266 THE JOUBNAL OF INDIAN BOTANY. 



superiores quomodo nigrescentes, dorso pubescentes. Eecepfcaculum 

 villosum. Flores trimeres flos ? longi-pedicillata, sepala gequalia, 

 navicularia, alba, glabra ; petala magna, lanceolata, sub spongiosa, 

 dorso sparsepilosa. Semen rubrum, glabrum. Flos i o breviter pedi- 

 cellata ; antherae nigrae. (See Fig. p. 265). 



Peninsular India ; Mysore and Wynaad in water. 



Eemarkable for tbe white sepals and bracts and for the stalked 

 petals as in E. lanceolatum. Also for the long-pedicels of the flowers, 

 especially of the female which are often stalked beyond the .'male re- 

 calling but in reverse, the arrangement of spkelets in Andropogon. 

 The scarious floral bracts, very nearly glabrous, distinguish the plant 

 in the field from the other species of -the group. In the herbarium 

 the plants are characterised by untidy-looking heads, in great contrast 

 to the very firm neat echinulate heads, of E. robusto-broionianum, 

 which occurs in the same localities. 



26. E. Wightianum Mart.; F. B. I. vi 576, No. 17 in part; 

 Buhl- No. 92. Perennial (Mart.) Scapes 6-10 in. Leaves half as long, 

 by |-f in., slightly hairy ; as also the scapes. Heads 4 in., globular 

 lby the reflexed involucre, snow white, with white floral bracts, the 

 ower of which are nearly glabrous. Female petals ovate lanceolate 

 distinctly clawed, with small or no gland, and spongey. Plate 21. 



Burma. Moulmein etc, Tavoy. 



Hooker in F.B.I. I.e. included the Peninsular plant, E. robusto-brownia- 

 num Ruhl. in this species. 



Var. Helferi Hook, f, (Heifer 1584 in Herb. Calc. 1 !) F.B.I, vi, 583 

 No. 38, Euhl. lc. A much smaller plant. Scapes 5-8 in., slender. 

 Leaves 2-3 by | in., acute. Heads i in. Female petals shorter and 

 broader that in the type. Plate 22. 



Andamans. 



Founded as a distinct species by Hooker but certainly a geographical 

 form and reduced as such by Ruhland. 



27. E. lanceolatum Miq. ; F.B.I, vi 577, No. 20; Euhl, 

 No. 99. Scapes slender 5-6 in. hairy. Leaves 2| cm. by | in. at the 

 widest, acute, nearly or quite glabrous. Heads f in., white. Floral 

 bracts short, darkish, obcuneate, but overtopped by the female sepals 

 which are longer and visible beyond them. Female petals shorter 

 or longer than the sepals, oblanceolate, often or always unequal in 

 length. Seeds dark brown, oval. Plate 23. 



Western Peninsular on the Malabar Coast. 

 Eemarkable for the glabrous conspicuous sepals. 



{To be Continued). 



