572 CLxsi. ERiocAtJLL^. (J. D. Hooker.) lEriocaulon. 



1. E. setaceum, Linn. Sp. PI. 87; receptacle conical villous, fl. 

 bracta cymbiform acute coriaceons glabrous black, seeds dark hro-wa. 

 Kunth Envm. iii. 550. SteuA. Syn. PI. Gyp. ii. 270 ; Thw. Enum. 341. 

 B. intermedium, Kcem. in Idnnsea, xxvii. 601. — Bheede Sort. Mai. xii. t. 

 63. 



Malabae ; at Quilon, WigJit. Ceylon ; Wallier, &,a. 



Stem 2-3 ft., stout or slender, flexuous. Leaves lJ-2 in., flexuous, l-nerved. 

 PedAjmcles very many, slender, 1^-3 in. ; sheath j-1 in., tip membranous. Seads 

 ^ in. diam. Male petals obscure ; stamens 6 ; fem. sepals cymbiform, glabrous or 

 nearly so; petals narrow, ciliate, with or without a glaud. Seeis oblong, quite 

 smooth. 



2. E. capillus-naiadls, Mook. f. ; receptacle corneal or convex 

 villous, fl. bracts whitish membranous outer glabrous inner with long 

 white dorsal hairs, seeds dark olive-green or black, E. setaceum. Wall. 

 Cat. n. 6077 ; Mart, in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 29 ; Kcem. in. Linnsea, xxvii. 

 (excl. syn. Linn.). 



Bengal ; Serampore, G-rifflth, Vicrampore, Cla/rJee. Khasla Hills ; at Nonk- 

 reem, J. D. S. Sf T. T. Buema; Tavoy and Pegu, Wallich, &a. The Concan, 

 Stocks. — DiSTElB. Cochin China. 



Closely resembles U. setaceum in habit, foliage, &c. In the Burmese and Khasian 

 specimens the fem. petals are ciliate with long hairs, in the Concan and Cochin- 

 Chinese they are nearly glabrous. 



3. E. bifistulosum, Van Semch. Obs. Pot. 105; receptacle conical 

 glabrous, fl. bracts dark all with short dorsal bristles, seeds ohesnut 

 brown. E. setaceum, Benth. Fl. Austral, vii. 191. 



Khasia Hills, at Myrung, alt. 5000 ft. 6-rigith. — Disteib. W. Africa, 

 Australia. 



This is closely allied to S. capillus-naiadis and setaceum, differing from both in 

 the glabrous receptacle, and from the former in the very short hairs of the fl. 

 bracts which are more mucronate and less membranous ; the seeds too are much 

 smaller. The fem. petals are narrow, glabrous, with minute apical glands, as in the 

 Concan specimens of E. capillus-naiadis. 



B. Terrestrial or marsh plants ; stem rarely elongate. 



* Petals of male fl. 3, one much the largest and protruded beyond the 

 floral bracts, rarely subequal and all protruded. Invol. bracts globose in 

 aU ; floral bearded. 



t Heads more than ^ in. diam. Eeceptacle villous. 



4. E. rohustum, 8teud. Syn. PI. Oyp. 271; subcaulescent, scape 

 subaolitary very stout, invol. bracts ovate-oblong or lanceolate acuminate 

 pale shining, sepals and petals viUously bearded, fem. fl. snbsessUe. Koem. 

 in Linnsea, xxvii. 674. S. bracteosum, Steud. I. c. 272. 



NiLGHiRi Hills ; alt. 6000 ft., Wight, &o. 



Rootstock often as thick as the thumb. Leases 1-9 by j-J in., narrowed to the 

 obtuse or rounded tip, soft, thin, opaque, very many-nerved, striate, often shinini'. 

 Scape 8 in.-3 ft., as thick as a crow-quill or less. Reads ^| in. diam. ; invol. 

 bracts many-seriate, scarious ; receptacle convex, vElous ; fl. bracts narrowly lanceo- 

 late, acuminate. Flowers 3-merous ; sepals of both sexes 3, concave villous ; stamens 



6; fem. fl. with the ovary and petals stipitate above the sepals, stipes villous. 



Huch the stontest Indian species. 



5. E. caulescens, Hook. f. & Thorns. Herb. Ind. Or.; caulescent, 

 scape Bubsolitary from the stem or its branches, invol. bracts oblong outer 



