196 THE JOURNAL OF INDIAN BOTANY. 



Heads 1/4-1/3 in. diam., globose or ovoid 



(plains from Bengal to Ceylon) ... 15 E. quinquangulare. 



Heads 1/8-1/4 in. diam. ; bracts much longer. 



(Burma) ... 17 E. roseum. 



1 | Ls. not drying red. 



I Involucral bracts, obtuse, horizontal. 

 Scapes 4-15 in. Female, petals oblanceolate 



(Khasia and N. Burma). ... 13 E. luzulaefolium. 



Female petals linear, with long basal hairs, 



so brush-like ... 14 E. Thwaitesii. 



No female petals, heads obconic ... 15 E. achiton. 



+ 1 Involucral bracts reflexed, shorter 



than head; Heads 1/6 in. (Bengal) ... 19 E. trilobum. 

 Heads 1/4-1/3 in. 

 Involucral bracts reflexed, shorter than head ; 



heads 1/4-1/3 in. (S. Indian Hills) ... 20 E. Collintfm. 



* * Female sepals 3, one flat or linear ; 



heads grey (Ceylon) , ... 20 E. Collinum. 



Heads gray or white ; involucral bracts 

 short or long, horizontal or reflexed. 

 ("Western Ghats). ... 21 E. Dianae. 



* * * Female sepals 2. 



Scapes 4-8 in. Involucral bracts not longer 

 than floral ; heads densely white villous. 

 (N. Kanara) ... 22 E. Sedgwickii. 



Sub-section (a). 



3. E. Geof freyi Fyson, Kew Bulletin Nov. 1914, p. 330 ; Fir. 

 Nil. and Pul. Hill tops p. 432. Stem 0. Leaves 1/2-2 in., flat tapering 

 to the acute apex. Scapes solitary, in the type, or several, three or 

 four times as long as the leaves. Heads gray ; involucre black. Recep- 

 tacle glabrous. Flowers regular, 3-merous. Petals unusually broad, 

 the female spathulate with large glands. Fig. opp. 



Peninsular India ; on the Pulneys at 7000 ft. 



The type plant was collected at 7500 feet on the Pulneys and is remark- 

 able for the solitary scape rising from a rosette of stiff short leaves. It occurs 

 all over the downs, not in particularly damp spots, and flowers in. the autumn. 

 What appears to be a dimerous variety of this species is on a sheet in Herb. 

 Calc, dated July 5th, 1865 collected at " North Hastings." 



4. E. Collettii Hook. f. (Chandler, Shan Hills, in Herb. Calc. 

 marked " identified at Kew "); F.B.I, vi 575, No. 15; Ruhl. p. 114 

 " incognita." 



