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14. E. Thwaitesii Koern. (0. P. 790 and 769 in Herb. Kew. 

 and 790 in Herb. Calc! ) ; P.B.I, vi, 583, No. 40 ; Buhl. No. 171. 

 Leaves 1/2-2 in. oblong acute, flat. Scapes many, 1-6 in. of various 

 heights. Heads 1/14-1/3 in. at first obconic, later truncate, dark gray. 

 Involucral bracts very obtuse, pale. Eeceptacle hairy. Female sepals 

 3, equal and boat-shaped or 1 smaller or 2 only. Petals 3, very slender 

 and bearing long hairs from near the base. Seeds oblong, brown. 



Ceylon ; South India on the Pulneys ; Anamalais and Nilgiris. 



D R, F. 



ERIOCAULON THWAITESII Koern. (small plant) 



The plants vary much in size. Those from higher levels on the Pulneys 

 are much smaller than the type, even only 1/2 in. high. They were described 

 by me in Kew Bulletin 1914 as a new species, E. Marioz, and figured in my 

 Flora of the Nilgiri and Pulney Hill tops under that name, since the female 

 sepals are 3 equally boat shaped instead of 2. But I find a plant C. P. 790 in 

 Herb. Calc. the collection quoted by Koerniche Linnaea xxvii p. 627 as in part 

 his type, has the female sepals 3 but unequal, one being flat ; and plants from 

 5,000 ft. on the Pulneys, in no other way distinguishable from what purports 

 to be Koerniches type at Kew, with 3 sepals equal. It seems therefore that 

 this is another instance of the sepals varying within the species, (c. f. 

 E, truncatum Ham). At the same time since I do'not find them spongey at 

 the back, as described by Koerniche I may be wrong in so identifying these 

 plants. 



15. E. achiton Koern. (Clarke in Herb. Calc.) ; F.B.I, vi 584, 

 No. 42 ; Ruhl. No. 189. A smaller plant than E. Thwaitesii. Leaves 

 narrow, almost linear about 1 inch. Scapes :twice as long slender. 



