Gardneriane. N. O. Eriocaulonee. 
TAB. DX, 
P&PALANTHUS DISTICHOPHYLLUS. Martius. 
Caulibus erectis strictis ramisque dense foliosis, foliis bifariam 
imbricatis lanceolatis acutis cum mucrone concavis ciliatis, 
pedunculis solitariis lateralibus, capitulis hemisphericis 
vaginis subtruncatis mucronatis. 
Pepalanthus distichophyllus. Mart. in nov. act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 
xvii. ¢.23. Kunth, Enum. Plant. 3, p. 518. Gardn. Herb. 
Bras. n. 5259. 
Has. In moist, sandy, bushy places, on mountains near 
Ciudade Diamantina, the capital of the Diamond district, 
Brazil. July, 1840. On the Serra de Itambé. Martius. 
Herbaceus. Caulis erectus, ramosus, foliosus, bipedalis. Folha 
dense bifariam imbricata, concava, lanceolata, acuta, mucronata, 
glabra, margine ciliata. Pedunculi laterales, solitarii, tenues, 
glabri, 6-8-pollicares. Vagine glabra, apice scariose, 10-14- 
lineas longee. Capitula hemispherica, albo-villosa. Bractee 
involucrantes steriles obovato-oblonge, obtuse, mucronate, 
glabre ; dractee flores stipantes oblong, obtuse, apicem 
versus pilis albis dense ciliate. Receptaculum glabrum. 
res mascult cum fcemineis mixti, pedicellati: sepala ex- 
tertora oblonga, obtusa, apice pilis ut in bracteis vestita ; 
interiora in tubum obconicum, apice trilobum connata. 
Stamina3. Anthere flave. Flores Jeminei sessiles : sepala 3 
exteriora obovata, obtusa, apice pilorum fasciculo vestita; 3 
interiora minora, pilosissima. Stylus generis. Stigmata 3, 
simplicia. 
My specimens agree, in every respect, with the description 
given by Martius, except in the leaves, which he states to be 
rather obtuse, while here they are certainly acute.—G. Gardner. 
Fig. I. Capitulum. f. 2. Male flower. jf. 3. Female flower. 
f. 4, The same with the bractea laid open :—magnified. 
