848 CXLY. ERlOCAULACE.i:. 



obtuse, concave, glabrous ; floral bracts similar ; receptacle glabrous. 

 Male floavees : Sepals 2, free, -^^ in. long, obovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 deeply concave, byaliue, slightly winged and puberulous on the back. 

 Corolla-tube y^^ in. long ; petals small, unequal, with a conspicuous 

 black spot, hairy. iStamens 6 ; anthers black. Female feoweus : 

 Sepals 2, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, jV-To ^"- ^^"g "'^^^^ ^ pubescent 

 rounded crest-like wing on the back. Petals 3, unequal, narrowly 

 linear-lanceolate, fimbriately villous towards the tip and with a con- 

 spicuous black spot. Ovary 3-lobed ; style-branches 3, filiform. Seeds 

 oblong, quite smooth. Fi. B. I. v. 6, p. 581 ; T)alz. & Gibs. p. 280 ; 

 Kcern. in Liuusea, v. 27 (1856) p. 684 ; Ruhl. in Engler, Pflanzenreich, 

 V. 4, part 30 (1903) p. 104; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) 

 p. 429. — Plowers : Nov. 



KoNKAN : Stocks\, Lavj\, Dahelll; between Vingorla and Malwiin, Bahell \ Ka- 

 naka : Siddapiu- in rice-fields, Talbot, 1083 !— Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



12. Eriocaulon luzulsefolium, Mart, in Wall. PI. As. Rar. v. 3 

 (1832) p. 28. A herb 4-10 in. high ; stems stout or slender, sometimes 

 as thick as a swan's quill, with many fibrous glabrous whitish roots. 

 Leaves caespitose, 1-3 by -J^-g in. in the middle, linear-lanceolate, 

 narrowed from the base to the tip, subacute, glabrous, flat, opaque or 

 translucent, fenestrately 10-12-nerved near the base. Peduncles 3- 

 10 in. high, numerous, erect, glabrous, 5-sulcate, twisted ; sheaths 

 1-2 in. long, obbquely split, at length lacerate at the mouth, glabrous, 

 more or less striate. Heads i- 1- in. in diam., hemispheric, hard, pale 

 grey, pubescent, base truncate; involucral bracts about y^ in. long, 

 conspicuous, oblong-obovate, cuneate, obtuse, concave, subcoriaceous, 

 glabrous, shining, never reflexed ; floral bracts narrower, jV ^"- ^"'^s' 

 spathulate-oblong, subacute, shortly pubescent at the apex ; receptacle 

 conical or columnar, villous with long hairs. Male flowehs stipitate. 

 Sepals 3, oblong-obovate, concave, ^Vtt ^^- ^°"8i obtuse or subacute, 

 cihate at the tips, free or tw^o connate. Corolla-tube about -^ in. long ; 

 petals minute, equal, without a glandular spot. Stamens 6 ; anthers 

 black. Pemale flowers shortly stipitate. Sepals 3, linear-oblong, 

 falcate, concave, acute, dorsally tipped with bristly hairs. Petals 3, 

 h near- lanceolate, -^ in. long, ciliate, without a glandular spot. Ovary 

 subsessile, 3-lobed ; style-branches 3, filiform. Seeds ellipsoid, orange- 

 yellow, faintly ribbed and very closely microscopically transversely 

 ridged. PI. B. I. v. 6, p. 582; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 7 ; Kcern. in 

 Linnaia, v. 27 (1856) p. 636; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 

 (1901) p. 429 ; Prain, Beng. PL p. 1126 ; lluhl. in Engler, Pflanzenreich, 

 V. 4, part 30, p. 88. 



Konkan: (S'^oc^s !— Distrib. Throughout India ; Ceylon. 



13. Eriocaulon trilobum, Bacli.-Ham. in Wall. Cat. (1828) 

 6072, D. A .steiiiless herb of ricelields and \^et places. Leaves erect, 

 cajspitose, green, l.}-4.;i by y^-i in., linear, narrowed towards an acute 

 or subobtuse apex, glabrous, flat, fenestrately 9-11 -nerved, not drying 

 red. Peduncles numerous, 3-8 in. high, glabrous, 5-6-ribbe(], twisted ; 

 sheaths |-2 in. long, obliquely split, somewhat lax, striatulale. Heads 

 i_l in. in diam., subglobose, dark grey ; involucral bracts i by -If, in., 

 linear-oblong, obtuse, glabrous, at first radiating beyond the head, 



