Eriocaulons du Brésil. Slig 



Eriocaulon elichrjsoides. Tab. XXT IL 



Acaule; foliis caespitosis ereclis, e basi lala lanceolato-acuminalis oblusis glabrls 

 reliculalis; pedunculis glabris; vaginis Iaxis obtusis. Synopsis ^°. 46. 



Radia: fibrosa; fibrillis subsimplicibus albidls crassis exlus spongiosis, înlus fascicule 

 fillformi praeditis. 



Caulis epigaeus nullus; sed Rliizoma brève contraclum, simplex, poUicem dimidium 

 diameiro crassum, e cujus parte superiori enascuntur; 



Fo/ia caespitosa, erecla, late lanceolala, acuminata, apice oblusa, basi complicala, 

 celerum plana, glaberrima, reticulata, i, e. conlextu cellulose diaphane, septis 

 translucentibus, basi villo albo brcvi dense obsila, pedalia et ultra, basi circa 

 2 pollices lata, iblque in sicco diapbana, viridia. 



Pedunculi (scapi) plures, 3 — 5, simplices, planiusculi, striali, glabri, apice saepius 

 parum incrassali, foliis longiores, fere sesquipedales. 



Vagînae laxae, glabrae, virides, apice integrae, obtusae Iruncalaeque, cir- 

 citer 5 pollices longae. 



Capitula subhaemisphaerica, basi explanata, glabra, squamis numerosis œagnisque 

 involucrata. 



Squamae exteriores involucrura constituentes stériles, imbricatae, ovatae I. 

 elliplicae, parum obtusae, subpaleaceae, glabrae, interiores dorso pilis albis bre- 

 vibus deciduis vestitae, omnes albo-flavicanles, sensim sensimque in angusti- 

 ores et acutiores transeuntes, semipolllcares circiler, 3 lineas latae. 



Bradeae ovato-Ianceolatae, longe acumînatae, basi anguslalae, bine con- 

 vexae illinc concavae 1. carinatae, dorso, a medio ad apicem usque, pilis brevi- 

 bus crassiusculis adpressis albis dense obsilae, nervo longitudinal! notatae, fla- 

 vidae, margine albo-membranaccae, floribus paulo longiores. 



Flores masciili ^çiï\ce\\A\\ , perigonio duplici vestili. 



