106 W. Ruhland. — Eriocaulaceae. 



Ost-Indien: bei Mangalor (Hohenacker Plant. Metz. n. 240 in herb, van Heurck 

 et in hb. DC. nach Muell. Arg.). 



Nota. Spccies mihi incognita valde insignis csso videtur. Habitu E. longifolio et Walli- 

 chiano similis csso dicitur, sed florum structura ab illis longe diversa. 



174. E. Duthiei Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India VI. (1894) 578. — Folia lineari-subu- 

 lata, vix (?) fenestrata, glabra, plurinervia, pau--a, 1 — 1 i / 2 cm longa (an semper?), 



1 Y2 mm l a t a - Pedunculi plures aggregati , graciles , torti, 4 costati , superne sparsis- 

 sime brevi-puberuli, cito glaberrimi, 5 — 13 cm alti; vaginae arctiusculae, oblique fissae, 

 glabrae, striatae, usque 2 cm longae; capitula pauciflora, in sicco compressa, subhemi- 

 sphaerica, nigrescentia, glabra, 2 — 3 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes patulae, anguste 

 ovatae, acutiusculae, cito apice laciniato-dentatae, glabrae, concavae, membranaceae, 

 griseo-nigricantes ; receptaculum glabrum; bracteae flores stipantes angustiores, acute 

 cuspidulatae, ceterum illis similes; flos tf: sepala 2, lineari-lanceolata, acuta, glabra, 

 griseola; petala minutissima, glabra; antherae . . . .; flos Q: sepala 2, angustissime 

 linearia, glabra, griseolo-hyalina; petala 3, illis circiter aequilonga, lineari-angusta, eglan- 

 dulosa, glabi'a; germen tricoccum; Stigmata 3. 



Ost-Indien: Centralprovinzen; Bhimkind, im Khandma-Distrikt (Duthie n. 8 436) 

 Nota. Species perbene distincta. 



175. E. senegalen.se N. E. Br. in Th. Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1901) 251. — 

 Folia dense patenti-rosulata, linearia, acuminata, glabra, 0,8 — 1,1 cm longa, 2/3 — 1 Y4 mm 

 lata. Pedunculi singuli vel perpauci, acute 4 costati, glabri, 42 usque fere 60 cm alti; 

 capitula puberula, albida, 4 — 5Y2 mm ^ a ! bracteae involucrantes suborbiculari-obovatae, 

 brevissime apiculatae, glabrae, ochraceae vel stramineo-flavidae ; bracteae flores stipantes, 

 late cuneato-obovatae, subito cuspidatae, stramineae, apice dorsi albo-barbulatae ; recep- 

 taculum pilosum; flos^: sessilis vel subsessilis; sepala 2, libera, filiformi-subulata, 

 glabra, pallide straminea; petalorum tubus apice lobis 3, valde inaequalibus, villosis, 

 albis, glanduligeris instructus; antherae nigrae; flos Q: sepala 2, spathulato-suborbicu- 

 laria, late alato-carinata, breviter mucronulata, straminea, glabra; petala 3, sepala multo 

 superantia, subcuneato-spathulata, apice ciliato excepto glabra, pallide stramineo-alba, 



2 glanduligera, 1 eglandulosum. 



Afrika: Senegal (Heuclelot n. 680, nach N. E. Brown). 



176. E. plumale N. E. Br. in Th. Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1901) 251. — 

 Folia rosulata, linearia, subulata, 3nervia, glabra 0,8 — 1,2 cm longa, medio Y3 — 3 A mm 

 lata. Pedunculi complures, 5 — 6 costati, glabri, 8 — 15 cm alti; vaginae oblique fissae, 

 glabrae, 2 — 4 cm longae; capitula demum oblongo-globosa, dense albo-villosa, 4 — 5Y2 mm 

 lata; bracteae involucrantes ellipticac vel orbiculares, obtusissimae, glabrae, patulae; 

 bracteae flores stipantes cuneato-obovatae vel rhomboideae, subito acute-angustatae, dorso 

 pilosae et ciliatae, albidae, medio fuscae; receptaculum glabrum; flos q^: sepala 2 (raro 3) 

 filiformia, glabra, apice fusca; petalorum tubus apice lobis 3 inaequalibus, albis, intus 

 valde pilosis, minute glanduligeris instructus; antherae nigrae; flos Q: sepala 2, libera, 

 aequalia, falcatim subspathulata, navicularia, late et crasse alato-carinata, ala ± crenulata, 

 obtusa, apiculata, fusca, glabra; petala 3, sepala superantia, inaequalia, lineari-spathulata. 

 obtusa, alba, supra medium dorso pilosa, minute glanduligera. 



Afrika: Senegambien (Heudelot n. 148, nach N. E. Brown). 

 Nota. Species antecedentes arcte affines, an melius conjungendae? Florum structura ante 

 ceteras africanas valde insignes. 



177. E. echinulatum Mart. in Wall. PI. as. rar. III. (1832) 29; Kunth, Enum. 

 pl. III. (1841) 568; Steud. Syn. pl. Cyp. II. (1855) 272; Koern. in Linnaea XXVII. 

 (1856) 619; Hance in Journ. of Bot. XVI. (1878) 14; Maxim. Diagn. VII. (1892) II; 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India VI. (189 4) 579. — Folia erecto-patentia, lineari-subulata, ob- 

 tusiuscule acuminata, glabra, pellucida, fenestrato-5 — 7nervia, plana, 1 — 2Y2 cm l° n S a 5 

 medio circ. 1 mm lata. Pedunculi per paucos vel plures aggregati, torti, graciles, 3 — 

 12 cm alti, glabri, 4 costati; vaginae arctae, oblique fissae, ore obtusae, dein laceratae, 

 fenestratae, 1—2 cm longae; capitula globosa, bracteis duplo prominulis echinata, glabra, 



