EBIOCAULE^. 



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Eriocaulon nantcense Hayata 



sp. nov. (Fig. 28). Folia Cfespitosa 

 linearia 3-4 cm. longa medio 3 mm. 

 lata apice acuminata glaberrima erecta. 

 Scapi csespitosi 15-25 cm. longi glabri 

 gi'acillimi 4-5-sulcati basi 1-vaginati, 

 vaginis folia in longitudine fere 

 sequantibus glabris 2-4 cra, longis, 

 oribus oblique fissis apice obtiTsis. 

 Capitulum late gloljosum 5 mm. 

 longum 6 mm. latum, bracteis in- 

 volucralibus majoribus obovatis 3 mra. 

 longis 2 mm. latis apice rotundatis 

 basi cuneatis glabris sterilibus, bracteis 

 superioribus jflorem f amplectantibus ; 

 bracteis inferioribus flores "J amplec- 

 tantibus spathulatis 2^ mm. longis 



1 mm. latis apice acutis vel triangu- 

 lari-cuspidatis margine ciliolatis dorso 

 hirsutis intus glabris. Fl. J : sepala 

 3 in spatliulam interiore reciurvam 

 2| mm. longam anteriore fissam apice 

 3-lobatam dorso apiceque ciliatam 

 nigricantem apice f mm. latam basi 

 uttenuatam connata ; coroll^e tubus 



2 mm. longus gracilis, lobis 3 lineari- 

 bus |-| mm. longis albo-ciliatis |- mm. 

 latis; stamina 3-6, antheris nigris. 

 Fl. ^ : stipitati, stipitibus ^ mm. 

 longis : sepala 3 nigricantia spathu- 

 lata 2 mm. longa 4- mm. lata apice 

 obtusa sm^um margine dorsoque albo- 

 ciliolata ; corollse tubns brevissimus 



Fig. 28, Lriocaulon mntoense Hayata; 

 1, tlie plant x J ; 2, a hend ; 3, a bract of a 

 male flower ; 4, 5, male flowers ; 7, calyx of a 

 male flower ; 8, the same, more or less expanded ; 

 9, apical portion of corolla ■with stamens ; 10, a 

 female flower ; 11, the snme, cnlyx taken ofE ; 

 12, n petal ; 13, a seed. 



