7 g W. Ruhland. — Eriocaulaceae. 



9 8. E. gracile Mart. in Wall. PI. as. rar. III. ( 1 83 2) 79; Kunth, Enum. pL DL 

 ■1841) 558; Koern. in Linnaea XXVII. (1856) 655. — E.infirmum Steud. Syn. pl. 

 Cyp. II. (1855) 270. — E. sericans Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India VI. (1894) 577, non Mart. 

 Folia caespitosa, line'ari-subulata, serius obtusiuscula, glabra, plana, pellucida, fenestrato- 

 o — 7nervia, i x / 2 — 2 cm longa, medio \ — I \ 2 mm lata. Pedunculi solitarii vel per- 

 pauci, 5 — 6costati, non torti, glabri, 15 — 20 cm longi; vaginae laxiusculae, oblique 

 fissae, ore demum non laceratae, glabrae, 2 3 / 4 — 3 1 2 cm longae; capitula hemisphaerica, 

 albo-puberula, 4 — 5 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes obovatae, obtusissimae, interiores 

 acutae, dorso pubescentes, flavidulae; bracteae flores stipantes cuneato-obovatae, acutae, 

 apice inflexae, dorso pilosae, rigidae, flavidulae; flos tf: sepala subalte in spatham antice 

 fissam connata, oblongo-spathulata, obtusa, flavido-cinerascentia ; petalorum tubus apice 

 lobis 3 inaequalibus, eglandulosis, intus pilosis, ovatis instructus; antherae rotundae, 

 nigrescentes ; flos Q: sepala 3 libera, oblongo-spathulata, obtusa, summo dorso pilosa, 

 inaequalia, lateralia carinata, uno ecarinato, piano; petala 3, inaequalia, spathulata. uno 

 paullo majore lanceolato-spathulato, omnia rigidula, albida, pilosa, eglandulosa. 



Ost-Indien: Auf dem Prome Gebirge am Irawaddy-Flusse (Wallich n. 6079). 



99. E. lanceolatum Miq. mscr. ex Koern. in Linnaea XXVII. (1856) 656; Steud. 

 Syn. pl. Cyp. II. (1855) 271; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Jndia VI. (1894) 577. — E. Metzi- 

 cmum C. Muell. in Walp. Ann. VI. ( 1 8 6 1 ) H 7 1 . — Folia erecto-caespitosa, lanceolato- 

 oblonga vel lanceolato-linearia, acutiuscula, glabra, tenuia, pellucida, fenestrato-multi- 

 nervia, 5 — 10 cm longa, medio 0,4 — 1 cm lata. Pedunculi complures, rarius subsolitarii, 

 glabri, leviter 6 — 7costati, vix torti, 10 — 20 cm longi; vaginae laxae, oblique fissae, 

 ore integrae, glabrae, pellucido-nervosae, folia adaequantes, vel paullo breviores ; capitula 

 subglobosa, albo-villosa, omnino albida, pauciflora et in sicco compressa, 5 mm circ. 

 lata; bracteae involucrantes late obovatae, rotundato-obtusae, ciliatae, dorso summo pilosae, 

 albidae, dein subreflexae; bracteae flores stipantes cuneato-oblongae, obtusiusculae, dorso 

 barbato-pilosae, albidae: receptaculum pilosum; flos q?: sepala 3 in spatham antice fissam 

 usque ad apicem connata, truncato-obtusa, glabriuscula, griseola; petalorum tubus apice 

 lobis 3 parvis, glabris, aequalibus, apice nigro-glandulatis instructus; antherae nigrae; 

 flos Q: sepala 3, libera, ovata, acuta, profunde naviculari-carinata, albida; petala 3, 

 spathulata, acuta, intus pilosa, nigro-glandulata, albida. 



Ost-Indien: nahe der Stadt Mangalor, Canara (Metz, bl. zur Regenzeit); Ha- 

 walbayh Kumaon, 1000 m (R. Strachey und J. E. Winterbottom n. 2); Malabar, 

 Concan etc. (Stocks in Herb. Ind. or. Hook. f. et Thoms.). 



100. E. infaustum X. E. Br. in Th. Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1901) 253. — 

 Folia linearia, acuta, plana, glabra, fenestrato-7 — 1 1 nervia, 4 — 14 cm longa, medio 

 2 1 2 — 3 3 / 4 mm lata. Pedunculi per plures (10 — 12) aggregati, acute Scostati, glabri, 

 13 — 20 cm alti; vaginae laxiusculae, oblique fissae, glabrae, 4,5 — 8 cm longae; capitula 

 globosa, grisea, sparse puberula, 4 — 5V2 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes disco juvenili 

 longiores et tum radiantes, serius reflexae, lineari-lanceolatae, obtusiusculae, pallide vires- 

 centes ; bracteae flores stipantes oblongo-lanceolatae, acutae, concavae, nigrescentes, 

 summo dorso dense albido-pilosae ; receptaculum pilosum; flos q?: pedicellatus; sepala 3, 

 in spatham apice 3lobam, glabram, nigrescentem, antice fissam connata; petalorum 

 tubus apice lobis 3, minutis, inaequalibus, oblongis, albidis, ciliatis. glanduligeris in- 

 structus; flos Q: sepala 3, oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata, acuta, concava, apice cilio- 

 lata, nigrescentes; petala 3, linearia, obtusa, albida, apice glanduligera et albo-pilosa. 



Afrika: Mossambique, Quilimane, auf Reisfeldern (Scott, nach N. E. Br.). 

 Nota. Species E. trilobo Buch.-Ham. subaffinis. 



101. E. latifolium Smith in Rees, Cyclop. XIII. (1809); Britten in Journ. of Bot. 

 XXVIII. (1900) 482; X. E. Br. in Th. Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1901) 243. — E. rint- 

 lare G. Don ex Benth. in Hook. Nig. Fl. (1849) 547; Koern. in Linnaea XXVII. (1856; 

 666; Dur. et Schinz Consp. Fl. Afr. V. (1895) 503; Ruhl. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. 

 XXVII. '1899) 75. — Folia caespitosa, linearia, acutiuscula vel obtusiuscula, plana, 

 tenui-membranacea, fenestrato-multinervia, glabra, 5 — 20 cm longa, 2 — 8 mm lata. 



