91. ERIOCATJLACEJE. 431 



6. J. spicdtum (0. Kuntze) ; 1. narrow slightly channelled 

 hairy, panicle oblong lobed nodding spikelike, clusters falling 

 short of their bracts, per.-segm. narrow acuminate bristle- 

 pointed, filaments half as long as the anthers, caps, blunt 

 apiculate, seeds oblong with a very slight basal appendage. 

 E. B. 1176. St. 312 in. hio-h. L. short slender. Spike \ 

 1 in. long, nodding-. Partial bracts tapering, bristle-pointed. 

 Mountains. P. VII. E. S. 



7. J. arcudtum (0. Kuntze) ; 1. channelled slightly hairy, 

 panicle subumbellate of few 3 5-flowered clusters on long 

 drooping peduncles, per.-segm. broadly-lanceolate bristle-pointed, 

 filaments as long as the anthers, caps, roundish-ovate, seeds 

 oblong blunt or apiculate scarcely appendaged below. E. B. S. 

 12(388. St. slender, 2 5 in. long. L. short, curved, narrowly 

 linear. Panicle of 3 5 small clusters, one nearly sessile, the 

 others on long defiexed stalks. Highest summits of the Cairn- 

 gorm and Sutherland Mountains. P. VII. ? S. 



[JT. nemorosum (0. Kuntze), L. albida (DC.) with doubly compound 

 pan., clusters of 2-4 whitish or pinkish fl., bracts about equalling pan., 

 anth. subsessile ; and J.niv'eum (0. K.) with less compound pan., clusters 

 of numerous much larger pure white fl. ; bracts exceeding pan. and fila- 

 ments about equalling anth., have been found in several places.] 



Order XCI. EEIOCAULACE^E. 



Fl. capitate, unisexual. Perianth very delicate, 2 6-parted. 

 Stam. 2 6, if in 2 rows the inner row more developed. Anth. 

 2-celled. Ovary superior, 2 3-celled. Ovules solitary, pen- 

 dulous. Dehiscence of caps, loculicidal. Seeds coated with 

 wings or rows of hairs. Embryo lenticular, on the outside of 

 farinaceous albumen, at the end remote from the hile. 



1. EHIOOATJLON. Fl. in a compact scaly head. Barren fl. in 

 the centre. Perianth 4 6-fid, the inner segments united 

 nearly to their top. Stam. 4 6. Fertile fl. in the cir- 

 cumference. Perianth deeply 4-parted. Stigmas 2 3. 

 Caps. 2 3-lobed, 2 3-celled ; cells 1-seeded. 



1. ERIOCAU'LON Linn. Pipe wort. 



1. E. septanguldre (With.) ; scapes 6 8-striate exceeding 

 the cellular compressed subulate glabrous 1., fl. 4-cleft hairy at 

 the end as well as the scales, stam. 4, caps. 2-celled. E. B. 733. 

 Roots of many white jointed fibres. St. varying in height 

 according to the depth of the water. Fertile fl. 4-parted nearly 



