72 W. Ruhland. — Eriocaulaceae. 



petalorum tubus apice lobis 3, aequalibus, parvis, intus pilosis et infra apicem glandula 

 parva, fusca instructa; antherae rotundae, pallide flavidae; flos Q : sepala 3, libera, 

 latiuscule oblonga, obtusa; navicularia, tenuia, albida, medio et summo dorso pilosa; 

 petala 3, altius inserta, libera, aequalia, anguste lineari-spathulata, obtusa, sparse pilosa, 

 subtenuia, eglandulosa, albida. 



W. Afrika: Sierra Leone (Afzelius). 



80. E. melaleucum Mart. in Wall. PI. as. rar. III. (1832) 29; Kunth, Enum. pl. III. 

 (1841) 568; Koernicke in Linnaea XXVII. (1856) 647; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India VI. 

 (1894) 574. — Eriocaulon leucomelas Steud. Nom. I. (i 840) 585; Syn. pl. Cyp. IL 

 (1855) 272. — Eriocaulon nigrescens D. Dietr. Syn. pl. V. (1852) 265. — Folia 

 erecto-caespitosa, subulato- linearia, pellucida, membranacea , fenestrato- 3 — önervia 

 2,5 cm longa, medio 1 — 1 1 / 2 mm lata. Pedunculi solitarii vel pauci, costulati, glabri, 

 7 — 16 cm alti; vaginae arctiusculae, transverse truncatae, ore persistenter integrae. raro 

 paullum inciso-laceratae, nervoso-striatae, glabrae, foliis paullo breviores, 2 I /2 — £ cm 

 longae; capitula demum globosa, dense albido-villosa, nigro-nivea, 5 — 8,5 mm lata; 

 bracteae involucrantes late ovatae, obtusiusculae vel apiculatae, ciliatae, glabrescentes, 

 nigridae; bracteae flores stipantes cuneato-obovatae, cuspidatae, summo dorso pilosae, 

 nigrescentes ; flos qj 1 : sepala 3, circiter ad medium vel altius in spatham antice fissam 

 connata, obovata, obtusa, ciliata, lateralia navicularia, nigrescentia ; petalorum tubus apice 

 lobis 3 paullo inaequalibus, ovatis, albidis, glandula fusca sub apice instructus; antherae 

 flavescentes; flos Q: sepala 3, libera, oblongo-obovata, acuta vel acutiuscula, ciliata, 

 navicularia, carinata, nigrescentia; petala altius inserta, 3, libera, anguste oblongo- 

 spathulata, obtusa, ciliata, sub apice glandula fusca instructa, albida. 



Ost-Indien: Coromandel (Heyne), Nilghiri Hills (Schmidt); Arrakan King 

 nach Hook.); Nilgerries (Perrottet n. 1166), ohne nähere Angaben (Wight n. 2856). 



81. E. piliflorum Ruhl. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (1899) 80. — Caulis 

 hypogaeus brevis, epigaeus perbrevis. Folia patenti-caespitosa, pauca, linearia, acumi- 

 nata. plana vel saepius conduplicata, impellucida, vix vel non fenestrata, circ. 7nervia, 

 nervis subtus paullo prominentibus, supra glabra, subtus et margine pilis brevibus, rigi- 

 dulis patentissimis, serius irregulariter appressis densiuscule hirsuta, 10 — II cm longa, 

 medio 2 — 4 mm lata. Pedunculi solitarii, circ. 6 — 7costati, non torti, glabri, folia vix 

 superantes, 12 — 14 cm alti; vaginae laxiusculae, nervoso-costatae, patentissimo-hirsutae, 

 profunde et oblique fissae, lamina elongata, acuminata, paullo recurva instructae; capi- 

 tula demum globosa, ubique dense albido-villosa, 5 — 6 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes 

 subcuneato-obovatae, acutae, ciliatae, griseae, apice olivaceae ; bracteae flores stipantes 

 oblongo-cuneatae, apiculatae, naviculares, dorso summo pilosae, apice olivaceo-virides ; 

 receptaculum pilosum; sepala 3, circ. usque ad medium in spatham antice fissam 

 connata, obovata, rotundato-obtusa, pallide olivacea, ciliata; petalorum tubus apice lobis 3, 

 subaequalibus, medio glandula magna, fusca instructis, ciliatis, albidis ornatus; antherae 

 flavescenti-albidae ; flos Q: sepala 3, libera, late obovata, obtusissima, navicularia, 

 summo dorso puberula, laxa, superne olivaceo-virescentia; petala 3, oblongo-spathulata, 

 obtusa, albida longe pilosa, sub apice glandula fusca instructa. 



Madagascar: Orohimanitra-Wald (C. J. Forsyth-Major n. 17. — blühend im 

 November). 



82. E. tonkinense Ruhl. n. sp. — Caulis hypogaeus paullum elongatus, aphyllus, 

 durus, ad 5 cm longus, 2 mm crassus. Folia erecto-caespitosa, angustissime linearia, 

 acuta, impellucida, 2 4 — 40 cm longa, medio 2 / 8 mm lata. Pedunculi plures (2 — 6j, vix 

 torti, in sicco compressi, herbacei, 18 — 30 cm alti; vaginae laxae, oblique fissae, striatae, 

 glabrae, 10 — 14 cm longae; capitula laxa, globosa, dense niveo-villosa, seniora vivipara, 

 diametro 0,5 cm lata; bracteae involucrantes ovatae, obtusiusculae, glabrae, nigrescenti- 

 olivaceae; flores trimeri; flos q*: sepala spathaceo-connata, acuta, ciliata, grisea; petala 

 in tubum farctum, lobis paullum imparibus, glandulosis, longe ciliatis instructum connata; 

 antherae albidae; flos Q: sepala cuneato-obovata, obtusa, carinata, ciliata, griseo-vires- 

 centia; petala spathulato-oblonga, albida, glandulosa. 



