204 THE JOUENAL OF INDIAN BOTANY. 



Heads obconic or hemispheric. Sepals of both sexes 2 only, narrow. 

 Female petals 0. Seeds broadly ovate, dark brown, with longitudinal 

 lines. Fig. on p. 203. 



Khasia, Eastern Bengal ; Bombay, N. Kanara. 

 The habit and general appearance show this to be probably a derivative 

 of E.Thwaitesii; it is therefore put here though there are no petals in the 

 female flower. Koerniche however compared this species with E. truncatum 

 Mart. [ ? Ham.]. 



16. E. quinquangulare L. (Herb. Linn. Prop !) ; F.B.I, vi 582, 

 No. 36 ; Euhl. No- 122. 



Stem short or O. Leaves 1-2 in. long, narrowed from the 1/4 in. 

 base flat, usually red. Scapes numerous, 3-5 in. long, slender. Heads 

 1/5-1/4 in diam., globular or often conical, black gray or white. In- 

 volucre light brown, reflexed. Receptacle hairy ; flowers normal '» 

 sepals flat. Plate 9. 



Central Himalaya, Kumaon ; Bengal ; Chota Nagpur ; Central 

 Provinces ; and southwards through the Peninsular India on the plains 

 and the Mysore plateau to Ceylon. Not apparently on the higher 

 levels and not in Burma, except Var. Martiana. 



I have seen Linneeus' own type but not of course dissected it, arid the 

 description is taken from sheets in Herb. Calc. and living plants. 



Var. b. Walkeri Hook. f. F.B.I, vi 583, No. 39 ; Euhl. No. 123. 

 "Very similar to E. quinquangulare vera but differing in the much more 

 hairy receptacle and other parts. 

 Ceylon. 

 This should certainly be considered only a variety, for although Hooker 

 in the F.B.I, states it to be a very distinct species, the type sheet in the Ceylon 

 Herbarium is almost, if not exactly, matched by Clarke's No. 20849, collected 

 in Bengal, and intermediates occur. 



Var c. Martiana Wall. (Wall. Cat. 7279 in Herb. Calc. !) ; F.B.I, 

 and Euhl. I.e. under E. quinquangulare. Involucral bracts much 

 longer than the floral and extending about 1-1/4 inch beyond the 

 head. 



Burma. 

 Hooker in F.B.I, called this plant a proliferous state of E. qtiinquangulare. 

 But the plant with this number in the Calcutta Herbarium is not proliferous. 



17. E. roseum Fyson, sp. nov. (Kurz. 232 in Herb. Calc.) 

 Caulis perbrevis. Folia caespitosa 2-8 cm. longa, basi ad apicen con- 

 tracta, plana, tenuia, in sicco rubescentia. Pedunculi plures, valde 

 tenuia, glabra, 10-25 cm. alta. Capitula 4-6 mm., lata, sed bractae 

 involucrantes demum 2-3 mm. longiores, tenues et reflexae. Bractae 

 flores superantes acutae, nigrescentes. Eeceptaculum altum, valde 

 villosum. Flores trimeri, flos 8; sepala in spathan antice fissam connata ; 



