c 
192 CXL. ERIOCAULEX. [ Eriocaulon. 
equal, obovate-spathulate, concave, slightly fringed; 3 inner under the 
ovary linear, erect. y 3-merous, 
ot N: Near M‘Adam Range, F. Mueller; Port Darwin, Schultz, n. 
5, 
The species is common in E. India and the Malayan Archipelago. The Australian 
specimens all belong to the species as restricted by Keernicke, Linnæa, xxvii. 603, 
wi e bracts and perianth-segments white-pubescent at the apex. The E. inter- 
in the males, oblong-lanceolate and concave in the females. Inner 
segments linear and slightly fringed, short in the males, longer in the 
females. Stamens 6. Ovary 3-merous. 
Queensland. Wide Bay, Bidwil; Rockingham Bay, Dallachy. 
N.S. Wales. Port Jackson, R. Brown ; Richmond River, C. Moore, Fawcett. 
3. E quangulare, Linn.; Kunth, Enum. iii. 556.—Scape 
rather slender, usually about 6 in. but varying taller or shorter. Leaves 
rather broadly linear, less tapering at the end, than in most broad- 
r , 
21 to 3 lines diameter", 
3 outer segments linear-spathulate, dark, hairy at the tips, incurved d 
nearly equal; 3 inner narrow-liuear, erect, fringed, with a small glan 
as in the males. ary 3-merous.—Keern. in Linnea, xxvii. 641. 
WV. Australia. Keckwick's Springs, Arnhem's Land, Herb. F. Mueller (col: 
lector not named). A single specimen agreeing very well with several from East 
dia where this species is widely spread. 
_ 4. E. Smithii, R. Br. Prod. 254.—Very closely allied to E. guii 
quangulare, differing chiefly in the pubescence of the flower-heads- 
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