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ERIOCAULE^. 



denticulatis. Flores J et ? 

 intermixti. M % : sepala in 

 spatliulam 1| mm. longam 

 f mm. latam apice truncatam 

 margine erosam anteriore 

 fissam basi ad stipitem 

 attenuatam glabram con- 

 nata ; coroUse tubus longus 

 sepala sequans glaber, lobis 

 3 lanceolatis apice hirsutis 

 ^ mm. longis ; staminibus 

 6, antheris nigricantibus. Fl. 

 ? : sepala 2 distincta linearia 

 1| mm. longa secus medium 

 plicata ^ mm. lata ; petala 3 

 basi plus minus connata 

 spathulato-linearia 1 mm. 

 longa ^ mm. lata acuta 

 apioe paulo ciHolata. Ova- 

 rium depresso-ovoideum 



glabrum, stylo apice 3-fido. 

 Semina ellipsoidea phis 

 minus obHqua longitudina- 

 Hter elevato-striata apice 

 obtusa basi truncata ^ mm. 

 longa. 



Hab. Suisha, leg. B. 

 Hayata, ApriH. 1916, 

 (typus !) ; Giran, Korisho, 

 Taiton. 



Near E. cdpeMre Hk. f. et Thoms., but diflfers from it in the less incrassate 

 petals of the female flowers. 



NoTE : bracts usually glabrous ; receptacle nearly glabrous. 



Pig. 31, Lriocatdon suishamse Hatata ; 1. the 

 plant ; 1', a head ; 2, a mnle flower ; 3, spathulate 

 calyx ; 4, apical portion of coroUa ; 5, a f emale flower, 

 sepals ofE ; 6, a sepal ; 7, a petal, more magnified ; 8, 

 a seed. 



