Eriocaulon.] cLiv. eriocaule^ (brown). i>47 



Receptacle ovoid or conical, pilose with long silky hairs, which also 

 occur at the base of the pedicels. Female flowers very numerous, 

 pedicellate. Sepals 3, free, equal or unequal, |-1| lin. long, a>)out 

 j\r lin. broad, linear-filiform, acute, faintly tinted with straw-colour, 

 glabrous. Petals 3, shortly distant from the sepals, unequal, J-l] lin! 

 long, yi^-^ lin. broad, linear, obtuse, white, hyaline, glabrous on both 

 sides, ciliate at the apex, without glands. Ovary trigonous; style 

 trifid to half-way down. Male flowers pedicellate. Sepals 3, free, 

 |— f lin. long, -^-^ lin. broad, linear, acute, glabrous, hyaline, faintly 

 tinged with fuscous or straw-colour. Stipes between the sepals and 

 petals 1^ lin. long. Petals rudimentary, represented by 1-3 minute 

 tufts of hairs. Anthers black. Capsule j lin. in diam. Seeds ellipsoid, 

 brown, reticulate with very minute white papillae. 



upper Guinea. Niger Territory ; Nupe, Barter, 1019a! 



Wile Xiand. British East Africa : Jur ; at Agada (River ?) near Jur Ghattas, 

 SchweinfuHh, 2539 ! Bongo ; at Balu stream, ne;\r Sabbi, Schweinfurth^ 2722 ! 



17. E. Buchananii, Ruhland in Engl. Jahrh. xxvii. 83. Stemless. 

 Leaves in a radical rosette, J-1^ in. long, 1-2| lin. broad, flat, Hnear, 

 acute or subobtuse, often slightly thickened at the apex, 5-11 -nerved, 

 tessellately cross-veined, glabrous. Peduncles very numerous, 3-7 in. 

 long, \-\ lin. thick, J:-5-striate and twisted in the dried state, square 

 or terete when swollen in water, glabrous, their sheaths |-1^ in. long, 

 acute, entire, glabrous. Heads exactly globular, moncecious, 1.1-2 J 

 lin. in diam , blackish or dark brown. Involucral-bracts at length 

 reflexed, 1 lin. long, |-| lin. broad, oblong-obovate, obtuse, glabrous. 

 Flowering- bracts 1 lin. long, J-J lin. broad, spathulate-obovate, acute, 

 concave, blackish or fuscous, glabrous or very thinly pubescent with 

 whitish hairs. Receptacle pilose. Female flowers very numerous, in 

 many series, pedicellate. Sepals 3, unequal, blackish or brown, glabrous, 

 two lateral f lin. long, deeply concave, gibbous-keeled, obtuse, the 

 third (ventral) J lin. long, \-\ lin. broad, lanceolate, acute. Petals 

 slightly unequal, J-J lin. long, ^-^ lin. broad, oblanceolate or linear- 

 oblanceolate, obtuse, dark fuscous, rarely pallid, glabrous, glandless. 

 Male flowers comparatively few, central, pedicellate. Sepals 3, more or 

 less united into a funnel-shaped body open down one side, 3-crenate at 

 the apex, J lin. long, blackish, rarely pallid, glabrous. Petals separated 

 from the sepals by a stipes J lin. long, very unequal, two very rudi- 

 mentary or altogether wanting, the third \ lin. long, oblong, obtuse, 

 whitish, not exceeding the stamens, glabrous, glandless. Anthers 

 black. Seeds J lin. long, ellipsoid, covered with very minute white 

 papillae arranged in transverse rows. 



nXozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; on tlie Tanganyika 

 Plateau at Fort Hiil, 3800-4000 ft., Whyie ! Shibisa (Chikuawa) to Tshinmuzc, 

 2000-4000 ft., Kirk! at the foot of Mount Sochi, 3000 ft., Kirk! Namasi, 

 Cameron, 50! and without precise locality, Buchanan, llfiS ! 



18'. E. andongense, Wdiv. ex Rendle in Cat. Afr. PL Welw. ii. 

 100. Stemless, somewhat fleshy, subglaucous-green, becoming yellowish- 



