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found among some Pilularia, or rather Marsileas ; its whole 
length did not exceed 3-4 of an inch. 
It was obsoletely angular, the third angle next the axis. 
Spica disticha flexiosa. Bracteze obtusissime carinatze. 
Stamina 2. Ov. trigonum. Styli tres. 
Planta minima ; unifolia, foliam lineare concavum trivenium. 
Stamina entirely cellular. i 
ERIOCAULONEÆ. 
ERIOCAULON. 
1. Eriocaulon Wallichianum ? Mart. 
Eon — oux dilatatis pseudo fenestratis, apice spha- 
leis inter bases foliorum pedun- 
culorumque. Bracteas hinc fissis, apicibus sphacelatis. - Pe- 
dunculis bracteas 3-4 plo superantibus teretibus. Involucri 
squamis glabris reniformi-cordatis bracteolis deltoideo-cunea- 
tis, dorso versus apicem, dorso nempe pulverulento-albis. 
Hab. in aquosis, corpuscula subnivea (an cellules gerentib.) 
Mergue Kulwing : copiosa August, 1834. 
Floribus masculis pedicellatis. Perianthio apice breviss. al- 
bo-barbatis, involucro demum deciduo, dehiscentia loculicida. 
Mergue Herb. no. 218. 
2. Eriocaulon, sp. 
Rhizomata annua ? foliis lineari-acuminatis multinervis ob- 
tusis? basibus arachnoideis, vaginis folia subequantibus api- 
cibus longitudinaliter et per dimidiam longitudinem fissis, 
кеген scapos laxe vaginantibus, scapis sesqui-pedalibus vel 
tra, pilis albidis patentibus hispidis, folia 3 plo superantibus 
le niveis spheericis. | 
