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the gliiiiies une(|ual, laiicoolatc. hlimt, one 4 tiiiii. long, one 5 nnn. long. 

 Flowers 4, ]iernia])liro(iite, each with one hyaline ohlong-ohovatc acute 

 hraet about 4 mm. long. Stamen 1; iihiment ;> mm. long; anther 

 oblong, 1-eelled, 1..") mm. long. Ovary '-^-eencd, the ovules superposed; 

 styles two, 2 to 2.5 mm. long. 



In open heaths at 2.400 ni. alt. (No. (il(iO). 



Pcrliaps the most interesting- discovery in recent holanicai ex])Iorati()ii of Ihc 

 I'liiiippines, the family and genus being new to the Philippine llora, both being 

 largely developed in Australia and New Zealand. Of the si.x genera at present 

 recognized in the family, four, JiiuccUa, lirizula, Apliclia, and Alcpyrum are con- 

 fined to Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania, a fifth genus of two species, 

 (Jainuirdia, is represented in New Zealand, Cape Horn and the Falkland Islands, 

 while the sixth genus, Centrolepis, is represented by about twenty species, of 

 which one is found in Cambodia, and all the others, except the one descril)eil 

 here, in south Australia and Tasmania. Following Hieronymus' treatment of 

 the family in Englcr unci PrantVs Natiirlichen Pflanzenfamilien, the ])resent 

 species would perhaps fall in the genus Alppiinun, l>nt as Alvpyrum Iliern., is 

 invalidated by Aleptjrum R. Br., it has been thought best to describe the present 

 species imder Coifrolrpis. 



EK1()( ^AUL( )N ACE.E. 



ERIOCAULON Linn. 



Eriocaulon brevipeduncuiatum Merrill, n. sp. 



Planta densissime caesj)itosa, 5 ad 8 cm. alta, eaulibus Ijrevissimis, 

 simplicibus, foliis congestis, anguste laneeolatis, aeuminatis, 2 ad 2.5 em. 

 longis, 3 ad 4 mm. latis, glaln-is, pedunculis perbrevibus 0.5 ad 1 em. 

 longis; capitula semiglobosa, 5 ad (> mm. lata, bracteis invohicrantibus 

 latiuseulis, membranaeeis, ol)tusis, ad 3 mm. longis; flores normaliter 

 evoluti; perigonia 3-niera. 



Densely ca^spitose, 5 to 8 em. tall, forming dense tufts. Stems short, 

 simple; leaves very numerous, densely disposed throughout the entire 

 length of the stem, the lower ones marcescent, narrowly lanceolate, 

 acuminate, glabrous, 2 to 2.5 cm. long, 3 to 4 mm. wide, spreading, 

 shining, flaccid. Peduncles solitary, the peduncles 0.5 to 1 cm. long, 

 longis; capitula semiglobosa, 5 ad G mm. lata, lu'acteis involucrantibus 

 mambranaceous, obtuse, about 3 mm. long, o];)ovate. Staminate flowers 

 3-merons; sepals free, spatulate, sliglitly ciliate at the apex, about 2.5 

 mm. long; petals narrowdy ovate, acuminate, 1 mm. h)iig. the gland 

 prominent; stamens 6, the filaments a])out 1 mm. long. ristiUate 

 flowers 3-merous; sepals free, narrowly oldong or s])atulal:e, obtuse, 

 slightly ciliate above, about 2.5 mm. long; petals equaling the sepals, 

 somewhat narrower; style about 1.5 mm. long, the three style-arms 

 nearly 2 mm. long. 



In an open heath at 2,400 m. alt. (No. G214). 



A species well characterized by its densely caespitose habit and short peduncles, 

 the heads being solitary and included in the densely disposed leaves, not exserted. 



