Eriocmilon.] 



CLIV. ERIOCAULE^ (bROWX). 



keel, blackish or dark fuscous, hairy 

 inside and bearded with white hairs 

 at the apex ..... 26. E. zambesiense. 

 Sepals of the female tiowers boat-shaped, 

 sometimes gibbous, but the keel 

 neither very thick nor very broad, 

 never hairy inside (not seen in 14, 

 E. decipiens, and imperfectly de- 

 scribed in 21, E. Teusczii). 

 I Leaves visually more than 3 in. long. 

 (Occasionally in 11, E. latifolium, 

 some of the leaves are only 1^-2 

 in. long.) 

 Leaves obtuse or shortly subacute, 

 1-4 I'm. broad, thin and some- 

 what flaccid ; heads 3-4 lin. in. 

 diam. ; sepals of tlie female 

 flowers very pale brownish-white, 

 bearded with long white hairs . 11. E. latifolium. 

 Leaves obtuse, firm, 3-6 lin. or more 

 broad ; sepals of the female 

 flowers dark fuscous, bearded 

 with white hairs. 

 Heads 4-5 lin. in. diam.; pe- 

 duncles with about 8 obtuse 



ribs 12. ^. Schimperi. 



Heads 6-7 lin. in diam. ; peduncles 

 with about 11 slender re- 

 markably prominent ribs . 13» 

 Leaves gradually tapering to a very 



acute point . . . .14. 

 j]; Leaves ^-3 in. long, usually under 

 2 in. long, except in vei'y large 

 specimens of 29, E. elegantulum. 

 (See also 11, E. latifolium.) 

 §Heads 3-5 lin. (or more ?) in diam. 

 (Perhaps 22, E.huillense belongs, 

 here, but no dimensions are given 

 in the description.) 

 Leaves acute, f lin. broad ; pe- 

 duncles up to 7 in. long ; 

 sepals of the female flowers 

 boat-shaped, toothed on each 

 margin, blackish, sparsely 

 hairy ..... 10. E. Antunesii. 

 Leaves obtuse or subacute, ^-2\ lin. 

 broad ; peduncles 6-24 in. 

 long. 

 Receptacle pilose; sepals of the 

 female Howers whitish, 

 faintly tipped with fus- 

 cous, bearded with short 

 white hairs . . .15. E. lacfeiim. 



Receptacle " apparently gla- 

 brous " ; sepals of the 



E. mesanthemoidea. 

 E. decipiens. 



