Jilriocaulon.] OLXXI. ERIOCAULE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 583 



trilobwm. It is said to be Australian, but I have seen no specimen from that 

 country. 



37. E. trilobum, Ham. in Wall. Cat. n. 6072 D; leaves broadly 

 subulate or ensiform acute or acuminate many -nerved, scapes many, heads 



flobose dark grey base intruded, invol. bracts small linear-oblong reflexed, 

 oral spathulately oblanceolate obtuse or subacute, male petals minute, 

 fern. fi. subsessile, sepals 3 dark cymbiformly oblanceolate, petals narrowly 

 oblanceolate sparingly ciliate, ovary with petals sessile or subsessile. E. 

 quinquelobum, Wall. Gat. 1. c. ; Kcern. in Linncea, xxvii. 64-5. E. subula- 

 tum, Bojer ex Kc&rn. 1. c.. E. Sollyanum, Boyle 111. 409, t. 97, f. 1. 



Throughout INDIA ; from Kumaon, ascending to 4000 ft., to Bengal, the Concan 

 and Malabar. 



Habit of E. quinquangulare, from which it is often difficult to distinguish forms, 

 but the heads are usually smaller, much darker in colour, the invol. bracts are 

 narrow, the floral never acuminate or cuspidate, and the flowers are very shortly, 

 if at all pedicelled, with broader concave fern, sepals that are strongly ciliate on the 

 back. Ovary sessile or very shortly stipitate. Mr. Law has sent specimens of a 

 variety with broader leaves and the narrower lanceolate acute invol. bracts radiating 

 and longer than the head ; the fern, sepals too are narrower, these are accompanied 

 with specimens in which the invol. bracts are normal, together with intermediates. 

 I have seen no specimen with the conspicuous red foliage so common in IE. 

 quinquangulare. 



38. E. Helferi, Hook. f. ; leaves ensiform acute flaccid, scapes many, 

 heads globose or hemispheric white, invol. bracts obovate- oblong scarious 

 spreading or at length recurved, floral cuneately obovate acute dorsally 

 tomentose, male sepals 3 glabrous, petals obscure, fern. fl. sessile, sepals 

 3 oblong, 2 concave obovate ciliate, ovary with petals sessile. 



TENASSERIM, Heifer (Kew Dist. 5584). 



Leaves 3-4 by 5 in., translucent. Scapes 4-9 in., flexuous, young glabrous or 

 hairy below ; sheath acuminate. Heads in. diam., softly tomentose; receptacle densely 

 villous ; invol. bracts much shorter than the floral, which are much longer than the 

 flowers ; male fl. pedicelled ; sepals concave, tip hooded ; stamens 4-6 ; fern, petals 

 remarkably broad, unequal. Ovary sessile. Seeds minute, dark red-brown, strongly 

 striate and papillose. 



39. E. Walkeri, Hook.f. ; densely tufted, leaves narrowly subulate or 

 linear few-nerved tips obtuse, heads globose snow-white, invol. bracts 

 shorter spreading outer quadrate or cuneiform inner oblong, floral oblanceo- 

 late acute or mucronate, fl. fern, sessile, sepals narrowly oblong obtuse, 

 petals oblanceolate villously ciliate with very long jointed spreading hairs 

 and tipped with short stout obtuse white ones, ovary with petals sessile. 

 E. quinquangulare, var. argenteum, Thw. Enum. 341. 



CEYLON ; at Caltura, Macrae; in paddy fields, Thwaites (C.P. 3562). 



Leaves 1-2 by -iV~"rV~ m> > glistening, opaque. Scapes 6-8 in., very slender. 

 Heads %-$ in. diam. or less ; invol. bracts pale, scarious ; floral white, membranous 

 densely villous above the middle; receptacle hemispheric, hairs as long as the hyaline 

 flowers ; male sepals 3 (2 connate) long-bearded, petals 3 small orbicular subequal 

 villous. Seeds broadly oblong, orange-yellow, shining, not striolate ; chalaza very 

 large. A very distinct species, well characterized by the copious very long slender 

 white hairs of the fern, petals, which appear to envelop the flower. 



40. E. Thwaitesii, Kcern. in lAnnaa, xxvii. (1854), 627 ; leaves linear 

 subulate or ensiform acuminate many-nerved, scapes many twice as long, 

 head hemispheric dark sparsely mealy, involucre as broad as the heads, 



