242 W. Ruhland. — Eriocaulaceae. 



obovatae, acutiusculae vel obtusae, versus apicem dorso albo-villosae, griseo-olivaceae, 

 demum calvae; receptaculum pilosum; bracteae flores stipantes spathulatae, obtusius- 

 culae, flores circiter adaequantes, versus apicem comatae, subcarinatae, olivaceo-fuscae ; 

 pili perigoniorum et bractearum supremi griseo-flaviduli, clavato-obtusi, non tuberculati, 

 intus valde granulosi; flos q?: sepala 3, basi connata, obovata vel spathulata, obtusa, 

 concava, dorso versus apicem pilosa, demum calvescentia, viridi-fusca, basi pallidiora; 

 petala nulla; antherae oblongo-ovatae, albidae; flos Q: sepala 3, obovata, obtusiuscula, 

 concava, lere conduplicato-carinata, juventute dorso supremo pilosa, cito calva, olivaceo- 

 fusca; petala nulla, ad pilos reducta; germen globoso-ovatum, tricoccum; Stylus illo 

 brevior; appendices 3, breves, apice papillosae; Stigmata 3, illis longiora, simplicia (vel 

 apice bifida, et cito destructa?). 



Nord-Amerika: Florida, in der Nähe von Eustis, Lake Country, Graben und 

 Ränder von Gewässern (G. V. Nash n. H84 — blühend im Juli). 



Nota. Differt a L. glabro proximo praesertim colore perigoniorum. 



3. L. glabrum Koern. in Linnaea XXVII. (1856) 568; Ghapm. Fl. (1860) 504; 

 Morong in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club XVIII. (1891) 361. — Folia caespitosa, lanceolato- 

 linearia, versus apicem sensim angustata, obtusiuscula, glabra, longitudinaliter striulata, 

 plana, 4 — 5 cm longa, medio usque 2% mm lata. Pedunculi pauci, aggregati, erecti, 

 glabri, 3costati, torti, 20 — 30 cm circ. alti; vaginae laxiusculae, fere transverse fissae, 

 ore demum incisae, lamina brevi, subito angustata, ore ciliatae, ceterum glabriusculae, 

 4 — 6 cm longae; capitula juniora semiglobosa, demum verticaliter elongata, sordide 

 albido- vel griseolo-villosa, 3 — 4 mm lata ; bracteae involucrantes obovatae, obtusae, 

 ciliatae, dorso glabrae, serius glaberrimae, griseo-fuscae ; bracteae flores stipantes 

 spathulato-obovatae, obtusiusculae, summo dorso comato-pilosae, fuscae; floris q^: sepala 

 obovata, obtusissima, summo dorso ciliata, nigrescenti-olivacea, basi pallidiora; floris Q: 

 sepala oblongo-obovata, obtusiuscula brunneola, comata, tenuia. 



Nord-Amerika: Florida (Cabanis in herb. Berol.); sandige Küsten des Golfes 

 von Mexiko (Ghapman — blühend im Oktober, nach Morong). 



Nota. Species pedunculis longis, foliis latis, laxis, longis nee non capitulis dense albido- 

 villosis jam primo aspectu a praecedente dignoscenda. Flores ex Ko ernicke quam in L. aneipite 

 multo minores. 



4. L. digynum Koern. in Linnaea XXVII. (1856) 570; Morong in Bull. Torr. Bot. 

 Club XVIII. (1891) 362. — L. aneeps Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. III. (1883) 1024. — 

 L. diandrum van Heurck et Muell. Arg. in van Heurck, Obs. bot. I. (1870) 108. — 

 Caulis epigaeus, paullo elongatus. Folia alternantia, densa, lato-linearia, versus apicem 

 angustata, obtusiuscula, glabra, longitudinaliter striolata, plana, 1 — 1,5 cm longa, medio 

 usque 2 mm lata. Pedunculi pauci, aggregati, glabri, 3sulcati, torti, 8 — 15 cm longi; 

 vaginae oblique fissae, lamina ciliolata, brevi, pilosulae, 1 — 1,5 cm longae; capitula 

 semiglobosa, summitate griseolo-villosa, 2 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes oblongae, 

 acutae, summo dorso et margine pilosae, calvescentes, fuscae; bracteae flores stipantes 

 spathulatae, carinulatae, coneavae; floris q?: sepala spathulata, obtusissima, summo dorso 

 comata, fusca; floris Q: sepala 3, libera, oblongo-obovata, obtusa, dorso a medio ad 

 apicem puberula, crassiuscula, carinata, albida; appendices et Stigmata 2. 



Nord-Amerika: Alabama (Hb. Vindob. mis. Bentham). 



8. Syngonanthus Ruhi.*). 



Syngonanthus Ruhl. in Urb. Symb. antill. I. (1900) 487. — Paepalanthus Mart. 

 in Nova Acta Acad. nat. cur. XVII. (1835) 1, 13 pr. p. ; Subgen. : Thysanocephalus 

 Koern. in Fl. brasil. III. 1. (1863) 429 et Eulcpis Bong, in Act. Petr. sc. math. sei*. 

 VI. 1. (1831) 618, 635 et Andraspidopsis Koern. 1. c. 439 et Psilocephalus Koern. 

 pr. p. 1. c. 451 et Carphoceplialus Koern. 1. c. 465. 



*) Nomen e voeibus avyyovog (congenitalis) et l'<.v&o$ (flos) compositum, ob petala floris 

 feminei margine in medio connata. 



