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 OUS. 



Eriocaido7i.] cliv. eriocaule.e (brown). 257 



the sides and coarsely toothed on the broad wing-like keel, which 

 about as broad as the rest of the sepal, membranous, blackish,' glabro..^. 

 Petals 2, arising slightly above the sepals, J lin. long, about J Hn. broad,' 

 narrowly cuneate, shortly bifid or rounded at the apex, glabrous, without 

 glands, blackish or very dark fuscous. Ovary transversely ' oblong ; 

 styles 2, filiform, exceeding the petals. Male flowers shortly pedicellate'. 

 Sepals scarcely h lin. long, linear or cuneately oblong, rounded or 

 toothed at the apex, glabrous, fuscous ; petals rudimentary. Stamens 

 4 ; anthers black. — E. huillense, Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 1)5, 

 not of Engl, tk Ruhland. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in somewhat spongy wooded marshy 

 meadows between Lopollo and Monino, 3800-5500 ft., Welwitsch, 24i8 ! on hoggy 

 slopes, Welwitsch, 2449 ! very sparsely on the lofty pastures of EinpalantM, which 

 are floodod in summer, Wehoitsch, 2450 ! 



As the name E. huillense, Engl. & Ruhland, claims priority by about a muntli. I 

 have been oblii^ed to change the name of this species. 



34. E. gilgianuxn, Ruhland in Engl. Jahrh. xxvii. ^S4. Leaves 

 4-7 lin. long, \ lin. broad, narrowly linear, acute, 1-nerved, glabrous. 

 Peduncles 3-4 to a plant, up to If in. long, 3-4 times as long as the 

 leaves, glabrous, with sheaths shorter than the leaves. Heads small, 

 about I lin. in diam., glabrous, greenish or blackish. Involucral-bracts 

 obtuse or somewhat acute, glabrous, greenish. Flowering-bracts obovate, 

 somewhat glabrous (" glabriusculis," i.e., probably slightly pubescent), 

 those of the female flowers obtuse, of the male flowers acute. Receptacle 

 pilose. Female flowers : Sepals ovate, acute, ciliate all round, pale 

 greenish-yellow. Petals lanceolate, acute, nearly glabrous, without 

 glands. Male floAvers : Sepals connate into a spathe-like body, with 2 

 to several irregular acute lobes, nearly glabrous, greenish. Petals none. 

 Anthers black. 



lao-wer Guinea. Angola : Huilla, Antunes, 168. 



Stated to be the smallest of the African species and one of the smallest species in 

 the genus, having an especially slender appearance on account of the capillary 

 leaves. I have not seen it. 



35. E. abyssinicum, Hockst. in Flora, 1845, 341. Plant small, 

 stemless, annual ? Leaves about 4-8 to a plant, radical, ^-| in. long, 

 \~\ lin. broad, linear-subulate, tapering to a very fine point, glabrous. 

 Peduncles |-4 in. long, 3-4-angled, slender, glabrous, their sheaths 

 ^-1 in. long, acute, very oblique and slightly inflated at the mouth, 

 glabrous. Heads 1-lJ Hn. in diam., subglobose, moncBcious. Involucral- 

 bracts |-| lin. long, \-\ lin. broad, oblong, obtuse or acute, concave, light 

 straw-coloured, glabrous. Flowering- bracts i-^ lin. long, j or less broad, 

 lanceolate, acute, concave, glabrous, varying from light fuscous to blackish. 

 Receptacle glabrous or nearly so. Female flowers subsessile. Sepals 3, 

 subequal, ^ lin. long, about |^ lin. broad, lanceolate, acuminate, boat- 

 shaped, glabrous, light fuscous or greenish-fuscous. Petals 3, arising 

 slightly above the sepals, rather less than J lin. long, about ,\r lin. 

 broad, linear, acute, flat, glabrous, not ciliate, without glands, pallid oi 

 fuscous. Style bifid to half-way down. Male flowei's ratiier few, pedi- 



