■ßg W. Ruhland. — Eriocaulaceae. 



planum, dorsi apice sparse puberula, omnia dein glabra, nigrescentia; petala 3, lan- 

 ceolato-spathulata, obtusiuscula, glanduligera, fere glabriuscula, sordide albida; germen 

 tricoccum; Stylus Uli aequilongus; Stigmata 3, caduca. 



Ost-Indien: Khasia Hills; Myrung (Griffith, Kew. Distr. n. 5558); Jaintea (Clark e). 



Nota. Specimen modo unum Griffithianum vidi. Cum specie antecedente valde affinis. 



71. E. subglaucum Ruhl. n. sp. — Eriocaulon atratum var. major Thwait. Enum. 

 pl. Zeyl. I. (1864) 341 pr. p. — Caulis elongatus, gracilis, foliosus. Folia subdensa, lan- 

 ceolata, acutiuscula vel acuta, glabra, glaucescentia, subtiliter et ubique fenestrata, tenera, 

 5 — 7 cm longa, basi 8, medio 3 mm lata. Pedunculi solitarii, foliis aequilongi, glabri; 

 vaginae laxiusculae, oblique fissae, circiter 3 cm longae; capitula semiglobosa, in sicco 

 compressa, villosa, flavidula, 7 — 8 mm diametro lata; bracteae involucrantes ovatae vel 

 obovatae, acutiusculae, glabrae, stramineo-flavidae ; bracteae flores stipantes cuneato-obova- 

 tae, breviter cuspidatae, griseolae, summo dorso puberulae; flores trimeri; flos tf: se- 

 pala obovata, acuta, basi spathaceo-connata, griseo-flavidula ; petala in tubum farctum 

 lobis imparibus (antico oblongo, posticis parvis), glandulosis instructum connata; an- 

 therae nigrae; flos Q: sepala illis floris q? similia, latiora; petala oblongo-spathulata, 

 rigida, glandulosa, flavida. 



Ceylon (Thwaites n. 61). 



Nota. Spccies a cl. Hooker in Trim. Handb. Fl. Ceyl. V. (1900, 3 injuste ad E. zeylani- 

 cum collocata. 



72. E. miserum Koern. in Linnaea XXVII. (1856) 607; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India 

 VI. (1894) 575. — Caulis brevis, hypogaeus. Folia anguslissime linearia, fere seta- 

 cea, erecta vel subcircinnato-flexuosa, obtusiuscula, glabra, fere impellucida, membrana- 

 cea, 4 — 8 cm longa. Pedunculi singuli vel perpauci , glabri, obtuse Scostati, torti, 

 tenues, flexuosi, 14 — 25 cm longi; vaginae oblique fissae, laxae, tortae, glabrae, striato- 

 costulatae, breviter laminatae, 2,5 — 4 cm altae; capitula demum semiglobosa, parva, 

 pauciflora, glabriuscula, 2 — 3 mm modo lata; bracteae involucrantes latissime obovatae, 

 fere orbiculares, obtusissimae , glabrae, cito inciso-laceratae , membranaceae, cinereo- 

 stramineae; bracteae flores stipantes obovatae, obtusae, summo dorso puberulae, navi- 

 culares, nigrescentes ; flos <j t : sepala in spatham antice fissam, postice breviter et obtuse 

 3lobam, apice ciliatam, nigrescentem connata; petalorum tubus apice lobis 3, inaequa- 

 libus, posticis parvis, omnibus pilosis apice glandula fusca instructis ornatus; antherae 

 rotundae flavescentes ; flos Q: tantum rudimentarius visus. 



Ost-Indien: Auf den Silhet benachbarten Bergen (Henry Bruce in Herb. Wal- 

 lich n. 6070); Khasia Hills, auf Flusssand, 700 m hoch (C. B. Clarke, nach Hook.j. 



Nota. Flores Q bene evoluti nee a cl. Kunth nee a Koernicke nee a nie visi. 

 Koernicke plantam dioecam esse suspicatur. Cl. Hooker speeimina Wallichiana imperfecta 

 et Clarkeana normaliter evoluta esse dicit. 



73. E. Mannii N. E. Br. in Th. Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1901) 241. — Caulis 

 paullo elongatus, radicans, circ. 3 — 4 cm longus, 1 — I */ 2 mm crassus. Folia pauca, 

 diffuse caespitosa, linearia, acutiuscula, basi fenestrato- circ. 4 — 5 nervosa excepta fere 

 impellucida, glabra, 2^2 — 6 cm l° n c a > medio circ. 1 mm lata. Pedunculi per paueos 

 (in spec. supp. 4) aggregati, subherbacei, 6costulati, subflexuosi, vix torti, glabri, 10 — 

 1 5 cm alti ; vaginae aretiusculae, oblique fissae, pellucidae, glabrae, demum ore incisae, 

 circ. 3 cm longae; capitula subglobosa, summitate albo-puberula, 3 — 4 mm lata; brac- 

 teae involucrantes lanceolato-oblongae vel anguste ovatae, obtusae, glabrae vel glabrius- 

 culae, tenues, pallide brunneolo-stramineae, demum non reflexae, disco breviores; brac- 

 teae flores stipantes cuneato-oblongae, obtusae vel acutiusculae, dorso sparsissime pube- 

 rulae, vix ciliolatae, cito glabrae, pallide brunneae; reeeptaculum glabrum; flos tf: 

 sepala 3, libera, oblongo -obovata, obtusa; petalorum tubus apice lobis 3, manifestis, 

 inaequalibus, albis, intus dense pilosis, glanduligeris instruetus; antherae nigrae: flos C : 

 sepala 3, oblonga, obtusa, glabra, albida; petala 3, lineari-subspathulata, obtusa, intus 

 dense pilosa, ciliata, alba, glanduligera. 



Afrika: Gabun, Sierra del Crystal (Mann n. 1689 in herb. Berol.). 



