86 W. Ruhland. — Eriocaulaceae. 



pilosae, tenues, albido-brunnescentes, quam flores paullo longiores; receptaculum pilosum; 

 flos Q 1 : sepala 3, fere ad apicem in spatham antice fissam connata, oblonga, fere trun- 

 cato-obtusissima vel subrotundata , albida vel albo-olivascentia, concavula, tenuia; peta- 

 lorum tubus apice lobis 3, parvis, pilosis, infra apicem fusco-glanduliferis, vix inaequali- 

 bus instructus; antherae rotundae, nigrae; flos Q : sepala 3, libera, oblanceolato-spathu- 

 lata, angusta, obtusiuscula vel obtusa, pilosa, albida; petala 3, libera, altius inserta, 

 lineari-spatbulata, obtusa, apice fusco-glanduligera, albida, tenuia. 

 Ost-Indien und Ceylon, weit verbreitet (Wight u. a.). 



123. E. Walkeri Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India VI. (1894) 583; Hook. f. in Trim. 

 Handb. Fl. Ceylon V. (1900) 9. ■ — Eriocaulon quinquangalare var. argenteum Thwait. 

 Enum. pl. Zeyl. I. (186 4) 341. — Caulis perbrevis. Folia pauca, erecto-caespitosa, in- 

 terdum falcatim recurvata, linearia, ad apicem sensim angustata, apice ipso obtusiuscula 

 vel acutiuscula, plana, impellucida, glabra, circiter 7 — 9nervia, 3 — 4,5 cm longa, medio 

 circiter 1,5 mm lata, basi latiora. Pedunculi per multos aggregati, öcostati, plus minus 

 torti, glabri, virescentes, 5 — 8,5 cm longi; vaginae laxae, oblique lissae, striatae, glabrae, 

 virides, ore obtusiusculae et subintegrae, foliis paullo breviores, 2 — 2,5 cm longae; ca- 

 pitula demum globosa vel subovato-globosa, ubique dense pilis niveis pulveraceo-villosa ; 

 bracteae involucrantes orbiculari-obovatae, acutiusculae, glabrae, membranaceae, albido- 

 stramineae, demum reflexae; bracteae flores stipantes similes, angüstiores, acutae; flos 

 (^: sepala plane in spatham, antice fissam, rotundato-obtusam, serius saepe apice in lobos 

 breves obtusissimos 3 subsolubilem , ciliatam, albidam connata; petalorum tubus apice 

 lobis 3, parvis, angustis, pilosis, sub apice glanduligeris, inaequalibus instructus: antherae 

 nigrae; flos Q: sepala 3, libera, obovata, acuta, concava, superiore dorso pilosa, albida; 

 petala 3, cuneato-spathulata, obtusa, pilosa, glanduligera, alba. 



Ceylon: sehr häufig an Rändern von Reisfeldern, Caltura (Thwaites n. 3562). 

 Nota. Species cum E. quinquangulari L. valde affinis. 



124. E. Henryanum Ruhl. n. sp. — Caulis perbrevis. Folia caespitosa, lanceo- 

 lato-linearia, acuta, fenestrata, glabra, 3 — 7 cm longa, medio 3 — 3,5 mm lata. Pedun- 

 culi complures (4 — 7), erecti, vix torti, nitentes, 14 — 25 cm alti; vaginae laxae, oblique 

 truncatae, lamina obtusissima instructae, 3 — 5 cm longae; capitula globosa vel subcylin- 

 dracea, in sicco compressa, dense niveo-villosa; bracteae involucrantes obovatae, rotun- 

 dato-obtusissimae, glabrae, flavido-brunneae ; bracteae flores stipantes anguste obovatae, 

 subito cuspidatae, dorso puberulae; flores trimeri; flos q?: sepala spathaceo- connata, 

 laciniis acutis, nigrescentibus, dorso pilosis instructa; petala in tubum farctum, apice lobis 

 angustis, glandulosis, ciliatis, aequalibus instructum connata; antherae nigrae; flos Q: 

 sepala anguste obovata, acuta, nigrescentia ; petala lineari-spathulata, albida, ciliata, 

 glandula minima infra apicem instructa. 



China: Prov. Yunnan (Henry n. 9443). 



125. E. lasiolepis Ruhl. — Lasiolepis brevifolia Boeckeler in Flora LVI. (1873) 

 9 0. — Caulis perbrevis. Folia caespitosa, subulato-linearia , acuta, impellucida, 1 — 

 1,5 cm longa, medio 1,5 mm lata. Pedunculi complures, tenues, vix torti, 8 — 10 cm 

 alti; vaginae laxiusculae, oblique fissae, 1 cm altae; capitula subglobosa, nigrescentia, 

 puberula, 2,5 — 3 mm diametro lata; bracteae involucrantes late obovatae, cuspidatae, 

 concavae, glabrae, cinereae; flos q?: sepala 3, ad medium spathaceo-connata, lobis sub- 

 irregularibus , sparse ciliolatisj; petala 3 , in tubum farctum lobis inaequalibus sparse 

 pilosis, glanduligeris instructum connata; stamina 6; antherae nigrae; flos Q: sepala 

 3, tenuissime linearia, griseo-nigricantia, apice barbulata; petala 3, eglandulosa, albida. 

 tenuissime linearia. 



Ost-Indien: Malakka (Herb. Wight n. 2892a). 



126. E. oryzetorum Mart. in Wall. PI. as. rar. III. (1832) 28; Kunth, Enum. pl. 

 III. (1841) 552; Steud. Syn. pl. Cyp. II. (1855) 270; Koern. in Linnaea XXVII. (1856) 

 63 9; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India VI. (1894) 579. — Caulis perbrevis. Folia erecto-patenti- 

 caespitosa, lato-linearia vel lineari-lanceolata, apicem versus ensiformi-angustata, obtusa, 



