Eriocaulwi.'] CLXXI. ERIOOAULLJ;. (J. D. Hooker.) 575 



invol. bracts at length reflexed shining; receptacle subglobose; male sepals 3 free or 

 2 connate, odd petal shortly protruded; fern, sepals narrow, as long as the petals, 2 

 free concave 3rd flat; ovary and petals very shortly stipitate. Very near E. atratum 

 in which the recept. is villous, and the odd petal of male fl. not protruded. The 

 specimens are few and poor, except King's. Koernicke describes the recept. as villous, 

 but it is decidedly glabrous in Wallich's specimen. 



13. E. mitophylum, Hook.f.\ densely Ijufted, leaves 2-3 in. almost 

 filiform from a broad sheathing base acuminate flattened opaque, scape 

 twice as long as the leaves, heads very small hemispheric, invol. bracts 

 spreading obovate-oblong obtuse black, floral black cuneately obovate 

 obtuse very shortly bearded, fern. fl. sessile, petals oblanceolate obtuse 

 villously ciliate. 



KHASIA HILLS ; Myrung, alt. 5000 ft. Griffith (Kew Dist. 5578, 55SO) ; Jaintea, 

 alt. 4000 ft., Clarice. 



Leaves flaccid, 5-7-nerved ; sheath not woolly at the base. Sheath of scape not 

 lacerate at the mouth. Heads -% in. diam., white and black ; invol. bracts 3-4- 

 seriate, at length lacerate, not shining j receptacle globose j sepals of male 3, free ; 

 truncate tips bearded ; odd petal shortly exserted ; fern, sepals 2 concave 3rd flat ; 

 ovary very shortly stipitate. Perhaps a form of E. tniserum, but the large leaf- 

 sheaths are very different, and the receptacle is globose. 



14. E. miserum, Kosrn. in Linncea, xxvii. 607 ; densely tufted, leaves 

 very short capillary or 0, scape solitary very long filiform, heads very small 

 globose, outer invol. bracts orbicular- oblong obtuse coriaceous lacerate 

 pale brown or black, floral oblanceolate acute bearded, male petals sub- 

 equal, fern. fl. sessile, petals subequal spathulate villous. E. cristatum, 

 Mart, in Wall. PI. As. Ear. iii. 28 ; and Cat. 6070 (in part). 



SILHET; Bruce (Herb. Wall.); KHASIA HILLS, in river sand, alt. 2500 ft., 

 Clarke. 



Rootstocks matted, 1-2 in. long, slender clothed with capillary roots. Leaves 

 few, 1-2 in., much shorter, or in Clarke's specimens. Scapes 12-18 in. flexuous, not 

 deeply grooved, tips of sheaths membranous. Head i-j in. diam., grey-white ; fl. bracts 

 concealed by the male petals ; invol. bracts 2-3-seriate ; receptacle slender, columnar ; 

 male sepals bearded, petals snbequal or one longest ; fern, sepals 2 oblong cymbiform 

 3rd flat, all bearded ; ovary with petals sessile or very shortly stipitate. Wallich's 

 specimens are young and imperfect. 



15. E. Collettii, Hoolc.f. ; leaves short broadly subulate acuminate 

 recurved many -nerved, scapes tall slender, heads globose snow-white, invol. 

 bracts very small linear-oblong obtuse membranous pale, floral oblanceo- 

 late acute, petals of male fl. subequal, fern. fl. sessile, sepals much shorter 

 than the petals which are villous and with the ovary shortly stipitate. ] 



UPPEB, BURMA; Shan Hills, alt 4000ft., Gollett. 



Leaves \% by in., narrowed from the base to the tip, opaque, striate. Scapes 

 several, 6-grooved; sheaths rather short. Heads ^-^ in. diam.; invol. bracts 

 2-seriate, pale or dark, at length reflexed and concealed under the flowers ; recep- 

 tacle convex ; fl. bracts much shorter than the flowers, male sepals truncate bearded, 

 one petal largest; fern, sepals much shorter than the petals, of which 2 are oblong 

 obtuse concave tip bearded, the 3rd flat ; petals oblanceolate, glands large. 



16. IS. breviscapum, Kcern. in Linnsea, xxvii. 676 ; leaves (floating ?) 

 very long strap-shaped flat flaccid, scape solitary, head broadly hemi- 

 spheric (or globose ?) invol. bracts few very small oblong obtuse scarious 

 dark, floral oblanceolate acute shortly bearded, fern. fl. sabsessile, sepals 

 villously bearded, petals oblanceolate villous with long hairs, ovary with 

 petals shortly stipitate. 



