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of the Nilgiris, an older species, to which therefore I reduce it. There 

 is no difference except in the number of scapes between E. policep- 

 halum Hook. f. of Central India and E. long ic as-pi s Hook. f. of Ceylon. 



Key to the Anisopetalae. 



* Heads 1/6-1/4 in. diam. 



Lj. 1-1 \ in., lanceolate; scapes 6-10 in. 



(Malabar) ... 28 E. odoratum 



Ls. 2^-3 in., linear from a broad base ; 



(scapes 12-18 in Khasia) ... 33 E. cristatum, 



* * Heads 1/4-1/2 in. diam. 



Floral bracts acuminate (Central India 

 and Ceylon) ... 29 E. longicuspis. 



Floral bracts not acuminate (Ceylon) — 

 Involucre black ... 30 E. atratum. 



Involucre white ... 31 E. ceylanicium. 



* * * Heads 1/2 — 1 in, diam. 



Stem stout, -short or caulescent (S. India 



and Ceylon) ... 32 E. robustum. 



28. E. odoratum Dalz. F.B.I, vi. 574, No. 9 ; Ruhl. No. 187. 

 Stem disciform. Leaves 1-3 in, by 1/8 in. at the base, and narrowed 

 to the acuminate apes. Scape filiform, 6-1 in., deeply grooved. Heads 

 1/6-1/4 in. snow white ; bracts cuspidately acuminate. Sepals of the 

 female flowers 3 or 2 only ; otherwise flowers normal. Female petals 

 with large glands. Smells strongly of camomile {Dalz). Plate 24. 



The Concan, " in standing water " (F.B.I J Malabar, ft. Sept. 



{Dalz). 



I have seen only two sheets, both in Herb. Calc. One coll. by Hooker 

 and Thomson, has apparently the female sepals 2 only, and black involucral 

 bracts. The other Meebold No. 9889, has the female sepals 3 and the bracts 

 pale. In other respects and especially in the large glands of the female petals 

 they are alike. Hooker in F.B.I, describes the female sepals as longer than 

 the petals. 



29. E. longicuspis Hook. f. (C.P. 789 in Herb. Ceylon ! ) 

 F.B.I, vi, 573, No. 7 and 8 ; Ruhl. p. 116 "incognita." 



Stem disciform, leaves usually 3 (2-8) in. Bracts acuminate, 

 fringed with white hairs, and more or less hidden by the projecting 

 male petals the lowest of which form a conspicious fringe round the 

 head. Flowers regular and normal. Plate 25 and fig. opposite. 



Var. a. typica scape solitary. Ceylon. 



Var. b. polycephalum. Hook. f. (Duthie 10,580 in Herb. Calc !) 

 F.B.I. I.e. No. 8. Scapes numerous, otherwise as type. 



