Eriocaulon.'] cLiv. eriocaule^ (brown). 255 



petals \-\ lin. long. Petals rudimentary or one of them about \ lin. 

 long, ciliate. Seeds \-\ lin. long, ellipsoid, brown, thinly covered Vith 

 very minute white papillae. — Ruhland in Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. H;J. 



KTlle Iiand. British East Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, %qt. \\\. 

 223 ! Witu ; between Fungo Zombo and V/itu, Dennhardt. 



XHozamb. I>l8t. Zanzibar: ne;ir the town of Zanzibar, Ziryt / Hildehrandt, 

 1056. German East Africa : Usambara ; Duga, Hoist, 3181 ! 



■ E. elegantulum, Engl, closely resembles E. Hanninglonii, N. E. Br. nnd E. 

 zambesiense, Kuhland, in general appearance, but the short blackish (not pallid) 

 involiicral-bracts, which are best seen in the very young heads, readily distinguish 

 it fiom those species. 



30. E. Schlechteri, Ruhland in Engl. Jahrh. xxvii. 78. Leave.s 

 J-l| in. long, 1-1 J lin. broad, linear, mucronate or somewhat obtuse, 

 7-9-nerved, glabrous, white-punctulate above. Peduncles 2-3 to a 

 plant, 2-3 times longer than the leaves, acutely ribbed ; their sheaths 

 about equalling the leaves, glabrous. Heads globose, somewhat glabrous. 

 Involucral- bracts slightly longer than the flowers, ovate, obtuse, some- 

 what glabrous, greenish-grey. Flowering-bracts like the involucral- 

 bracts. Receptacle pilose. Female flowers : Sepals 3, narrowly 

 ovate, almost glabrous, yellowish. Petals 3, equal, slightly narrower 

 than the sepals, thinly hairy near the tips, with a black gland near the 

 apex. Male flowers : Sepals connate for about J of their length ; 

 lobes elongate-spathulate, irregularly denticulate at the apex, glabrous, 

 greyish-white. Petals very minute, roundish, with an oblong black 

 gland, glabrous. Anthers blackish -brown. 



Mozamb. Dlst. Portuguese East Africa : Gasaland; in a swamp at lubam. 

 bane, Schlechter, 12093 ! 



The above locality is just south of the Tropic of Capricorn, but doubtless the 

 plant occurs within the Tropical area. I have not seen it. 



31. E. subulatum, N. E. Br. Plant small, stemless. Leaves 

 several, f-l^ in. long, J-J lin. broad, subulate, gradually tapering to a 

 fine point, flat above, very convex beneath, 1-3-nerved, glabrous. 

 Peduncles numerous, varying from shorter to longer than the leaves, 

 |-2J in. long, square, glabrous ; their sheaths J-J in. long, somewhat 

 close-fitting, subacute, membranous. Heads 1:^-1^ lin. in diam., 

 globose, monoecious, blackish. Involucral- bracts §-| lin. long, oblong, 

 or oblong-obovate, acute, fuscous or somewhat pallid, spreading or 

 slightly reflexed, glabrous. Flowering-bracts like the involucral -bracts, 

 dark fuscous or blackish, glabrous. Receptacle thinly pilose. Female 

 flowers numerous, subsessile. Sepals 3, often unequal, nearly g lin. 

 long, \ lin. broad, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, boat-shaped, some- 

 times slightly gibbous on the back, fuscous, slightly ciliate with dusky 

 hairs. Petals 3, slightly unequal, scarcely J lin. long, -^^^ lin. broad, 

 linear, subacute, dark fuscous, glabrous. Male flowers not very 

 numerous, shortly pedicellate. Sepals J lin. long, united into a funnel- 

 shaped body open down one side, shortly 3-lobed and denticulate 

 at the apex, fuscous. Stipes between the sepals and petals { lin. lon^. 



