196 CXL. ERIOCAULER. [ Eriocaulon. 
perianth-segments 3 at the base of the stipes, equal, oblong-spathu- 
late, concave, nearly as long as the bract; inner segments 3, small, 
ovate, fringed, with a gland. Stamens 6; anthers dark. Female 
er: Segments 6, oblong- — all inserted very near to each other 
of th e 3 inner rather longer than the others, 
slightly jagged at the end, with a small gland; in some of the inner 
flowers the perianth much | reduced. Ovary 2-merous or rarely 3- 
merous. 
N. Australia. Port Darwin, Schultz, n. 288. 
14. E. tortuosum, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 91.—Scapes rather slender, 
4 to 8 in. long, much twisted. Leaves under 1 in. long, linear-lan- 
ceolate, many-nerved, tapering to a point. Flower-heads scarcely 
above 2 lines diameter ; receptacle hairy; outer empty bracts few, 
y 
duced into a long rigid point. Male : Outer perianth-segments 
3, nearly equal, linear, slightly diated i in the middle ; inner segments 
very small and gl abrous. Stam ns 6. Female flower: Perianth- 
segments 6 according to F, Mue aoii, but in the only fi I 
examine I only found 3, about the a of the stipes, linear-oblong; 
por weit at the base. Ovary 3-mero 
N. Australia. Victoria river, F. Mue The specimens are in a very Uu» i 
satisfactory X oe lost almost all their ovek, but I cannot match them wi 
15. E. monoscapum, F. Muell. tega, i 94—A small slender 
species. — Scapes filiform, 2 to 4 in. hich’ Leaves very narro 
scarcely 1} lines diameter when fully out. Outer empty bracts few, 
scarious, obtuse; flowering bracts appressed. Male flower: Outer 
rianth-segments 2, end slightly dilated in the middle, ciliate at 
the end; inner segments 2, Eun small, bearded and with a gland. 
Stamens 4. Female flower: Outer perianth-segments 2, linear 
spathulate, ineurved, acuminate, slightly hairy, rigid and very deciduous 
as in E. spectabile ; inner segments 2, fan, erect, very narro 
Ovary 2-m 
N. Australia. Margins of water-courses towards M‘Adam range, F. Mueller. 
_ 16. E. spectabile, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 95.—Scapes striate, 3 t0 &- 
in. high. Leaves more than half as long, broadly linear, tapering to : 
fine point. Flower-heads from a pale straw-colour to ailvory-white i 
3 lines di er. 
but glabrous. Male flower: puer perianth-segments 2, narro"; 
about halfway up the stipes; inner segments minute or obsolete- 
Stamens 4. Female flower : me segments 2, linear-spathulate, 
