CXLT. eriocaulace.t;. 843 



apex ; involucral bracts -^ in. loug, broadly obovate or suborbicular, 

 obtuse, concave ; floral bracts obovate-cuneate, hairy on the back below 

 the apex, membranous ; receptacle villous. Male tloweiis : Sepals 

 usually connate into a spathe split open in fi'ont. Corolla-tube with 3 

 small subequal petals at its apex, hairy with white hairs. Stamens 6, 

 the 3 opposite the petals a little larger than the others. Eemale 

 ELOWERS shortly stipitate. Sepals jti-yV ^^* ^^^^g' obovate-cymbiform, 

 hairy on the back at the apex. Corolla shortly stipitate ; petals 3, 

 linear or linear-spathulate, narrow, ciliate with white hairs, usually with 

 a black glandular spot on the inner face below the apex. Ovary 3- 

 lobed ; style-branches 3, filiform. Seeds -^ in. long, oblong, smooth, 

 brown. Linn. Fl. Zeyl. (1747) p. 20, u. 50 {Eriocaulon without specific 

 name) ; Eheede, Hort. Mai. v. 12, p. 129, t. 68 ; Koern. in Liniisea, v. 27 

 (185G) p. 603 ; Enhl. in Engler, Pflanzenreieh, v. 4, part 30 (1903) p. 89. 

 Eriocaulon Oapillus-naiadis, Hook. f. Y\. B. I. v. 6 (1893) p. 572 ; Trim, 

 n. Ceyl. V. 5, p. 2 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 429 ; 

 Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1126. — Flowers ; Oct.-Dec. 



Konkan: Stocks\, BalzellX, Woodrow. — Distrib. India (Bengal, Kliasia Hills, 

 Birma, W. Peninsula) ; Oeylon, Cochincliiua. 



I liave followed Ruliland {I. c.) in making E. Cajnllus-naiadis, Hook, f., conspeciSc 

 ■with E. setaceum, Linn. In the ' Flora of British India ' (1. c.) E. CapiUus-naiadis, 

 Hook, f., is made conspecific with E. setaceum of Koernicke, which is certainly that of 

 LinnjBus. Ruhland restores E. inter medmm, Kcern., which is the E. setaceum ol many 

 authors, but not of Linnreus. 



2. Eriocaulon rivulare, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) 

 p. 280. Stem simple, elongate, submerged, densely leafy. Leaves 

 linear, flat, all along the stem, somewhat crowded at its apex, 4-9 by 

 -j^ in., attenuated into a subulate acumen, dilated at the base, fenestrately 

 4-7-nerved, opaque, rigid. Peduncles numerous, umbellately fasciculate 

 on the top of the stem, 7-18 in. high, 8-10-sulcate, glabrous, twice as 

 long as the leaves ; sheaths tubular, 2-3 in. long, multi-striate, glabrous, 

 shortly split at the apex. Heads globose, reaching | in. in diam., snowy- 

 white ; involucral bracts -^ in. long, broadly obovate-oblong, lacerate at 

 the apex ; floral bracts j^-^ in. long, oblanceolate-oblong, subacute, 

 hyaline, hairy on the back below the apex ; receptacle columnar, hairy. 

 Male elowees : Sepals 3, all free, yV^ra ^"- ^^^Si ^^ connate into a 

 spathe split in front. Corolla-tube J^ in. long ; petals 3, spathulate, 

 about ^^ in. long, subequal, with a black glandular spot, densely hairy. 

 Stamens 6, those opposite the petals the longest; anthers white. 

 Female elowers : Sepals 3, linear, acute, puberulous on the back. 

 Petals 3, linear-spathulate, yj^tV ^^^- long, obtuse, white, with a black 

 spot below the apex, hairy. Ovary 3-lobed; style-branches 3, fihform. 

 Seeds globose, smooth. Dalz. & Gibs. p. 280 ; Euhl. in Engler, Pflan- 

 zenreieh, v. 4, part 30 (1903) p. 91. Eriocaulon Dalzellii, Koern. in 

 Linnsea, v. 27 (1856) p. 605 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 316 ; Hook. f. FL B. L 

 V. 6, p. 580 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 429.— 

 Flowers : Oct.-Dec. 



Konkan: Stoc/csl ; Malw4n in streams, Dalzell 1~'Dibtrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



The specific name rivulare originally given to the plant by Dalzell (1851) was 

 changed into Dalzellii by Xoernieke (l. c.) on account of the name rivulare having been 

 preoccupied by Don (1849). But Don's plant is now E. latifoliuvi, Smith (1809), at) 

 that Daljell's name has been restored. 



