50 ICONES PLANTARUM. 
paullo longiore. Sepala patula v. incurva. Stamina sepalis paulle 
breviora, filamentis gracilibus; antherew 4-lobsx, poris verticalibus. 
Ovarium subglobosum, alte 3-lobum, stigmatibus brevibus 2-fidis.— 
. D. Hooxer. 
Fig. 1, Male flower. 2. Anthers, 3, Female flower. 4. Ovary. 5. Transverse 
section of do. 6. Vertical section of carpel, all enlarged. 
Puate 1367. 
RHANTERIUM EPAPPOSUM, Oliv. 
Composirz, Tribe InvLorpps. 
um, Oliver, sp. nov. Suffrutex incanus ramosissimus: 
3 :. bf 
ms vy. 
hemispherico, bracteis lanceolatis acutis glabratis subsquarrosis, re- 
ceptaculo paleaceo, floribus 9 anguste ligulatis, ligula marginibus in- 
curvis apice 3-dentata, ovario glabro epapposo. 
Has. Coast of Beloochistan, Mr. FE. Pierce. 
Folia 3-1 poll. longa. Capitula 3-4 poll. lata; bracteis pluriseriatis 
. coriaceis exterioribus minoribus. Receptaculum paleis coriaceis lanceo- 
_ latis acuminatis marginibus interdum laciniatis. Acheni vidi. 
is plant has very much the aspect of F. suaveolens, Desf. (Kralik, 
2 
Fig. 1. Capitulum. 2. Ray-floret and subtending scale. 3. Disk-floret and 
seale. 4, Anther (the tails are connate in pairs). 5. Stigma. 
pecanesnea nme ea 
Puate 1368. 
ERAGROSTIS CHLACHYRUM, Benth. 
Graminex, Tribe Festucen (Lragrostidew), 
(Plagiostachya) Celach: Benth., annua, hum 
: ; z oe yrum, ilis, foliis bre- 
vibus latiusculis, spiculis subdistiche spicatis 3-4-floris glabris, spicis 
