578 CLXXI. EEIOOAULE^R. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Eriocaulon. 



cinereum, Br., which has a villous receptacle. As ascertained by Trimen (Linn. Sov. 

 xxiv. 136) from the examination of Hermann's Herbarium, the E. sexangulare of 

 Linnaeus is E. Wallichianum of Martius. In Herb. Linn. E. sexangulare bears its 

 right name ; where there is also a specimen of E. Sieboldianum, from Koenig, 

 unnamed. 



22. IS. Duthiei, HooTc.f.\ leaves very short broadly subulate, scapes 

 many very slender, heads i in. diam. broadly ovate or hemispheric, invol. 

 bracts spreading oblong obtuse scarious shining passing into the dark 

 linear-oblong or oblanceolate acuminate glabrous glistening floral, fern. fl. 

 shortly pedicelled, sepals 2 very narrow, petals 3 filiform. 



CENTRAL PROVINCES ; Bhimkund, in the Khandma district, Duthie. 



Leaves ^-f in., many-nerved. Scapes 2-5 in. ; sheath short. Heads nearly black, 

 glistening ; fl. bracts strongly incurved, sometimes obscurely pubescent towards the 

 tips ; receptacle very tall and slender, quite glabrous ; flowers shortly pedicelled ; 

 male sepals 2, narrow, subacute, glabrous ; petals very obscure ; stamens 6 ; ovary 

 with the petals stipitate. Seeds broadly oblong, quite smooth, yellow. 



23. E. alpestre, HooJc.f. & Thorns. Herb. Ind. Or.; leaves broadly 

 or narrowly subulate, scapes very many short stout, heads broadly obconic 

 few-fld., invol. bracts suberect as long as the flowers cuneiform coriaceous, 

 floral obovate-oblong, fern. fl. sessile, sepals oblong cymbiform obtuse 

 glabrous, petals 3 subequal obovate coriaceous glabrous glands apical. E. 

 kiusianum, Maxim, in Serb. Hort. Petrop. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 8-12,000 ft., and KHASIA HILLS, alt. 5-6000 ft., J. D. E. , 

 Clarke. DISTRIB. W. China, Japan. 



Leaves very many, 1-5 by |-J in., narrowed from a broad base to the acute tip, 

 few or many-nerved, usually spreading. Scapes shorter or longer than the leaves, 

 often flexuous. Heads % in. diam. or less; invol. bracts yellowish and black; floral 

 black, coriaceous ; receptacle small, convex, glabrous ; male sepals 3, truncate, 

 glabrous ; petals obscure j stamens 6 ; fern, petals white, shortly clawed ; ovary 

 with petals sessile. Seeds large, oblong, yellowish or dark, quite smooth. An un- 

 usually well-marked species by the glabrous coriaceous fern, petals. 



24. E. truncatum, Ham. ex Mart, in Wall. Pi. As. Bar. iii. 29 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 6076 ; leaves 1-2 in. subulate, scapes many stout, heads - in. 

 diam. hemispheric, invol. bracts cuneate spreading shining, floral scarious 

 obovoid tip concave truncately rounded glabrous, fern. fl. pedicelled, sepals 

 2 narrow, petals 3 filiform or very narrowly oblanceolate ciliate, ovary 

 with petals stipitate. Kunth Enum. iii. 555 ; Steud. Syn. PI. Gyp. ii. 270 ; 

 Kcern. in Linnsea, xxvii. 631; Thw. Enum. 341 (excl. syn,}. E. cinereum, 

 Ham. Leucocephala spathacea, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 613. 



ASSAM, BENGAL, BURMA, and southward to MALACCA and CEYLON (C.P. 793). 

 DISTRIB. Malay and Philippine Islands, China. 



Leaves i in. broad at the base or less, acuminate, few- or many-nerved. Scapes 

 1-4 in. Heads glistening ; invol. bracts sub-2-seriate ; floral incurved and imbri- 

 cating ; receptacle conical, sparsely hairy ; male sepals free or coherent ; petals 

 minute, ciliate ; fern. fl. long-pedicelled, sepals concave or linear and flat ; petals very 

 variable in breadth. Seeds pale, ribs papillose. This is unquestionably Roxburgh's 

 Leiicocephala spathacea, of which he had a good drawing made. 



VAR. malaccense ; floral bracts broader, flowers of both sexes sessile, petals 

 broader and more coriaceous, gland apical, ovary with petals stipitate, seeds larger. 

 Malacca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 5567) ; at Kwala Pehang, Ridley. Possibly a 

 different species. 



Receptacle more or less villous. 



