. 



Steud. Cyp. — ■Sfceudel in Syn. Plantarum Cyperacearum (1858). 



References to Herbaria. 



Herb. Bombay. — Herbarium of the Agricultural College, Poona, now 

 at Ganeishkind. 



Herb. Calcutta. — Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sibpur, 

 Calcutta. 



Herb. Ceylon. — Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradiniya. 



Herb. Dehra Dun. — Herbarium of the Forest College and Research In- 

 stitute, Dehra Dun. 



Herb Madras. — Herbarium of the Agricultural College and Research 

 Institute, Coimbatore. 



Herb. Presidency College, Madras. — Herbarium of the Presidency 

 College, Madras. 



Herb. Sedgwick. — Herbarium of Messrs L. J. Sedgwick, I.C.S. and T. 

 R. Bell, now St. Xavier's Coll., Bombay. 



Herb. St. Xavier. — Herbarium of St. Xavier's College, Bombay. 



Herb. Talbot. — 'Herbarium of the late W. A. Talbot now at Ganesh- 

 kind with Herb. Bombay. 



Terms used in descriptions. 



Pale* — of the involucre or the floral bracts, — an absence of black, 

 usually resulting in the bracts being straw-coloured when 

 dry, but sometimes light-brown, sometimes white. When 

 fresh they are in some, perhaps in all cases, scarious and 

 translucent. 



• The word pale may appear hardly suitable as a descriptive term, but 

 I know no other that fits the care so well. For the bracts so termed are 

 characterised not by the presence of a light coloured pigment, so that they 

 cannot truly be called white or yellow, but by the absence of the more 

 usual black ; and being thin are translucent, but when dry straw-coloured. 



