Eriocatdon.] cliv. BRiocAULBiE (brown). 241 



unequal, f-l lin. long, oblanceolate, acute, boat-shaped, slightly keeled, 

 membranous, blackish, with a few minute white hairs on the upper 

 part. Petals 3, arising close to the sepals, about 1 lin. long, narrowly 

 linear, tapering towards the base, membranous, ciliate at the obtuse 

 apex with a few very short hairs, without glands on the face, fuscous. 

 Male flowers shortly pedicellate. Sepals 3, free or variously connate 

 below, I lin. long, y^j^-J lin. broad, linear, obtuse or irregularly denticu- 

 late at the apex, glabrous or with a few minute white hairs, fuscous. 

 Stipes between the sepals and petals about J lin. long. Petals minute 

 or rudimentary. Anthers black. Seeds light brown, striolate. 



lower Guinea. Angola : Huilla, 3800-5500 ft. ; in stagnant places near the 

 banks of the River .tHupanda, Welwitsch, 2456 ! in the mud of slowly flowing 

 streams between Humpata and Lopollo, and between Lopollo and Nene, Welwitsch, 

 2457 ! 



Allied to J?, hifistulomm. Van Heurck, but differing in having acute sepals to the 

 female flowers, with a few minute white hairs on the keel. The name of this species 

 antedates by 7 months the E. submersum, Tate, of South Australia. 



8. "E, Mannii, J^. E. Br. Stem or rhizome elongating, rooting, 

 J-| lin. thick. Leaves not very numerous, in a lax rosette, erect or 

 ascending, 1-2 J in. long, J-| lin. broad, linear, Subacute, 4-G -nerved, 

 glabrous. Peduncles 1-3 to a plant, 2J-6 in. long, 6-ribbed, slender, 

 glabrous, their sheaths ^-l\ in. long, subacute, glabrous. Heads 

 2-2J lin. in diam., globose, monoecious, whitish-brown. Invoiucral- 

 bracts |-1 lin. long, J-| lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, glabrous, very 

 slightly ciliate, submembranous, light ochreous-brown. Flowering- 

 bracts J lin. long, J lin. broad, cuneate-oblong, obtuse or somewhat 

 acute, rather membranous, slightly ciliate and very slightly pubescent 

 on the back, very light ochreous. Receptacle glabrous. Female flowers 

 in a few exterior series, shortly pedicellate. Sepals 3, equal, | lin. long, 

 \ lin. broad, oblong; obtuse and often denticulate at the apex, very 

 membranous, white, glabrous. Petals 3, equal, J lin. long. \ lin. broad, 

 cuneately linear-oblong, obtuse, very hairy on the inner face, ciliate, 

 white, with a black gland near the apex. Male flowers very numerous, 

 central, pedicellate. Sepals free, ^ lin. long, \ lin. broad, cuneate- 

 oblong, obtuse, membranous, slightly ciliate and sometimes toothed at 

 the apex. Stipes between the sepals and petals \~^ lin. long. Petals 

 unequal, white, densely bearded on the apical half of the inner side, 

 with a; black gland slightly above the middle, the largest | lin. long, 

 1 lin. broad, cuneate-obovate, obtuse. Anthers black. Seeds \ lin. 

 long, broadly ellipsoid, very obtuse at the ends, yellowish-brown, nearly 

 smooth. 



ZiO'wer Guinea. Gaboon : Sierra del Crystal, Mann, 1689 I 



9. E.-stoloniferum, Welw. ex Rendle in Cat. Afr. PL Wehc. ii. 101. 

 A stemless, stoloniferous perennial, entirely submerged, with the flower- 

 heads just emerging when mature. Leaves 5-9 in. long, J-1 J lin. broad, 

 linear, tapering to a fine point, very bright shining green. Peduncles 

 solitary or few, 8-16 in. long, J lin, thick, 7-8-ribbed, their sheaths 



