Eriocaulon?[ Eriocaulonece. 7 



straight hairs and with a black spot on the disk; seeds ^ in. 

 diam., oblong or subglobose, ribbed, ribs papillose. 



Montane zone, chiefly in higher region ; rather common. Adam's 

 Peak (Gardner); Ambagamuwa; N. Eliya; Rangala; Knuckles Moun- 

 tain; &c. Swampy places in the Central Province, alt. 5500-7200 ft. 

 (Pearson). Fl. March, Sept., Oct. 



Also in Khasia and the Nilgiri Mountains. 



Very variable, the leaves often much broader than in Wallich's 

 figure. 



10. E. luzulaefolium, Mart, hi Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 28 (1832). 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 582. Schnizl. Icon. t. 46, f. 2, 5. 



Perennial (?); stem stout or slender, sometimes as thick 

 as a swan's quill, densely fibrous; 1. 1-3 in., broadly subulate, 

 narrowed from the base to the acuminate tip, many- veined, 

 opaque or translucent; scapes many, 3-12 in., slender, 

 5-7-ribbed, flexuous, sheath obtuse; heads small, hemi- 

 spheric, i in. diam., pale greyish, pubescent, base truncate, 

 intruded; bracts erect or spreading, outer broadly cuneiform, 

 subcoriaceous, shining, glabrous; recept. conical or columnar, 

 villous with long hairs; bracteoles cuneately oblanceolate, 

 obtuse or subacute, dorsally shortly hairy; male fl. stipitate, 

 sep. 3, free or 2-connate, tips ciliate, cor. -lobes minute, obtuse, 

 stam. 6; fern. fl. stipes slender, sep. 3, narrow, concave, 

 dorsally tipped with bristles, cor. with ov. stipitate or sub- 

 sessile, linear-lanceolate, ciliate; seeds oblong, yellow, faintly 

 ribbed, and most closely transversely ridged, appearing 

 echinulate. 



Ceylon (Gardner). 



Throughout Continental India. Closely resembles forms of E. 

 quinqnangulare, from which the seeds distinguish it. 



11. E. truncatum, Ham. ex Mart, in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 29 

 <i832). 



Thw. Enum. 341 (part). C. P. 793. 

 Fl. B. Ind. vi. 578. 



A tufted annual ; 1. 1-2J by \-\ in., linear or subulate, 

 acuminate, few or many-veined ; scapes many, 1-5 in., rather 

 stout, 5 -ribbed, sheath coriaceous, tip green or narrowly mem- 

 branous ; heads \-\ in. diam., globose or hemispheric, base 

 truncate, at length intruded ; bracts spreading, oblong-cunei- 

 form, shining, glabrous, membranous, pale grey; recept. 

 conical, nearly glabrous ; bracteoles incurved, obovoid-spathu- 

 late, membranous, glabrous, tip truncately rounded with even 

 margins; male fl. stipitate, sep. 3, all free, or 2-connatu 

 cuneately oblong, glabrous ; cor.-lobes minute, ciliate, stam. 6 

 or fewer; fem. fl. long-stipitate, sep. 2-3, narrowly linear, 



