254 CLiv. ERiocAULE^ (browx). [Ei'iocaulon. 



7-11 -nerved, glabrous. Peduncles 10-20 to a plant, 5-8 in. long, 

 slender, acutely 5-angled, glabrous; their sheaths l|-3 in. long, acute, 

 rather loose, glabrous. Heads 2-2f lin. in diam., globose, monoecious, 

 grey. Involucral-bracts much longer than the young heads and in 

 that stage radiating, ultimately reflexed, If lin. long, J- J lin. broad, 

 linear-lanceolate, subobtuse, pallid or light greenish. Flowering-bracts 

 1 lin. long, I lin. broad, oblong-oblanceolate, acute, concave, blackish, 

 densely covered with white hairs on the apical part. Receptacle pilose. 

 Female flowers numerous, in many series, pedicellate. Sepals 3, equal, 

 §—| lin. long, i lin. broad, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, somewhat 

 boat-shaped, slightly ciliate at the apex, blackish. Petals | lin. long, 

 ^ lin. broad, linear, obtuse, whitish, with an apical black gland and 

 tipped with a fringe of white hairs. Male flowers central, pedicellate. 

 Sepals J lin. long, connate into a funnel-shaped body open down one 

 side, 3-lobed at the apex, glabrous, blackish. Stipes between the sepals 

 and petals ^ lin. 'long. Petals minute, unequal, the largest not more 

 than i lin. long, oblong, white, ciliate with white hairs at the apex and 

 with a minute black apical gland. Seeds ^ lin. long, ellipsoid, brown, 

 covered with transverse rows of very minute whitish, somewhat glitter- 

 ing papillae. 



Mozamb. Blst^ Portuguese East Africa : Quilimane, in rice fields, Scoft ! 



This is probably the same as a plant collected in Zanzibar by Rojer (88), wliicli is 

 quoted by Koernicke in Linnsea xx\ii. 616; in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl, Afr. v,. 

 503 ; in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr., C. 133; and by Ruhland in Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 81, under 

 JE. trilobum, Ham. 



29. E. elegantulum, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 133. Stemless. 

 Leaves 4-10, radical, usually erect, J-3 in. long, |-2J lin. broad, 

 linear, acute, flat, 3-11-nerved, glabrous. Peduncles 2-lG to a plant, 

 1-8^^ in. long, slender, acutely 3-4:-angled, glabrous ; their sheaths J-3 

 in. long, acute, rather inflated, glabrous. Heads lJ-2 lin. in diam., 

 globose, monoecious, with the male flowers usually central, greyish- 

 white. Involucral-bracts much shorter than the young heads, ulti- 

 mately reflexed, J-f lin. long, \-\ lin. broad, oblong or subquadrate, 

 very obtuse, fuscous, glabrous. Flowering-bracts J-| lin. long, \ lin. 

 broad, cuneate-oblong or cuneate-obovate, obtuse or subacute, dark 

 fuscous, densely covered with short white hairs on the apical part. 

 Receptacle glabrous. Female flowers very numerous, pedicellate. 

 Sepals 3, slightly unequal, J- J lin. long, ^ lin. broad, oblanceolate or 

 cuneate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, two of them more boat-shaped than 

 the third and sometimes gibbous on the back, dark fuscous, bearded 

 with a few white hairs on the keel and at the apex. Petals 3, arising 

 close to the sepals, ^-\ lin. long, ^ lin. broad, linear-spathulate or 

 cuneate-oblanceolate, subobtuse, whitish, tipped with a few white hairs 

 and with a very minute black gland just below the apex. Male 

 flowers rather few. Sepals J lin. long, more or less connate into a 

 funnel-shaped body open down one side, trifid or obtusely 3-lobed at the 

 apex, fuscous, ciliate with white hairs. Stipes between the sepals and 



