844 CXLV. ERIOCAULACE^. 



3. Eriocaulon odoratum, Da2z. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) 

 p. 280. Stemlejs or iieariy so. Leaves 1-3 by J^^ in., linear-subulate, 

 caespitose, erect or recurved, fenestrately 6-9-nerved, glabrous, trans- 

 lucent. Peduncles few or many, unequal, 4-8 in. high, slender, glabrous, 

 twisted, 5-6-ribbed ; sheaths 1-2| in. long, close, obHquely split. Heads 

 subglobose, -g— i in. in diani., snowy-villous ; involucral bracts J^ in. long, 

 broadly obovate-cuneate, glabrous, at length lacerate at the apex ; floral 

 bracts -^ in. long, rhomboid-obovate, cuneate, acuminata, hairy on the 

 upper part of the back with opaque white haira ; receptacle pilose. 

 Male flowees : Sepals 3, cuneate-oblong, narrow, subobtuse, free or 

 often connate into a spathe split in front, white-hairy on the upper part 

 of the back. Corolla-tube y^^ in. long ; petals very unequal, hairy, each 

 with a black spot. Anthers black. Pemale elowebs stipitate. Sepals 

 2, lanceolate, acute, boat-shaped, jL in. long, pilose. Petals 3, one larger 

 than the other two, -vrg— tV ^^' l*^"^©' narrow, linear-spathulate, hairy with 

 white opaque hairs and with a black spot on each. Style-branches 3, 

 long, filiform. PI. B. I. v. 6, p. 574 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 280 ; Kcern. in 

 Linnsea, v. 27 (1856) p. 683; Woodr. in. Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 

 (1901) p. 429;"Ruhl. in Engler, Pflanzenreich, v. 4, part 30 (1903) 

 p. 110. — Plowers : Sept. 



KoNKAN : Stocks \, Woodrow ; Malwan in stagnant water, Z'rt^^c/^ I Kanaka: Kulgi 

 (N. Kanara), Talbot, 1837 ! ; Karwar, Talbot, 2'J49 ! ; Supa on the Kdla naddi, Talbot, 

 2948 !— DiSTRiB. India (W. Peninsula). 



The plant is described by Dalzell as smelling strongly of cbamomile. 



4. Eriocaulon breviscapum, Koem. in Lmncm, v. 27 (1856) 

 p. 676. Plant 6-15 in. high, growing in still water: root of numerous 

 glabrous slender white fibres ; stem almost 0. Leaves caespitose 

 (? floating), 6-15 by g-^ in., linear, subobtuse, glabrous, flat, opaque, 

 conspicuously 7-11-nerved. Peduncles shorter or longer than the leaves, 

 solitary (? or few), 6-8 in. high, glabrous, erect, not or scarcely twisted ; 

 sheaths 2-4 in. long, obliquely split. Heads globose or hemispheric, 

 5-| in. in diam., densely white-villous at the apex, the lower portion of 

 the head dark brown ; involucral bracts -^ in. long, broadly ovate 

 or obovate, obtuse, glabrous, membranous; floral bracts ^ in. long, 

 linear-oblong, acute, very hairy on the upper part with white hairs. 

 Male flowees stipitate. Sepals 3, obovate-oblong, obtuse, yV in. long, 

 slightly unequal, hairy at the top. Corolla-tube J„- in. long ; petals 

 slightly unequal, the longest y'^ in. long, very hairy, each with a black 

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

 or pale yellow. Pemale flowees very shortly stipitate. Sepals 3, 

 oblong, concave, truncate, Jj in. long, pilose. Petals 3, narrowly linear- 

 spathulate, slightly unequal, the longest -^ in. long, all densely hairy 

 with white hairs and with a black spot. Ovary 3-lobeJ, shortly stipitate ; 

 style-branches 3, filiform. Seeds subglobose, pale yellow, shining. PI. 

 B. I. v. 6, p. 575 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 429 ; 

 Euhl. in Engler, Pflanzenreich, v. 4, part 30 (1903) p. 70. — Flowers : 

 Dec.-Feb. 



Rare. Kanaka : Tinai Ghiit (2000 ft.), Talbot, 1379 ! ; Anmod (N. Kanara), Talbot, 

 1609 ! — DiaTRiB. India (W. Peninsula). 



There are only 2 sheets in Herb. Kew., both from N. Kanara. 



