6 Enocaiilonece. \Eriocauion. 



8. E. Thwaltesii, Korn. in Linntza, xxvii. 627 (1854). E. Neesi- 

 a/tum, Korn. 1. c. 628. 



E. truncatum, Thvv. Enum. 341 (part). C. P. 790 (part). 

 Fl. B. Ind. vi. 583. 



Stem very short, stout, sometimes as thick as the little 

 finger; 1. 2-10 by £-§ in. broad in the middle, subulate, linear, 

 or ensiform, acute or acuminate, opaque, 3-5-veined ; scapes 

 many, 2-6 in., slender, flexuous, 5-ribbed, tip of sheath 

 acuminate, herbaceous ; heads ±-\ in. diam., hemispheric or 

 obconic, hoary, base at length intruded ; bracts obovate-oblong 

 or nearly orbicular, spreading and incurved, glabrous, coria- 

 ceous, shining, pale straw - col'd. ; recept. convex, densely 

 villous with long hairs; bracteoles cuneately oblanceolate or 

 spathulate, acute or obtuse, greyish, scarious, dorsally hoary 

 above the middle; male fl. stipitate, stipes crinite with long 

 hairs ; male sep. 2, obovate-oblong, concave, dorsally rounded 

 or almost keeled, glabrous or nearly so, cor.-lobes very minute, 

 disk with black spots, stam. 3-6; fern. fl. sessile or stipitate, 

 sep. 2, cymbiform, acute, dorsally rounded, sometimes with a 

 thickened keel, cor. sessile or stipitate, pet. filiform, very 

 short, terminated by a pencil of long hairs; seeds about T V m « 

 long, oblong, with papillose ridges, dark red-brown. 



Moist region, up to about 4000 ft. ; rather rare. Ramboda (Gardner) ; 

 Ambagamuwa (Thwaites) ; Kitulgala. Fl. Jan.-March. 

 Also in Nilgiri Mountains. 



9. E. Brownianum, Mart, in Wall. PL As. Rar. iii. 25 (1832). 

 Thw. Enum. 341. C. P. 377 and 378 (part). 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 576. Wall. PI. As. Rar. t. 248. 



Stem 1-3 in., from a stout copiously rooting rootstock up 

 to 1 in. diam.; 1. 6-18 by to— 1 m - broad, narrowly linear to 

 ensiform, acuminate, glabrous or sparsely hairy; scape 

 solitary, 1-2 ft., stout or slender, 7-ribbed and deeply 

 grooved, glabrous or sparsely hairy, and sheaths up to 4 in. 

 long, tip acuminate, green ; head \-\ in. diam., globose or 

 hemispheric, snow-white, bracts \-\ in., as long as the fl., 

 obovate-oblong or cuneiform, spreading, at length reflexed, 

 glabrous, pubescent or villous, pale or dark grey; recept. 

 flat or convex, covered with long straight hairs; outer 

 bracteoles broadly cuneiform, inner spathulate, obtuse, all 

 densely villous above the middle with white hairs ; male fl. 

 long-stipitate, stipes hairy, sep. broadly spathulate, free or 

 connate, tips dorsally bearded, cor.-lobes subequal, minute, 

 fimbriate, stam. 6 ; fern. fl. very shortly stipitate, sep. cymbi- 

 form, acute or cuspidate, dorsally hirsute, cor. with ov. shortly 

 stipitate; pet. linear or narrowly oblong, villous with long 



