Eriocaulon.] CXL. ERIOCAULEA. 191 
Outer 5d pes segments pue dilated, inner 
c 5. E. nanum. 
er P 
Outer rii pa segments ve one 6. E. cinereum. 
Outer d per. segments Mosi ¢ or cp dal merci ne 
free or ne Es 0. 
Outer and inner 9 per. segments lin 
Plant not 3 à bigh with small pue T. E. pusillum. 
dm ta t 4 with rather iw ‘linear 
ves . E Wc MON, pallidum, 
ws 91 per. segments line ear, inner nas . 9. E. nigricans, 
O 9 per. segments, outer or inn. . 10. E. australasicum. 
Outer E per. Sm a 2, complicate ud winged. 
Inner 9 per. segments 3, oblong. Ovary 3- 
fon. . 11. E. lividum. 
Inner 9 po segments 2, linear-oblong. Ovary 
2-mer aa . 12. E. concretum. 
Flower-heads lah ous. Bracts with ‘spreading tips. 
Bracts pale-coloured, obtuse or obtu se rei acuminate, 
erianth-segments 6, nearly ip 13. E. Schultzit. 
Bracts c bend cuneate ver dip a a rigid spreading 
point. Receptacle villous . 14, E, tortuosum. 
Series II.— Flowers all 2-merous. 
Outer 9 pe pudo de linear or spathulate, very 
Se Fig not winge 
Scapes filiform, 2 to 4 in. high. Leaves very narrow 
Ska fine e pointed, Heads 1 to 14 linesdiameter . . là. E. monoscapum. 
ital to 6 in. high. avons broadl y linear, many- 
Du Heads near 3 lines diameter 16, E. spectabile. 
prn. mies complicated with a broad 
Hoa at length ram e the outer bracts re- 
exed and All the 9 flowers with outer 
i mostly os: than half as long as the scapes, 
= uter d perianth-se, namai broadly linear — . 17. E. scariosum. 
ves more kia half as long as the scape. Outer 
d perianth segments very narrow . . . . . 18. E. fistulosum. 
an 
gh. Heads pale-coloured . . 19. E. depressum. 
Scapes 1 to 2 in, “high, Heads era r black . . . 20. E, deustum. 
ciis 1 or 2 ro Male flowers: 3 outer segments obovate-oblong, 
y mets fringed e ‘the apex, connate into a late secca or : length 
F ond e eher, usually fringed, with a sm tamens 
Een aah iroa t the base of the stipes nearly 
