846 CXLY. ERIOOAULACEiE. 



aunual scarcely reaching G in. high. Leaves 1-2| hy ^,y-j^o ^"'j 

 narrowly linear, subulate, glabrous, opaque or translucent, few-nerved. 

 Peduncles numerous, aggregated, glabrous, 3-6 in. high, slender, 5- 

 ribbed ; sheaths i- 1 in. long, obliquely split, glabrous, shorter than the 

 leaves. Heads small, l-i in. in diam., whitisli or purplish, globose or 

 ovoid; involucral bracts j\j-~i ^"* ^o'^S? ^l^e outer oblong, obtuse, the tip 

 often lacerate, the inner narrower, all scarious, spreading or ascending, 

 glabrous, pale ; floral bracts j^j— g in, long, linear-oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, closely imbricating, hyaline, glabrous, 

 shining, often with a broad central purplish band; I'eceptacle columnar, 

 glabrous or nearly so, Male floavers stipitate. Sepals connate into a 

 glabrous cucullate spathe, split in front, 3-toothed at the apex. Corolla- 

 tube gL^ in. long ; petals minute, narrow, subequal. Stamens 6 ; anthers 

 rotund, white. FejiIalb flowers stipitate. Sepals usually 2, free, 

 narrowly linear, acute, hyaline, glabrous, deciduous. Petals 0. Ovary 

 stipitate, the stipes with a node at the position of the petals, 3-lobed ; 

 style-branches 3, filiform. Seeds about -^ in. long, ellipsoid, smooth, 

 reddish-brown, shining. PI. B. I. v. 6, p. 577 ; Trim, PL Cevl. v. 5, 

 p. 10; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat, v, 13 (1901) p, 429; Ruhl, in 

 Engler, Pflanzenreich, v. 4, part 30 (1903) p. Ill ; Prain, Beng, PI, 

 p, 1126. Ei'iocauJon sexangidare, Mart, in A¥all. PI. As. Ear. v. 3 (1832) 

 p. 28 {not of Linn.) ; Grah. Cat. p. 231 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 279 ; Kcern. 

 in Linnaea, v. 27 (1856) p. 613.— Flowers : Sept. 



Rare. Konkan : Stoc/csl Kanaka : Karwar, Twite/, 1290 ! — DisxRin. Throughout 

 India ; Ceylon, China, Japan. 



8. Eriocaulon stellatulum, Kcern. in Linncea, v. 27 (1856) p. 620. 

 Plant reaching 8 in. high ; stem scarcely any. Leaves 1-3 by ^-.^ in., 

 broadly linear, subacute, tapering from the base to the tip, many-nerved, 

 flat, glabrous, membranous. Peduncles 2-8 in. high, slender, 4-suloate, 

 hairy with spreading hairs; sheaths 1-1 g in. long, obliquely split, with 

 a long acuminate tip, glabrous or slightly hairy near the base. Heads 

 i-^ in. in diam., globose, stellately echinulate from the long spreading 

 bracts, glabrous, white ; involucral bracts J--^ long, ovate, acuminate, 

 scarious, glabrous, at length reflexed ; floral-bracts ^— i in. long, narrowly 

 lanceolate, hyaline, glabrous, stellately spreading, much exceeding the 

 flowers ; receptacle pilose. Male flowers scarcely stipitate. Sepals 2, 

 free or connate, yV-ya ^^' ^^^"> obliquely obovate, acute, glabrous, 

 hyaline. Corolla-tube scarcely ^^ ^'^- ^""g; petals minute, subequal, 

 with a dark spot. Stamens 6 ; anthers black. Female flowers sessile. 

 Sepals 3, falcately ovate, ^,y in. long, with a long subulate ultimately 

 recurved acumen, dorsally crenately winged, glabrous, Mhite. Petals 3, 

 linear-spathulate, tJ^j in. long, obtuse, hairy, usually with a black spot. 

 Ovary sessile, 3-lobed ; style-branches 3, liliform. Seeds ^\j in. long, 

 globosely ellipsoid, smooth, shining, chestnut-brown. PI. B. I. v. 6, 

 p. 579 ;■ Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 429 ; Buhl, in 

 Engler, Pflanzenreich, v. 4, part 30 (1903) p. 97.— Flowers : Feb. 



KoNKAN : Sfock.il Kanaha : Darsinguda (3200 ft.), 7a/W, 15981 — Distrib. India 

 (W. PeninBula). 



9. Eriocaulon minutum, IIool: f. Fl. B. I. v. 6 (1893) p. 579. A 

 small densely tufted luirb 1-2J in. high. Leaves ^-^ in. long, subulate 



