Eriocaulon.| CXL. ERIOCAULEX. 195 
10. E. tralasicum, Kern. in rin xxvii. 616,—A_ slender 
annual neatly allied to the preceding species and to E. sexangulare. 
Scapes 1 to 3 in. high. Leaves shorter ar near or linear-lanceolate, 
Ovary on a short slender stipes, 3-merous. petites titi austra- 
lasicum, F. Muell. in Trans. Phil. Soc. Vict. i 
Victoria, Murray River, F., Mueller. 
ll. E. lividum, F. Muell Fragm. i. 92—A dwarf plant but not 
80 slender as M preceding species. dida 1 to 1} in. long. aves 
mostly as long, linear, many-nerved, not very narrow. Flower-heads 
eu, cdi glabrous but not shining, 3 lines diameter or at length 
Tather more, Bracts of a pale straw-colour, the outer empty ones 
connate often to ADOS the middie into an unilateral 3-lobed scale ; 
mner segments 3, spathulate, deeply fringed, with a small gland. Sta- 
meus 6. Female flower: Outer segments 3, oblóng-spathulate, very 
Concave almost com linte, with a rather narrow dorsal wing; inner 
“ements 3, oblong, ro slightly jagged at the end, witha small gland, 
abruptly contracted at the base into a short claw. Ovary 3-merous, 
tipes short. 
Australia. York Sound, 4. Cunningham ; near M‘Adam ae F. Mueller. 
12? E, c retum, 23 Muell. Fragm. i. 92.—Leaves in the only 
Specimen Par tue li . long, several-nerved, linear, tapering to 
Acn 2 in. long. lower-head globular, 1} 
fi segments small, unequ iat denies “6 or fewer.” Fem 
Pa : Outer se ents 2, eoneave, complicate, with a broad thick 
bl sai Wing ; inner content 2, eae! boone ne a appressed but not 
u<rete with the ovary. Ovary 2-m 
his hy Australia, Arnhem’s land, F. Mates: es a single imperfect specimen in 
BES chultzii, Benth. —Scapes slender, 3 to 4 in. high. Leaves 
rim mostly about 1 in. long. TFlower-head globular, 
- glabrous, Bracts scarious almost hyaline, lanceolate, 
spreading as in the East Indian E. stellulata, but much smaller, 
the whole head not exceeding 3 lines diameter. Male posed : Outer 
