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T-ERIOCAULE^ 



.t. :Eriocaui,on Sieboldianum, Slob and Zucc. 



F. B. I. VI. 577 ; B. \\ 1 127 ; F. B. P. ii. 845. 



Annual tufted stemless herb, 6 inches high. Leaves 

 short, subulate. Peduncles many, slender, 

 5-ribbed. heads small pale. Receptacle gla- 

 brous. Inyolucral bracts shorter than heads, gla- 

 brous, ascending. Floral bracts glabrous, often 

 with a central purple band. Seed minute red, 

 quite smooth. Onl}^ collected in Balaghat district. 



All the species are found in wet places 



2. Eriocaulon Duthiei, Hook.fo 



F. B. I. vi..578 



Annual tufted stemiless herb, 6 inches high. Leaves 

 broadly subulate. Peduncles many, very slender, 

 srnooth. Heads small, nearly black. Receptacle 

 glabrpus. Invplucral bracts shprter than heads, 

 spreading. Floral bracts dark, shining. Seed 

 minute, yellow, quite srnooth. 



3. Eriocaulon luzul^folium. Mart. 



F. B L vi. 285 ; B. P. 1127 ; F. P. B. li. 848. 



Annual tufted stemless herb, up to i foot. Leaves 

 short, broadly subula^e. Peduncles mmy, slender 

 ,or stout, striated, twisted. Heads small, grey. 

 Receptacle villous. Involucral bracts glabrous, 

 spreading. Floral bracts villous with long hairs 

 Seed minutely ridged. Collected at Jubbulpore 

 and Pachmarhi. 



4. Eriocaulon quinquangulare, Linn. 



F. B. L vi. 582 ; B. P. 1 1^7 : F. B. P. ii. 849. 

 Annual tufted stemless herb, up to 8inches. Leaves 



broad, purple beneath, often red when drv. 



Peduncles many, slender, striated, twisted. 



Heads globose, sr)pvv-v/hite. Receptacle villous. 



Involucral bracts reflexed. Floral bracts hairy. 



Petals with a black spot. §eed srnooth, yellpw. 



.5. Eriocaulon trilobum, Ham. 



F. B. 1. vi. 583; B, P. 1 1 27: P. B. P. ii. 848. 



A stemless tufted annual herb, up to lO inches. 



Leaves broad. Peduncle very slender. He?ids 



dark. Receptacle villous. Inyplucrai bracts at 



first longer than head, at length reflexed. Flpr^I 



,_br^ts hairy. Seed ribbed^ yclIoW; 



