250 W. Ruhland. — Eriocaulaceae. 



Var. tenuissima Ruhl. — Differt foliis plus minus erecto-distantibus, caespitosis, 

 e basi dilatata setaceo-linearibus, obtusiusculis, raro subrecurvatis, pilis brevibus irregu- 

 lariter subappressis, puberulis, 3 — 4 mm longis; pedunculis 4 — 12 cm longis; vaginis 

 folia longe superantibus, ut folia pilosis; pedunculis primo intuitu teretibus, costulis vix 

 vel non conspicuis, tenuissimis, stramineo-flavidis, apicem versus interdum sparse pube- 

 rulis; bracteis involucrantibus obovatis, pallide aureis, plerumque perspicue acutiusculis, 

 capitulum includentibus. 



Brasilien: Prov. Minas Geraes; bei Caldas (Regnell, sei*. III. n. 1801 et 1266 

 — blühend im Mai und Juli). 



Var. olivacea Ruhl. — Paepalanthus gracilis var. c. Koern. in Fl. brasil. III. 1 . 

 (1863) 460 ex p. — Eriocaulon gracäe Bong, in Act. Petrop. Sc. math. ser. VI. 1. (1831) 

 634; Kunth, Enum. pl. III. (1841) 578; Steud. Syn. pl. Cyp. II. (1855) 280 ex p. — Paepa- 

 lanthus Pohlianus Mart. in Herb. Berol. mscr. — Differt foliis angustissime linearibus, 

 obtusiusculis vel obtusis, olivaceis, levissime appresso-puberulis, diffuse subrecurvato- 

 patentibus, 3 mm raro excedentibus ; vaginis striatis, arctis, olivaceis, pilis brevissimis, 

 patentissimis, persistenter puberulis; pedunculis tenuissimis, olivaceo-viridibus sparsissime, 

 versus apicem paullo densius glandulifero-pilosis vix 6 mm longis; capitulis subapertis; 

 bracteis involucrantibus brunneolo-aureis, obtusiusculis. 



Brasilien: Prov. Minas Geraes (Widgren, Pohl). 



Var. subinflata Ruhl. — Paepalanthus gracilis var. a. subvar. a. Koern. in Fl. 

 brasil. III. 1. (1 863) 460. — P. hrizoides Kunth, Enum. pl. III. (1840) 53 4(?). — Differt 

 bracteis involucrantibus spadiceo-brunneis, rotundato-obtusis, glabris, capitulum perspicue 

 superantibus et subincludentibus ; pedunculis perspicue 3 costatis, stramineo-flavidis, pilis 

 arrecto-patentibus , eglandulosis , praesertim apice subdense et persistenter pilosis, ad 

 1 1 cm longis ; vaginis laxiusculis, virescentibus, striatis, pilis squarroso-patentibus, glan- 

 duliferis hirtis, 3 cm longis; foliis valde repressis, fere rosulatis, viridibus, obtusiusculis, 

 levissime puberulis, 6 — 7 mm longis. 



Brasilien: Prov. Minas Geraes; an feuchten Stellen in der Serra do Lenheiro 

 (Alv. Silveira, in Herb. Comm. geol. e geogr. de Minas n. 865 — blühend im April). 



Var. pallida Ruhl. — Differt foliis e basi vix vel non dilatata paullisper elongato- 

 linearibus, subarrecto-caespitösis, 1 — 3 nerviis, acutiusculis, pilis brevissimis, appressis 

 leviter puberulis, mox glabriusculis, ad 8 cm longis ; vaginis erectis, arctis, pallide viridi- 

 flavidulis, profunde striato-costatis, pilis sparsis, patentibus, eglandulosis, pubescenti-hirtis ; 

 pedunculis erectis, nitide stramineis, profunde 3 costatis, subrobustis, apicem versus pilis 

 arrecto-patentibus, glanduliferis pubescentibus , 14 — 16 cm longis; bracteis involucranti- 

 bus pallide albo-spadiceis, obovatis, acutis, capitulum 4,5 — 5 mm latum perspicue in- 

 cludentibus. 



Venezuela: Gebiet des unteren Orinoko, sumpfige Wiesen am Sipao, Monte os- 

 curo (Passarge und Selwyn n. 258 — blühend im Dezember). 



Brasilianisches Guyana: am Rio Maracä (M. Guedes in Herb, amazon. Musei 

 Paraensis n. 603 — blühend im August). 



Nota. Habitu quam antecedens robustior. 



Var. amazonica Ruhl. — Differt foliis suberecto-recurvatis, 2 cm longis, basi vix 

 vel non ampliatis, juventute leviter puberulis, cito glaberrimis; vaginis laxiusculis, striatis, 

 patenti-puberulis, calvescentibus ; pedunculis erectis, valde tortis, fusco-stramineis, 3 costatis, 

 apice breviter rigido-pilosa excepta glabriusculis; capitulis pallide cinereo-stramineis, 

 duriusculis, 15 — 16 cm longis; bracteis involucrantibus obovatis vel ovatis, obtusis, ca- 

 pitulum 3 — 4 mm latum vix aequantibus, glabris. 



Brasilien: Prov. Parti; Mündungsgebiet des Amazonas, Marajö, in einem Campos- 

 wäldchen (Hub er in Herb, amazon. Musei Paraensis n. 351 — blühend im August); 

 zwischen Junil und SSo Joao am Tocantins (Burchell n. 8911). 



Var. Koerniekeana Ruhl. — Paepalanthus gracilis var. b. subvar. a. Koern. in 

 Fl. brasil. III. \. (1863; 460 ex p. ; eiusdem var. c. ex p. — Eriocaulon hrixoides Steud. 



