J[.04 w - Ruhland. '—t Eriocaulaceae. 



II. Antherae albae; sepala 2 vel 3, illa floris q? spathaceo- 

 connata. 



1 . Sepala floris Q evoluta » . i 9 i . E. Sieboldianum 



(cf. etiam sp. n. 1 9 1 a — 1 9 1 d ). 



2. Sepala floi'is Q ad lobos minimos 2 vel 3 lineares 



redacta 192. E. redactum. 



y. Sepala et petala floris Q müla.; illa floris qj< tria . , 193. E. australasicum. 



168. E. cuspidatum Balz, in Hook. Kew Journ. III. (1851) 281; Koern. in Lin- 

 naea XXVII. (1856) 684; Dalz. et Gibs. Bomb. Fl. (1861) 280; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 India VI. (189 4) 581. — Folia erecto-caespitosa, parallele oblongo-linearia, rotundato- 

 obtusa, subito longiuscule cuspidata, glabra, plana/ pellucida, tenuissima, fenestrato-7 — 

 9nervia, 2 — 4^2 cm l° n g a ; medio 4 — 6,5 mm lata. Pedunculi per paucos aggregati, 

 erecti, glabri, in sicco compressi, drei 7sulcati, 25 — 36 cm alti; vaginae oblique fissae, 

 laxae vel laxiusculae, glabrae, fenestratae, ore subintegrae, 10 — 11 cmlongae; capitula 

 hemisphaerica, quasi clausa, disco albido-puberula (suppetentia juvenilia), 3 — 4 mm lata; 

 bracteae involucrantes late cuneato-obovatae, concavae, obtusae, glabrae, flavidulae: bracteae 

 flores stipantes similes, paullo vel vix angustiores, apice incurvae ibique dorso minu- 

 tissime puberulae, cito calvae;' receptaculum glabrum; flosQ 1 : sepala 2, libera, lanceo- 

 lato-obovata, acuta, profunde concava, dorso anguste alato-carinata, dorso medio sparse 

 puberulo, ceterum glabra, straminea; petalorum tubus apice lobis 3 valde inaequalibus ; 

 glanduligeris, barbatis instructus; stamina 6; antherae nigrae; flos Q: sepala 2 obovata, 

 obtusa, profunde navicularia, late alato-cristata, crista puberula, ceterum glabra, flavidula; 

 petala 3, inaequalia, oblongo-lanceolata, obtusiuscula, infra apicem glandula nigra, magna 

 instructa, barbulata, 2 minora, angustiora ; Stigmata 3. 



Ost-Indien: Malabar, Concan etc. (Stocks); an feuchten Stellen zwischen Vingoria 

 und Malwan (Dalz eil). 



Nota. Species praeter florum structuram foliis valde insignis. 



169. E. bombayanum Buhl. n. sp. — Caulis perbrevis. Folia caespitosa, lan- 

 ceolato-linearia, acuta, 1,5 — 2 cm longa, medio circ. 2 — 2,5 mm lata. Pedunculi com- 

 plures, paullum torti, 8 — 10 cm alti; vaginae laxiusculae, oblique lissae, 1,5 — 2 cm 

 altae ; capitula globosa, vel cvlindraceo-globosa, in sicco vix compressa, dense niveo- 

 puberula; bracteae involucrantes semper conspicuae, lanceolatae vel oblongo-obovatae, 

 acutae, viridulae, glabrae; bracteae flores stipantes oblongo-obovatae, acutae, ciliatae, 

 olivaceo-nigrescentes ; flores - heteromeri ; flos tf: sepala 2, ad apicem spathaceo-connata, 

 ciliata, obtusa, olivaceo-viridia; petala in tubum farctum, apice lobis 3, perparvis, 

 glandulosis, ciliatis, instructum connata; stamina 6; antherae nigrae; flos Q: sepala 2, 

 linearia, alato-carinata, acuta, concava, olivaceo-nigrescentia, ciliata; petala 3, lineari- 

 oblanceolata, glanduligera, albida, ciliata; germen tricoccum. 



Ost-Indien: Bombay (Warburg n. 867 in Herb. Berol.). 



170. E. eurypeplon Koern. in Linnaea XXVII. (1856) 685; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 India VI. (1894) 585. — Folia erecto-caespitesa lato-linearia, apicem versus angustata, 

 apice ipso obtusiuscula, glabra, plana, conspicua, longitudinaliter 14 — 19nervia, non 

 fenestrata, 3 — 9 cm longa, medio 4 — 5, basi 5 — 6 mm lata. Pedunculi per paucos 

 aggregati, glabri, acute 4costati, torti, glabri, 15 — 25 cm longi; vaginae e basi arcta 

 ad apicem sensim laxissimae, oblique fissae, ore acuminatae, subintegrae, pellucidae, 

 striatae, glabrae, 10 — 16 cm longae; capitula demum subglobosa, interdum subovata 

 breviter pubescentia, densiflora, vix compressa, nigro-alba, 3 — 4 mm lata; bracteae in- 

 volucrantes latissime ovatae, acutae, rigidulae, summo dorso minute puberulae, olivaceo- 

 nigrescentes, disco multo breviores; bracteae flores stipantes late rhombeo-cuneatae, 

 acuminatae, imbricatae, flores paullo obtegentes, ceterum involucrantibus similes ; recep- 

 taculum parce pilosulum; flos <^: sepala 2, libera, oblonga, apice emarginato-truncata, 

 alato-carinata, ibique et apice ciliolata, nigrescenti-flavidula : petalorum tubus apice 

 lobis 3, minimis, ciliolatis, glanduligeris instructus; antherae nigrae; flos Q: sepala 2, 



