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III. (1841) 571 ; Steud. Syn. pl. Cyp. II. (1855) 269; Koern. in Linnaea XXVII. (1856) 

 58"; Benth. Fl. austral. VII. (1878) 197. — Bandalia deprcssa Beauv. et Desv. in 

 Ann. sc. nat. XIII. (1828) 47. — Folia caespitosa, latiuscule linearia, subulato-acuta, 

 pauca, 3 — 4 cm longa et breviora. Pedunculi rigidi , multistriati , 5 — 10 cm longi; 

 capitula depresso-globosa vel hemisphaerica, pallida, fere 5 mm lata; bracteae invo- 

 lucrantes et flores stipantes omnes orbiculares, exteriores rigidulae, obtusissimae, kiteriores 

 tenuiores mucronulatae, glabrae; flos rf: sepala nulla(??), petalorum tubus apice lobis 2, 

 minimis instructus; stamina 4; flos Q: sepala 2, falcata, concava, dorso carina late alata 

 instructa, petala oblongo-obovata. 



N. Australien: Inseln des Golfes von Carpentaria (B. Brown); nahe M. Adam 

 Bange, Fitzmaurice Biver (Baron F. v. Mu eller) nach Benth. 



Nota. Speciem non vidi. 



20. E. depressum B. Br. ex Smith in Bees, Cyclop. XIII. (1809); Britten in Journ. 

 of Bot. (1900) 482. — Eriocaulon deustum B. Br. Prodr. (1810) 255; Kunth, Enum. 

 pl. III. (1841) 571; Steud. Syn. pl. Cyp. II. (1855) 269; Koern. in Linnaea XXVII. 

 (1856) 588; Benth. Fl. austral. VII. (1878) 197. — Bandalia deusta Beauv. et Desv. 

 in Ann. sc. nat. XIII. (1828) 47. — Differt ab E. depresso proximo pedunculis et capi- 

 tulis nigricantibus, illis 2,5 — 5 cm altis, vix folia superantibus. 



N. Australien: Queensland, Endeavour Biver (Banks und Solander, nach 

 Bentham). 



Nota. Speciem non vidi, ex cl. Bentham potius varietas speciei praecedentis. 



21. E. monoscapum F. Muell. Fragm. I. (1858) 94; Benth. FI. austral. VII. (1878) 

 196. — Folia anguste linearia, sensim angustata, subtiliter acuminata, fenestrato-4 — 6 

 nervia, pellucida, glabra, 2,5 — 4 cm longa, circ. 1 mm lata. Pedunculi solitarii, tenues, vix 

 torti, folia fere triplo superantes, 5 — 1 cm alti ; vaginae oblique fissae, arctae, ore haud 

 laceratae, foliis circ. aequilongae; capitula lucide alba, parva, depresso-globosa, laxiflora,. 

 circ. 3 cm lata; bracteae involucrantes ovatae, obtusae, quam capitula triente breviores; 

 bracteae flores stipantes lanceolatae, acutae, flores superantes, albidae; flos (j 1 : sepala 2, 

 basi connata, linearia, apice ciliata; flos Q: sepala 2, linearia, alba, hamato-arcuata, 

 aptera, apice pilosula; petala 2, linearia, recta, ciliata. 



Australien: an feuchten Örtlichkeiten nahe der Mc Adam Berge in Arnhem's Land 

 (Baron F. v. Muell er, nach demselben). 



22. E. spectabile F. Muell. Fragm. I. (1858) 95; Benth. Fl. austral. VII. (1878) 

 196. — Caulis perbrevis. Folia lato-linearia , acuta, fenestrato-1 4 — 18nervia, plana, 

 pellucida, glabra, 4 mm lata. Pedunculi complures, multistriati, filiformes, glabri, vix 

 torti, folia dimidio superantes; vaginae oblique fissae, lamina acuta, quadruplo quam pe- 

 dunculi breviores, arctiusculae ; capitula globosa, compacta, multiflora, 5 mm lata; brac- 

 teae involucrantes obovato-cuneatae, obtusae, floribus triplo breviores, reflexae, glabrae, 

 plumbeo-nigrescentes ; bracteae flores stipantes lanceolatae, acutae, flores paullo supe- 

 rantes ; flos (j* : sepala 2 basi, connata, angustissime linearia ; petalorum tubus apice 

 obscure lobatus, glaber; flos Q: sepala 2, lineari-falcata, apicem versus anguste alato- 

 carinata, ciliolata; petala 2, libera, linearia, unguiculata, ciliolata. 



Australien: Feuchte Standorte nahe der Quelle des in den Golf von Carpentaria 

 mündenden Limmen Bightflusses (Baron F. v. Muell er. nach demselben). 



23. E. mutatum N. E. Br. in Th. Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. VIII. (1901) 256. — 

 Eriocaulon huillense Bendle, Cat. Afr. pl. Welw. II. (1899) 95; nee. Engl, et Buhl. ! — 

 Caulis perbrevis. Folia pauca, erecto-caespitosa, linearia, subulata, circ. 3 nervia, vix 

 fenestrata, glabra, circ. 1,5 cm longa vel breviora, medio circ. 2 ,3 mm ^ a - Pedunculi 

 complures vel pauci, aggregati, 3 — 4-costati, glabri, paullum torti, 4 — 12 cm longi; 

 vaginae oblique fissae, laxae, ore obtusiusculae et cito laceratae, glabrae; capitula sub- 

 globosa, nigrescentia, glabriuscula, in sicco compressa, 2 — 3,5 mm lata; bracteae in- 

 volucrantes oblongae, obtusae vel acutiusculae, fusco-griseae, glabrae; bracteae flores 

 stipantes elliptico-lanceolatae vel lanceolatae, acutae, coneavae, nigrescentes, glabrae; 



