CXLT. ERIOCAULACEvi:, 845 



5. £riocaulon Wightianum, Mart, in Wall. PI. As. Ear. v, 3 

 (1832) p. 28. Stem short or elongate, often as thick as the thumb. 

 Leaves csespitose, 3|-8 by ^-f in., linear, obtuse or subobtuse, glabrous 

 or nearly so, flat, inany-nerved, scarcely fenestrate. Peduncles strict, 

 aggregated, 6-15 in. high, conspicuously about 7-ribbed, glabrous or 

 sparsely hairy, usually twisted; sheaths 2-4 in. long, obliquely and 

 deeply split, sparsely hairy, ribbed. Heads i-| in. in diam., globose, 

 densely white-villous ; involucral bracts i-^ in, long, cuneate-obovate, 

 the outer obtuse, the inner subacute, hairy at the back in the upper part, 

 ultimately reflexed ; floral bracts ^ in. long, rhomboid-cuneate or obovate- 

 cuneate, acuminate, densely clothed with white hairs in the upper part ; 

 receptacle pilose. Male elowees stipitate. Sepals 3, obovate-oblong, 

 cuneate at the base, free or connate into a spatbe, hyaline, the tips 

 pubescent. Coi'olla-tube -g\j- in. long ; petals all densely hairy at the 

 apex and without a black spot, one slightly larger than the other 2, about 

 ■^-^ in. long. Stamens 6 ; anthers black. Female eloweks sessile or 

 very shortly stipitate. Sepals 3, free, slightly une:|ual, linear-obovate, 

 bearded towards the tip. Petals -^ in. long, narrowly linear-spathulate, 

 villous with long white hairs and with a minute black spot. Ovary sessile, 

 3-lobed ; style-branches 3, filiform. Seeds about gL in. long, ellipsoid, 

 dark reddish-brown, smooth, minutely papillose. Pi. B. I. v. 6, p. 576 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 6067 ; Koern. in Linna^a, v. 27 (1856) p. 658 ; Trim. PI. Ceyl. 

 V. 5, p. 8; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 429 : Euhl."in 

 Engler, Pflanzenreich, v. 4, part 30 (1903) p. 75.— Plowers : Oct.-Nov. 



Dalzell without locality m Herb. Kew. Konkan : Stoclsl Kanaka: Falls of 

 Gairsojipa, Talbot, "ill \ — Distkib. India (Birma, W. Peninsula) ; Cejlon. 



6. Eriocaulon lanceolatum, Miq. ex Steml. Syn. PI. Cyp. part 2 

 (1855) p. 271. Plant 4-8 in. high ; stem very short. Leaves caespitose, 

 erect, l-2g by \-h in., oblong-lanceolate, subacute, glabrous, thinly 

 membranous, translucent, many-nerved. Peduncles few, 3-8 in. high, 

 slender, slightly 6-ribbed, scarcely twisted, glabrous ; sheaths lax, l-2i 

 in. long, obliquely split, glabrous. Heads subglohose, white-villous; 

 involucral bracts j^g- in. long, broadly obovate or quadrate, obtuse, 

 scarious, not reflexed, hairy on the back in the upper part, ciliate at the 

 apex ; floral bracts cuneate-oblong, obtuse, hairy on the back ; receptacle 

 villous. Male elowebs : Sepals 3, boat-shaped, -^-^^ in. long. Corolla- 

 tube -^ in. long ; petals 3, minute, subequal, each with a black spot. 

 Stamens 6 ; anthers black. Pemale flowers sessile. Sepals 3, of 

 which 2 are deeply boat-shaped, j-^-- in. long, the other flat, one of the 

 sepals sometimes winged at the back. Petals 3, unequal, jL in. lono-, 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, with a small spot, pubescent. Ovary deeply 3- 

 lobed ; style-branches 3, slender. Seeds -^-^ in. long, slightly ribbed, 

 broadly oblong, reddish-brown. PI. B. 1. v. 6, p. 577 ; Kcern. in 

 Linnsea, v. 27 (1856) p. 656 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Kat. v. 13 

 (1901) p. 429; Euhl. in Engler, Pflanzenreich, v. 4, part 30 (1903) p. 78.— 

 Plowers : Oct.-Nov. 



Eare. Konkan : Stocks ! Kanaka : Supa, Talbot, 2947 ! — Distrib. India (W. 

 Peninsula). 



7. Eriocaulon Sieboldianum (Sieboldtianum), Sieh. S,- Zucc ex 

 Steud. Syn. PI. Cyp. part 2 (1855) p. 272. A low stemless tufted 



