54 ERIOCAULER (Brown). [FP riocanlon, 
Eastern Reaton: Natal; Griffins Hill near Eastcourt, Rehmann, 7297! and 
euthoat jen locality, Gerr ‘ard 491! 
Also in Tropical Africa. 
2. E. transvaalicum (N. E. Brown) ; leaves 23-31 in. long, 2-2} 
lin. broad, or larger? linear-ensiform, subacute, flat ; scapes several to 
a plant, 43-6 in. long, 4 lin. thick, terete, striate, glabrous ; basal 
glabrous ; flower — globose, 2—24 lin. diam., monceeious; invo- 
lIucral bracts 3—]2 lin. long, about } lin. broad, oblong-obovate, 
obtuse, glabrous, aie, olive ; flowering bracts 1-12 lin. long, } lin. 
broad, obovate, acute, glabrous, sparingly ciliate with minute white 
hairs, fuscous or dark olive-brown ; re ceptacle globose, villous 
female flowers with glabrous pedicels about + lin. long; sepals 8 
lin. Jong, lanceolate, acute, boat-shaped, acutely keeled on the he 
quite glabrous, dark gies. brown, or fuscous; stipes between the 
pei eats and petals exceedingly short ; petals 3, free, 2—% lin. long; 
4 lin. broad, linear-lanceolate, acute or obtuse ciliate with a few 
very short hairs, and with a few longer hairs on their inner face, 
branches; male flowers with glabrous pedicels 1—1 lin. long ; 
3, all combined into a funnel-shaped tube split open on one side, and 
shortly trifid at the apex, or one of them free, cuneate-oblong, obtuse, 
quite glabrous, pale, fuseous, or olive-green; stipes between the 
sepals and petals about 2 as long as the former ; ; petals rudimentary ; 
stamens 6; anthers fuscous, or dark olive-gree 
Kata I Re@ion: Transvaal; on the Bosch Vela at Buchenhouts Kloof 
Spruit, Raisin, 4787! 
. E. Bauri (N. E. Brown); leaves 3-12 in, long, 1-12 lin. broad 
at the base, subulate, tapering toa fine point, flat on the face, very 
hic 
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5-angled, striate in the dried state; basal sheath ae in. long, 
2-lobed at the top; flower-heads subglobose, 3-81 lin. diam., mone- 
cious ; lower flowers female, upper male ; involucral eer small, 
in 
searcely or very obtusely fen on the back, the apical part blackish- 
green, or dark olive-green, with a tuft of white hairs; receptacle 
villous, with fine hairs, half as long as the flowers; female flowers 
subsessile, or very shortly pedicellate ; sepals 3, free, about 14 lin.. 
long, boat- shaped, acute, keeled, dark olive-green, with white ‘pairs 
+ lin. broad, cuneate-linear, acute, ciliate at the apex, white, with a linear 
black gland a little below the apex ; ovary trigonous, glabrous ; style 
4 F 
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