Gardneriane. N. O. Eriocaulonee. 
TAB. DXXVI. 
P&PALANTHUS FLACCIDUS. Kunth. 
Caulibus erectis, ramis simplicibus numerosissimis foliosis, 
foliis lineari-subulatis mucronatis rigidis margine longe piloso- 
ciliatis recurvato-patentibus, pedunculis terminalibus fascicu- 
latis filiformibus trisulcis pilosiusculis, vaginis apice oblique 
fissis acutis glabris, capitulis hemisphericis albo-villosis, 
floribus dimeris, masculis diandris, antheris bilobis, bracteis 
calycibusque exterioribus apice albo-pilosis, stigmatibus sim- 
plicissimis. 
Pepalanthus flaccidus. Kunth Enum. Plant. 3,p.511. Gardn. 
Herb. Bras. n. 5241 
Eriocaulon flaccidum. Bongard in Act. Petrop, vol. 6. 1. p. 636; 
643, t. 4. 
Has. In moist sandy places, near Cidade Diamantina, the — 
capital of the Diamond district, Brazil. Aug. 1840. Serra 
da Lappa, Province of Minas Geraes. Riedel. 7 
I have not an opportunity of comparing my specimens with 
the figure given by Bongard, but they agree very well with the 
description in Kunth’s Enumeratio Plantarum, the only differ- 
ence being, that my specimens seem to be smaller and more 
erect than those collected by my friend M. Riedel in the Gold 
districts.—G. Gardner. iy 
Fig. 1. Capitulum. f. 2. Male flower. /. 3. Female flower. 
. 4. Leaf :—magnified. y 
