730 RP.STIACEjC ERIOCAULONE.E. 



built of it. A roof thatched with it will last twenty or thirty years, and 

 it is said would last much longer, if the S. E. wind did not blow dirt 

 into it, which causes it to rot. It seems well worthy of introduction into 

 India, where the thatch is of so perishable a nature." (Royle.) It has been 

 introduced in Dapooree, where it is much used for thatching houses. 

 (Dr. Lush.) 

 Elegia, Thunb. {Endl.gen.pl. I, p. 122.) 



l.juncea, Thunb. {Spreng. sys(. 1, p. 362. — E. thyrsifera, Pers. syn. 2, 



j>. 607. — Restio thyrsifer, Rottb. enc, bot. 6, p. 177 ; — Lam. ill. t. 



804.) % C. G. H. PI. C. S. fr. 0. 

 WiLLDENowiA, Thunb. (Endl. gen. pi. I, p. 121.) 



\. teres, Thunb. {Spreng. syst. \,p. 188. — Thunb. in act. holm. 1790, p. 



28, t. 2, /. 2 ;— y. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 231.) % C. G. H. Used for 



making brooms. Fl. C. S. ; but rarely. 



* Leptocarpus elatior, R. Br. Tropical N. Holland. — L. ramosus, R. Br. 

 'I'ropical New Holland. — L. spathaceus, R. Br. Tropical New Hol- 

 land Restio tropicus, R. Br. Tropical New Holland. 



SUB-ORDER.— ERIOCAULONE^, L. C. Rich., Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 387. 



Herbs, by Lindl. (excl. Leucocephala, Roxb.) referred to 3 or 5 genera. 

 Of these, according to Spreng. syst. 14 are natives of S. America; 11 of 

 New Holland ; 5 of N. America; 1 of the Mascarenhas Islands ; 1 of Mada- 

 gascar ; and 1 of Scotland. In the E. Indies have been discovered 19 spe- 

 cies of Eriocaulon, 17 of which are described by Martins in Wall. pi. as. 

 rar. 3, p. 27-29 ; (Bengal, Peninsula of India, Moulmein, Tavoy, Monghir, 

 Assam, Khassya Mountains, Nepal) ; 1 {E. quadrangular e. Lour.) in Cochin 

 China; and 1 {E. Sollyanum, Royle) in Cashmere. " Properties unknown." 

 ( Lindl. ) 

 Eriocaulon, Gronov. {Endl. gen. pi. \,p. 123 ; — Mart. I. c.) 



1. quinquangulare , L. {Mart. o. c. p. 28 ; — Rom. and Sch. 2, p. 862 ;— 

 Burm. jl. ind. p. 30; — J. Qrah. Cat. B.pl.p. 230; — Leucocephala 

 graminifolia, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 612.) fS?t Gooree. © Bengal, (Seram- 

 pore.) Peninsula of India. Fl. and fr. R. S. 



2. sexangulare, L. {Mart. I. c. ; — Burm.ji. ind. p. 30, t. 9,/. 4 ; — Rom. 

 and Sch. 2, p. 863; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 231. — E. minimum, 

 Lnm. — Leucocephala spathacea, Roxb. Jl. ind. 3, p. 613.) Bengal, 

 (Serampore.) Peninsula of India. Fl. and fr. R. S. 



a.argentcum. Mart. {I. c.) © Bengal, (Serampore,) &c. Fl. and fr. R. S. 



4. selaceum L. {Mart. o. c. p. 29 ; — Rom. and Sch. 2, p. 863 ; — /. Grah. 

 Cat. B. pi. p. '2S0 i—Rheed. 12, /. 68.) Bengal, (Serampore.) Pe- 

 ninsula of India. Ceylon, &c. Fl and fr. R. S. 



