CXLT. ERIOCAUr.ACEJ;. 849 



afterwards reflexed, pale, shining; floral bracts J^ in. long, cuneate-obovate, 

 obtuse or subacute, not acuminate, ciliate at the apex, concave ; i*eceptaele 

 villous. Male flowebs shortly stipitate. Sepals 3, oblong, obtuse, 

 y'^ in. long, connate into a spathe, glabrous. Corolla-tube 4j in. long ; 

 petals minute. Stamens 6 ; anthers black. Female flowers subsessile. 

 Sepals 3, oblanceolate, boat-shaped, -^ in. long, hairy on the back. 

 Petals 3, free, narrowly spathulate, hairy above and with a black spot. 

 Ovary subsessile, 3-lobed ; style-branches 3, filiform. Seeds about -jrL in. 

 long, ellipsoid, microscopically closely transversely ridged, pale yellow. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 6, p. 583 ; Koern. in Linn^ea, v. 27 (1856) p. 645 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 429 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1127 

 Euhl. in Engler, Pflanzenreich, v. 4, part 30 (1903) p. 74. Eriocaulon 

 SoUymnim, Eoyle, Illustr. (1839) p. 409, t. 97, fig. 1. Seems scarcely 

 to differ from E. infaustum, N. E. I3rown, in Dver, El. Trop. Africa, v. 8 

 (1902) p. 253. 



Dalzell without locality in Herb. Kew. ! _ Konkan : Stocks !, Law ! Sind : Stocks ! 

 — DisTRiB. Throughout India. 



14. Eriocaulon quinquangulare, Linn. Sj-). PI. (1753) p. 87. 

 Stems very short. Leaves 1-4 by jV~3 ^'^•' ^i'^ear, attenuated towards 

 the apex, acute or acuminate, glabrous, flat, membranous, fenestrately 

 5-11-nerved, opaque or subtranslucent, green above, often purplish 

 beneath, frequently drying red. Peduncles many, 3-9 in. high, glabrous, 

 5-ribbed, scarcely twisted ; sheaths 1-2^ in. long, obliquely split, glabrous, 

 often purplish. Heads globosely ovoid, ^-| iu. in diam., grey or snow- 

 white ; iuvolucral bracts ^ in. long, linear-oblong or obovate-oblong, 

 snbcuueate at the base, very obtuse, scarious, glistening, at length 

 reflexed and concealed under the head ; floral bracts ^ in. long, sub- 

 rhomboid or oblanceolate, acuminate, dorsally hairy, base cuneate ; 

 receptacle globose or columnar, sparsely villous. Male flowers : 

 Sepals 3, all or 2 only connate into a spathe, y^in. long, oblong-spathu- 

 late, obtuse, penieillate at the tips. Corolla-tube about 4q in. long ; 

 petals minute, pilose. Stamens 6 ; anthers black. Female flowers 

 stipitate. Sepals 3, free, J^ in. long, narrowly linear-spathulate, obtuse, 

 pilose towards the apex, white. Petals 3, free, tj-^ in. long, linear- 

 spathulate, villous, usually with a black spot. Ovary stipitate or sub- 

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

 ellipsoid or subglobose, pale yellow, quite smooth. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 582 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 230 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 280 ; Koern. in Linnsea, v. 27 (1856) 

 p. 641 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 9 ; Euhl. in Engler, Pflanzenreich, v. 4, 

 part 30 (1903) p. 85; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 1127 ; Linn. Fl. Zeyl. (1747) 

 n. 48 (Eriocaulon without specific name). 



Stocks without locality iu Herb. Kew. ! Konkan : Salselte, in rice-fielcls, frequent, 

 Jacquemont, 742 ! — Distrib. Throughout India ; Ceylon. 



15. Eriocaulon Xeranthemum, Mart, in Wall. PI. As. Par. v. 3 

 (1832) p. 29. A small stemless plant 1-2^ in. high. Leaves ctespitose, 

 |-1^ by xV~'^ ^^•' linear-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, flat, glabrous, 

 translucent, fenestrately 7-11 -nerved, often recurved. Peduncles |- 

 2| in. high, few or many, stout, striate, more or less twisted ; sheaths 

 reaching 1 in. long, obliquely split, glabrous. Heads (including the 

 involucral bracts) \-\ in. long ; involucral bracts longer than the 



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