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Eloral similar, slightly acuminate, sparingly pu'bescent. Eeceptacle 

 tall, hairy. Female sepals 3 unequal, one much the largest, the small- 

 est not crested. 



These last two species are very closely connected and might perhaps be 

 considered one species, but E. Elenorac seems to be always the robuster, and 

 in 23. Margaretae I have never found the female sepals at all unequal. 



39. E, minutum Hook. £.; F.B.L vi, 579, No. 28 ; Ruhl. No. 190. 

 Whole plant very small. Leaves linear 1/2-3/4 in. long, from a broad 

 3-5 nerved base. Scapes numerous, very slender lo-2A in. Head ob- 

 ccnic, the involucral bracts 1/8 in. long-glabrous, scarious, elliptic- 

 acute and covering the floral. Eloral bracts oblong, acute. Female 

 sepals 2 only, narrow, with a pectinate crest along the uppor half of 

 the back ; petals 0. Male flowers normal, petals small. Seeds oblong 

 elliptic, reddish brown. Plate 36. 



Rajputana ; Mt. Abu : Peninsular India ; Mysore and Kanara on 

 the Western Ghats. 



This species might be mistaken for a small and meagre form of hi. x&ran- 

 theniam. 



40. E. stellulatum Koern. ; F.B.I, vi, 579, No. 20 ; Euhl. 

 No. 153. Leaves broad and thin 2-3 in. acute. Scapes several slender 

 3-6 in. Heads 1/3 in. Involucral bracts lanceolate-acute, reflexed. 

 Floral similar, spreading, much longer than the flowers, making the 

 head a glistening stellate globe. Female sepals 2, strongly crested on 

 the back ; petals 3, oblanceolate, very hairy. Male flower normah 

 3-merous. 



Bombay and Malabar ; on the Western Ghats. Abundant on the 

 lake side at Mahabaleshwar in Oct. (Sedgwick). 



41. E. echinulatum Mart. (Wall Cafe. 6082 in Herb. Calc !) 

 F.B.I, vi, 579, No. 26 ; Ruhl. No. 177. Leaves acute or aculeate, 

 1/2-3 in. Scapes many, 3-6 in., slender. Heads 1/6 in. giobose except 

 for the horizontal. base, very ech'inate by the acuminate floral bracts. 

 Female sepals 2 only, winged down the back ; petals 0. Male flowers 

 normal, 3-merous. Plate 37. 



Burma ; Kelaben, Tavoy. 



42. E, cuspidatum Dalz. (Dalziel No. 138 in Herb. Calc !) 

 F.B.I, vi, 581, No. 31 ; Ruhl. No. 168. Stem disciform. Leaves 1-4 

 in. by 1/6-1/4 in. exactly oblong up to the round and apiculate or cus- 

 pidate apex above 7 nerved. Scapes several 8-15 in. Heads 1/4 in. 

 diam., globose, white. Floral bracts cuneate, obovate, hairy. Sepals 

 of both sexes 2 only (F.B.I, has " 3, one flat ") female sepals deeply 



