58 W. Ruhland. — Eriocaulaccac. 



6 1 . E. peruvianum Ruhl. n. sp. — Folia linearia, recurvato-caespitosa, e basi 

 dilatata sensim subulari-angustata , apice ipso obtusiuscula , fenestrato- 7 — 11 nervia, 

 glabra, 4—4,5 cm longa, 2 mm lata. Pedunculi per complures (3 — 6) fasciculato- 

 congesti, erecti vel subflexuosi, folia plus quam quadruplo superantes, robusti, torti, 

 glabri, in sicco virides, 9 — 15 cm longi, usque 1 mm crassi; vaginae laxissimae, quam 

 folia paullo breviores, oblique fissae, lamina membranacea, cito lacei'ata instructae, 

 striatae, 3 cm longae, 2,5 mm latae; capitula parva, duriuscula, hemisphaerica, summi- 

 tate albido-villosa, 4 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes lato-obovatae, acutae, concavae, 

 obscure stramineo-fuscidulae, membranaceae, juniores summo tergo leviter puberulae, 

 cito glaberrimae; receptaculum pilosum; bracteae flores stipantes obovato-spathulathae, 

 illis similes sed angustiores, brevissime acutae, fuscae, apice nigricantes, summo dorso 

 puberulae; flos q*: fere sessilis; sepala 3, postice spathaceo-connata, ovata, truncato- 

 obtusa, viridi-nigra, dorso apicem versus pilosula, cito calvescentia ; petala brevia, sub- 

 angusta, longe pilosa, intus oblongo-glanduligera; stamina 6, decidua; antherae ovatae, 

 nigro-virides ; flos Q: sessilis; sepala 3, late obovata, brevissime cuspidata, cuspide 

 destituto rotundato-obtusa, naviculari-concava, membranacea, nigro-viridia ; petala 3, 

 libera, oblongo-spathulata, obtusa, spongioso-crassiuscula, alba, ciliata, intus nigro-glan- 

 duligera; germen tricoccum, globoso-ovatum ; Stylus illo brevior; stigmata 3, filifoi'mia, 

 longa. 



Peru: Provinz Chachapoyas (Mathews s. n. in Herb. Brüssel). 

 Nota. Speciem parvam, exilem inter affines E. linearifolii pertinere censeo, cum quo 

 praesertim florum structura congruit. Habitu vero ab illo diversa est. 



62. E. paraguayense Koern. in Fl. brasil. III. 1. (1863) 497. — Folia caespi- 

 tosa, linearia, versus apicem vix angustata, acuta, glabra, impellucida, laxiuscule mem- 

 branacea, plana, 15 — 26 cm longa, medio 2 — 3 mm lata. Pedunculi (an semper ?) 

 solitarii, glabri, 9 — 1 1 costati, vix torti, folia multo superantes; vaginae laxae, foliis 

 circiter aequilongae, nervoso-striatae, glabrae, oblique fissae, ore cito laceratae; capitula 

 globosa, in sicco non compressa, summitate dense albido-villosa, circiter 7 mm diametro 

 lata; bracteae involucrantes obovatae, obtusae, glabrae, rigidae, flavido-fuscae, demum 

 occultae; bracteae flores stipantes similes, angustiores, acuminatae, puberulae, flavidulae, 

 quam flores paullo breviores; flos q?: sepala 3, basi connata, cuneato-oblonga, obtusa, 

 dorso dense comata, rigidula, flavescentia; petalorum tubus apice lobis 3, valde in- 

 aequalibus, villosis, glanduligeris instructus; antherae nigrae; flores Q ignoti. 



Brasilien: Prov. Matto Grosso; in Sümpfen an den Quellen des Paraguay (Sete 

 Lagoas) (Weddell n. 3054). 



63. E. modestum Kunth, Enum. pl. III. (1841) 547; Steud. Syn. pl. Cyp. IL (1855) 

 269; Koern. in Fl. brasil. III. 1. (l 863) 493 t. 62, fig. II. — Eriocaulon proximum Steud. 

 Syn. pl. Cyp. II. (1855) 280. — Folia plus minus erecto-caespitosa, parallelo-linearia, 

 basi paullo dilatata, versus apicem angustiora, rarius subulata, acuta, dein obtusius- 

 cula vel obtusa, tenui-membranacea, glabra, 5 — 20 cm longa, medio 2 / 3 — 2 mm lata, 

 fenestrata, pellucida. Pedunculi folia duplo vel multoties superantes, pluricostati, vix 

 torti, glabri, per complures aggregati, 17 — 70 cm alti; vaginae folia circiter adaequantes 

 vel paullo breviores, raro longiores, laxae, oblique fissae, fenestratae, ore tenui demum 

 laceratae; capitula hemisphaerica, in sicco plus minus compressa, ubique albo-villosa, 

 6 — 9 mm diametro lata; bracteae involucrantes obovato-cuneatae, obtusae, glabrae, 

 flavo-olivaceae, concavae; flos (J 1 : sepala 3, fere ad apicem in spatham antice fissam 

 connata, spathulato-oblonga, obtusa vel obtusiuscula, carinata, summo dorso dense 

 puberula, cinerascentia; petalorum tubus apice lobis 3 valde inaequalibus, hirsutis, glan- 

 duligeris instructus; antherae nigrae; flos Q: sepala 3, oblonga, acuta, carinata, ceterum 

 illis floris tf similia; petala 3, lanceolato-spathulata, obtusa, albida, pilosa, parve glan- 

 duligera, inaequalia. 



Brasilien: Prov. Minas Geraes; zwischen Macahe und Campos (Riedel n. 556 

 — blühend im Juni); an feuchten Stellen bei Ouro Preto und anderwärts (Ph. v. Mar- 

 tius); in Sümpfen am See S. Francisco de Clave (Weddell n. 1846); Agua Limpa 



