250 CLiv. ERiocAULE^ (brown). [Enocaido7i. 



Said to be allied to JE. huillense, Engl. & Rulilaiid, but differing in its larger 

 leaves and heads, pure white sepals, longer female petals and narrow equal male 

 petals. 1 have not seen it. See note under E. lacteum, Tlondle, p. 246. 



22, E. huillense, Engl, d' Ruhland in Engl. Jahrh. xxvii. 78 ; 

 not of Rendu. Leaves short, |-1-J.in. long, at the base 2 lin. broad, 

 above \-\ lin. broad, lanceolate, obtuse and somewhat thickened at the 

 apex, about 9-11-nerved, glabrous. Peduncles 2-3 to a plant, several- 

 ribbed ; their sheaths twice as long as the leaves, glabrous. Heads 

 white-villous at the summit. Involucral-bracts ovate, subacute, 

 glabrous or -very sparsely pilose on the margins, yellowish-fuscous. 

 Flowering-bracts similar to the involucral-bracts. Receptacle pilose. 

 Female flowers : Sepals 3, green at the tips, ciliate. Petals 3, much 

 shorter than the sepals, shortly spathulate, hairy all round, white, with 

 a gland near the apex. Male flowers shortly pedicellate. Sepals 3, 

 free, shorter tha^ the petals, ovate, green at the apex. Petals unequal, 

 broad, ciliate, with a gland near the apex. Anthers black. 



ILoiver Guinea. Angola : Huilla, Antunes. 



Said to be allied to TJ. Teusczii, Engl. & Ruhland, and from description appears 

 to be near E. Bauri, N. E. Br,, from South Africa. I have not seen it, and do not 

 understand the use of the term lanceolate as applied to the leaf, which is stated to be 

 only \ millimetre broad in the upper part. Probably the sepals are dark olive 

 or fuscous at the apex, rather than green as described. 



23. E. afzelianum, Wikstr. ex Koernicke in Linnoea, xxvii. G80. 

 Stemless. Leaves 7-15 to a plant, ascending, J-l| in. long, |-2 lin. 

 broad, linear, acute or subobtuse, 4-10-nerved, glabrous. Peduncles 

 very variable, 1-20 to a plant, 3-9 in. long, acutely 4-5-angled,> 

 glabrous, their sheaths 1-2 in. long, acute, glabrous. Heads 1|— 2J lin. 

 in diani., subglobose, monoecious, with the sexes intermixed, whitish, 

 slightly ochreous or greyish. Involucral-bracts |-1 lin. long, J-| lin. 

 broad," oblong or cuneate-oblong, obtuse, slightly rigid, pale straw- 

 coloured, glabrous. Flowering-bracts about l-l:j lin. long, ^-|- lin. 

 broad, cuneate-obovate, acute or acuminate, incurved, ochreous or 

 fuscous, more or less densely pubescent with white hairs on the apical 

 part. Receptacle pilose. Female flowers shortly pedicellate or sub- 

 sessile. Sepals 3, subunequal, |-1 lin. long, \-\ lin. broad, ochreous or 

 fuscous, bearded with white hairs on the apical part ; the lateral pair 

 linear- falcate, boat-shaped, obtuse ; the odd sepal cuneate-linear, obtuse, 

 nearly flat. Petals 3, unequal, inserted above the sepals and exceeding 

 them, the largest f lin. long, \-\ lin. broad, oblanceolate, cuneate 

 at the base, obtuse, rather thick and somewhat spongy, white, some- 

 times slightly tinted with fuscous at the apex, slightly pubescent with 

 white hairs on both sides or more densel}' so on the back, ciliate at 

 the apex, glandless ; the other two similar, but smaller, thinner and 

 less hairy or nearly glabrous on both sides. Male flowers shortly 

 pedicellate. Sepals 3, j-1 lin. long, more or less connate into a funnel- 

 shaped body open down one side, and trifid, with unequal obtuse 

 lobes, or sometimes free, ochreous or fuscous, pubescent with white 



