2Srtocaulon.~\ CLXXI. ERIOOAULB^J. (J. D. Hooker.) 577 



19. E. sericans, Mart, in Wall PI. As. Rar. iii. 29; Cat. 6079; 

 leaves short subulate, scapes 1-2 slender, heads ^ in. diam. globose snow- 

 white, invol. bracts oblong pale yellow scarious not reflexed tips rounded, 

 floral cuneate-obovate acute pubescent tips of outer glabrous, male sepals 

 small orbicular, fern. fl. pedicelled, sepals narrow concave, petals oblan- 

 ceolate ciliate, ovary with petals very shortly stipitate or sessile. Kunth 

 Enum. iii. 568 ; Steud. Syn. PI. Gyp. 272. E. gracile, Mart. I. c. ; Wall. 

 Gat. 6079 ; Kunth I. c. 558. E. infirmum, Steud. I. c. 270. 



BTTRMA ; at Prome and Tavoy, WallicJi. 



RootstocJc small. Leaves ^-1 in., erect and recurved, 3-5-nerved, opaque. 

 Scapes 4-grooved ; sheath short, tip acuminate green. Heads very pale ; invol. 

 bracts shining, pubescent ; receptacle small, hemispheric ; flowers pedicelled ; male 

 sepals 3, narrow, free or 2 connate bearded ; petals unequal ; fern, petals unequal, 

 glands 0. Seeds globosely oblong, papillose. I have no doubt as to the specific 

 identity of sericans with gracile ; Kcernicke unites the former with WigJiti- 

 anum, it is certainly very close, but the heads are much smaller ; the male petals 

 larger and fern, broader. The ovary with petals is sessile in gracile very shortly 

 stipitate in sericans. The specimens are very few. 



20. Ei lanceolatum, Miq. inPLMetz exsicc. n. 131 ; leaves narrowly 

 oblong-lanceolate many-nerved translucent, scapes many slender, sheath 

 inflated above tip green, heads globose i in. diam. snow-white, invol. 

 bracts small pale quadrate or" obovate scarious not reflexed, male petals 

 obscure, fern. fl. sessile, sepals 2 deeply cymbiform 3rd flat all bearded, 

 petals very unequal oblanceolate ciliate, ovary with petals sessile. Steud. 

 Syn. PI. Gyp. 271 ; Kcern. in Linnaa, xxvii. 656. 



The CONCAN and CANARA, Metz, Stocks. 



Sootstoclc small. Leaves 1-2^ by ^ J in., acute or acuminate, flaccid, hardly 

 sheathing. Scapes 4-6 in., not deeply grooved; sheath very slender below, inflated 

 above the middle, tip acuminate. Heads very like those of E. sericans, as are the 

 bracts and seeds. One of the fern, sepals is sometimes winged at the back. 



ft Involucral and floral bracts both glabrous or nearly so. 

 Receptacle glabrous or sparsely hairy. 



21. E. Sieboldianum, Sieb. Sf ZMW. ex Steud. Syn. PI. Gyp. 272 ; 

 leaves short subulate or setaceous, scapes very many, heads small globose 

 or ovoid, bracts all scarious, invol. oblong obtuse gradually passing into 

 the oblong-lanceolate subacute shining floral, fern. fl. long-pedicelled, sepals 

 1-2 slender or 0, petals 0, ovary long-stipitate. E. sexangulare, Mart, in 

 Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 28. E. hexangulare, Kunth Enum. iii. 551 ; Thw. 

 Enum. 341 ; Steud. I. c. ; Kwrn. in Linncea, xxvii. 613 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 279 ; Watt. Cat. 6073. E. setaceum, Herb. Heyne. E. nitidum 

 and tenue, Herb. Ham. 



THROUGHOUT INDIA ; from Kashmir to Assam and Burma, and southward to 

 CEYLON (C.P. 795). DISTBIB. China, Japan, Mt. Philipp. 



Annual. Leaves 2-4 in., 3-5-nerved, rarely T ^ in. broad, opaque or translucent. 

 Scapes slender ; sheath short. Heads | in. diam., pale whitish or purplish; invol. 

 bracts spreading or ascending, much shorter than the head; receptacle columnar, 

 glabrous or sparsely hairy ; fl. bracts imbricating upwards, closely appressed, often 

 with a broad purplish central band ; male sepals 3, petals minute, stamens 1-6 ; 

 fern. fl. with a long stipes above the separe which is jointed between the sepals and 

 ovary. Seeds minute, red-brown, quite smooth. Closely allied to Australian E. 



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