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W. Ruhland. — Eriocaulaceae. 



Australien: Queensland, Endeavour River (Banks und Solander nach Bentham). 



181. E. pallidum R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 254; Kunth, Enum. pl, III. (1841) 570; 

 Steud. Syn. pk Cyp. II. (1855) 273; Koern. in Linnaea XXVII. (1856) 635; Benth. 

 Fl. austrat. VII. (1878) 194. — Folia latiuscule linearia, subulata, 2 1 /2 — 4 cm longa. 

 Pedunculi circ. aequilongi ; capitula demum subglobosa : bi-acteae obtusae, glabrae, niüdulae ; 

 flos (^: sepala i , linearia; petalorum tubus lobis oninutis vel obsoletis; stamina 3", 

 flos Q: sepala 2, linearia; petala 3, angusta, erecta^ ciliata, germen tricoccum. 



Australien: Queensland, Endeavour River (Banks und Solander, nach 

 ßentham). 



Nota, Species 2 antecedcntes mihi subdubiae. An florum süuctura recte cognita? An 

 species omnino diversae? 



182. E. minimum Lam. Encycl. III. (1789) 275; Kunth, Enum. pl. III. (1841) 

 551; Steud. Syn. pl. Cyp. II. (1855) 268; Koern. in Linnaea XXVII. (1856) 634; 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India VI. (1894) 585; Ruhl. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (1899) 85. — 

 Folia caespitosa, ensiformi-linearia, versus apicem angustata, glabra, pellucidaj fenestrato- 

 5 — 7nervia, nervis transversariis superne valde approximatis et evanescentibus, fere 

 2Y2 cm longa et 1 mm lata. Pedunculi (4) aggregati, glabri, in sicco ecostati, folia 

 superantes, 2 1 /2 — 5 cm longae; vaginae sursum laxiusculae, oblique fissae, glabrae, non 

 t'enestrato-nervosae, 1 , 4 cm longae : capitula semiglobosa, glabra, pallida, fere 3 mm lata ; 

 bracteae involucrantes oblongae vel obovatae, rotundato-obtusae, glabrae, membranaceae, 

 stramineo-pallidae, discum vix superantes ; bracteae flores stipantes Ulis similes ; flos 

 (j 1 : sepala 2 libera, lineari-oblonga, falcata, apice irregulai'iter denticulata, glabra, 

 oanaliculata, superne griseo-nigrescentia; petalorum tubus apice lobis 3 perparvis, aequa- 

 libus, levissime pilosulis, intus glanduligeris ; antherae nigrae; flos Q: sepala 2, libera, 

 Ulis floris q^ similia; petala 3, libera, linearia, obtusiuscula , pilis perpaucis brevibus 

 subciliolata, glanduligera. 



Ost-Indien (Sonne rat in Herb. Lamarck-Roeper). 

 Nota. Speciem non vidi. 



18 3. E. Hildebrandtii Koern. ex Ruhl. in Englers Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (1899) 

 73. — - Caulis hypogaeus breviter elongatus, pauci-ramosus , densissime radicis fibris 



Fig. 14. Eriocaulon Hildebrandtii Ruhl. A Habitus. B Gapitulum <5- C Bractea involucrans. 



D Bractea florem stipans. E Flos <J. F Floris <5 sepalum. Cr Flos c5 sepalis remotis, 



II Cupitulum S. J Bractea florem stipans. K Flos Q. L Floris Q sepalum. 3/ Floris Q 



petalum. N Pistillum. (Icones originariae.) 



