850 CXLT. BEIOCATJLACB.f:. 



flowering part of the head, lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, glistening, 

 scarious, pale yellow or nearly white ; floral bracts ^^ - ^ in. long, oblong- 

 obovate, obtuse, cuneate at the base, hairy at the apex. Eeceptacle 

 glabrous or nearly so. Male flowees subsessile. Sepals -^ in. long, 

 obovate-cuneate, obtuse or truncate, hairy at the apex, free or all or 2 

 connate into a spathe split in front. Corolla-tube short ; petals minute, 

 glabrous. Stamens 6 ; anthers yellow (Dalzell). Female flowers 

 subsessile. Sepals 2 (rarely 3, the third capillary), yfj— jV ^^- I<^"g' 

 unequal, lanceolate, narrower than the male sepals, hairy at the tip. 

 Petals -^ in. long, linear or oblanceolate, hairy at the tip and 

 with a minute glandular spot which is yellow (fide Dalzell). Ovary 

 sessile, 3-lobed ; style-branches 3, filiform. Seeds narrowly oblong, 

 yellow, papillose. Fl. B. I. v. 6, p. 584 ; Kcern. in Linnaea, v. 27 

 (1856) p. 624 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 429 ; Prain, 

 Beng. PL p. 1127 ; Euhl. in Engler, Pflanzenreich, v. 4, part 30 (1903) 

 p. 96. Eriocauhn pygmceiim, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) 

 p. 281 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 280. 



Konkan: Stocks]; nenr Malwdn in marshy places, Dalzell. Kanaka: Karwar, 

 Talbot, 2945 !— .Distrib. Throughout India. 



Imperfectly known Species. 



'EltlOCAULON BOMBATANUM, Euhl. in Engler, Pflanzenreich, v. 4, part 30 (1903) 

 p. 104. Stem very short. Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, 5— | by -[^--h i"- Peduncles 

 many, 8^-4 in. high; sheaths as long as the leaves. Heads globose or globosely 

 cylindric, densely snowy-puberulous ; involucral bracts always conspicuous, lanceolate 

 or oblong-obovate, acute, green, glabrous; floral bracts oblong-obovate, acute, ciliate, 

 dark-colored. Flowers heteromerous. Male flowers : Sepals 2, connate into a 

 spathe to the apex, ciliate, obtuse, olive-green. Petals 3, very small, glandular. 

 Stamens 6 ; anthers black. Female flowers : Sepals 2, linear, winged or keeled, 

 acute, concave, dark-colored, ciliate. Petals 3, linear-oblanceolate, with a glandular 

 spot, ciliate, white. Ovary 3-lobed. The above is Euhland's description. 



Konkan : Bombay, Warburg, 867, in Herb. Berol. ex Ruhlaud. I have seen no 

 specimens ; there are none in Herb. Kew. 



KTilOCAULON RITCHIEANUiU, Euhl. in Engler, Pflanzenreich, v. 4, part 30 (1903) 

 p. 73. Stem very short. Leaves 1^-2^ by ^^ in., linear. Peduncle solitary, about 

 6i in. high, scarcely twisted ; sheaths lax, glabrous, 1^ in. long. Heads subglobose, 

 white-villous at the top, J-J in. in diam. ; involucral bracts obovate, obtuse, glabrous ; 

 floral bracts similar, acute, greyisli-yellow puberulous on the back near the apex. 

 Male flowers: Sepals connate into a spathe, very obtuse. Petals small, with a gland. 

 Anthers white. Female flowers : Sepals ovat«, acute, free, lax, grey-green, puberulous 

 on the back. Petals oblong-spathulate, white, subobtuse, with a gland. Ovary 

 3-lobed. The above is Euhland's description. 



S. M. Country: Belgaum, Ritchie, 1248, in Herb. Boiss.-Barb. I have seen no 

 specimens ; there are none in Herb. Kew. 



ElilOCAULON nOBUSTO-BROn'NIANUAf, Euhl. in Engler, Pflanzenreich, v. 4, 

 part 30 (1903) p. 77. Stem very short. Leaves caespitose, lanceolate, very obtuse, 

 fenestrate at the base, glabrous, 8-10 in. long by 1 in. broad at the base. Peduncles 

 numerous, twisted, subrobust, 12-16 in. higli ; s-heaths rather loose, obliquely split, 

 3i— 4i in. long. Heads globose, snowy-white, puberulous, nearly \ in. in diam. ; invo- 

 lucral bracts broadly obovate, the exterior obtuse, the inner acute, pale straw-colored, 

 puberulous at the back near the apex, then glabrous, at length concealed by the 

 flowers; floral bracts obovate, acuminate, rather rigid, greyish-white, a little longer 

 than the flowers. Flowers trimerous. Male flowers : Sepals spathaceo-connate. 



