8 Eriocaidonecz. \Eriocaulon, 



concave or i broader, flat, pet. 3, filiform or narrowly oblan- 

 ceolate, glabrous or sparsely ciliate, ov. stipitate; seeds 

 oblong, T ^ in. long, yellow, strongly ribbed, ribs papillose. 



Low country; very common. Swampy places in the Central Pro- 

 vince, all 4000-5500 ft. (Pearson). 



Thwaites sunk his number 793 under 790. 



12. E. Trimeni, Hook,f. n. sfi. 



A small, slender annual; 1. \- 1 in., narrowly linear or 

 subulate, acuminate, 1 -veined above the middle, scapes 1 or 

 few, \\-2 in. long, slender, sheath inflated, acuminate; heads 

 Tu~i in. diam. ; bracts erect, obovate-oblong, hyaline, glisten- 

 ing, tips rounded, quite glabrous ; recepts. very small, glabrous ; 

 bracteoles cuneately oblong or obovate, obtuse, concave, 

 hyaline; ft all perfectly glabrous, male stipitate, sep. 3, linear- 

 oblong, obtuse, concave, 2 connate; cor. -lobes minute, 

 obtuse, stam. 1 ; fern. fl. sessile or shortly stipitate, sep. 3, 

 linear, obtuse, concave, cor. and ov. shortly stipitate, pet. 

 narrowly oblanceolate ; seeds ■%-$ in. long, oblong - ovoid,, 

 acutely 8-10-ribbed, yellow, shining. 



Montane zone. Dambulla Rock (Trimen). Fl. Dec. 



Referred by Dr. Trimen to E. truncatum, but a much smaller plant, 

 with perfectly glabrous heads, bracts, bracteoles, and flowers, and shining 

 yellow seeds that are not papillose. It most nearly resembles E. 

 Sieboldianiim, which differs in the columnar receptacle, form of the 

 bracteoles, absence of pet. in the fern, fl., and smooth seeds. 



13. E. Wig-htianum, Mart, in Wall. PL As. Rar. iii. 28 (1832). 

 Thw. Enum. 341. C. P. 3382, 378 (part). 



. Fl. B. Ind. vi. 576. 



Stem short or elongate, often as thick as the thumb; 

 1. 6-14 by \-\ in., broadly linear or ensiform, obtuse, thin, 

 glabrous or sparsely hairy, many-veined ; scapes many, 

 6-12 in., stout, many-ribbed, and deeply grooved, glabrous or 

 sparsely hairy, sheath with a long green tip; heads |~ § in. 

 diam., pale grey and hoary or snow-white from the tip of the 

 fern. pet. projecting beyond the bracteoles; bracts short, 

 broadly obovate-oblong or cuneiform, pale yellowish, pubes- 

 cent or woolly, coriaceous, tips rounded or truncate; recept. 

 convex, villous with long straight hairs; bracteoles cuneately 

 spathulate, tips cuspidate, scarious, densely hoary or shortly 

 pubescent above and densely villous with long hairs below; 

 male fl. stipitate, stipes hairy at the base, sep. 3, cuneately 

 obovate, 2 often connate, tips pubescent, pet. minute, sub- 

 equal, stam. 6; fern. fl. sessile or shortly stipitate, sep. 3, 

 linear, concave, all bearded towards the tip, or 1 naked, cor. 



