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CLIV. ERIOCAULE^ (bROWN). 



[Eriocauloii, 



Leaves^-^ lin. broad; heads 1-1^ lin. 



in diau)., slightly echinulate from 



the whitish bracts exceeding the 



flowers ; sepals of the female 



flowers linear-lanceolate, very acute 20. 



1 1 Receptacle glabrous. (See also 20, S. Wel- 



witschii, var. pygmcEum.) 



Leaves numerous, capillary or filiform, 



1-34 in. long; heads 1-2 lin. in 



diam. ; sepals of the female flowers 



obovjite, deeply hooded, obtuse 



Leaves few, \-^ in. long ; heads 1-1|- 



lin. iu diam. ; sepals of the female 



tiowers lanceolate, acuminate 



ffSepals of the female flowers ciliate on the 



margins, otherwise quite glabrous. 



Leaves subulate, \-h lin. broad, firm ; 



heads l;|-l5 lin. in diam. 

 Leaves filiform, ^-^ lin. broad, weak ; 

 heads 1-1| lin. in diam. , 

 fffSepals of the female flowers witli a few- 

 minute hairs on the back, chiefly on the 

 keel, not ciliate. 

 Leaves 2-4 in. long, not exceeding ^ lin. 



in greatest breadth ; heads black 

 Leaves 5-9 in. long, ^-1^ lin. broad, 

 tapering to a very fine point ; heads 

 fuscous, with a whitish involucre 



IE. Wehoitschii 



6. E. hi 



35. -S. ahyssinicum. 



31. 



32. 



E. subulatum. 

 E. ciliisepalum. 



7. E. suhmersw.n. 



9. E. stoloniferum. 



**Flowering-br&cts, or at least those in the centre 

 of the head, bearded, pubescent or ciliate 

 on the apical part, or between the middle 

 and the apex, not perfectly glabrous. 

 fSepals of the female flowers glabrous and 

 not ciliate. (See also 30, E. Schlechteri, 

 which is described as having the sepals 

 nearly glabrous.) 

 Plants with a distinct elongated stem or 

 rhizome below the leaves, which are 

 1-3^ in. long. 

 Leaves very numerous filiform, gradually 

 tapeiing to a very fine point ; pe- 

 duncles several or very numerous; 

 heads fuscous or blackish 

 Leaves not very numerous, linear, rather 

 abruptly subacute ; peduncles 1-3 

 to a plant ; heads whitish-brown . 

 Plants stemless below the leaves; leaves 

 linear; peduncles very numerous; 

 heads blackish or dark brown . 

 ffSepals of the female flowers bearded pubes- 

 cent or ciliate on the apical part, not 

 perfectly glabrous. 

 Sepals of the female flowers deeply con- 

 cave, with a broad thick very gibbous 



17. 



E. hifstulosum. 

 E. Mannii. 

 E. Biich'anani. 



