JEnocaulon.'] clxxi. eriooaulla (J, D. Hooker.) 573 



obtuse inner acute black shining, fern. fl. snbseasile, sepals and petals 

 villously bearded. E. atratnm, j8 major, TAw. JEnum. 341. 



Ceylon j Wight ; G. Thomson ; central province, alt. 5-7000 ft., Thwaiiet 

 (No. 131). 



Stem simple, in young plants 3-i in. long and as thick as the thumb, often 

 copiously branched in "old ; branches 6-10 in. long, leafy throughout. Leaves 2-6 

 by ^-J in., narrowed from the base to the obtuse tip, rigid, quite opaque ; nevyes 

 very many, close, obscure. Scape stout or slender. Meads f-^ in. ; invol. bracts 

 sub 3-seriate, Ecarious ; receptacle flat, villous ; fl. bracts oblanceolate, acute, dark, 

 shortly bearded ; 2 sepals of fern. fl. concave, the 3rd flat ; petals very unequal, 

 glands large ; ovary with petals stipitate, stipes villous. — The only Indian much- 

 branched species. 



tt Heads J in. diam. or less. 

 § Beceptacle villous. 



6. Za. subcaulescens, MooTc. f. ; stem short stout densely leafy, 

 leaves linear acute concave thick opaque, scapes 2-3, bracts all yellowish, 

 involucral broadly obovate scarious, floral cuneately oblanceolate acute 

 bearded, fern. fl. sessile, petals oblanceolate villous, ovary with petals sessile. 



Cbtlon ; Kewera BUia, Gardner, Tliwaites (C.P. 61 and 789 in Serb. Kew). 



Stem 3— i in., as thick as the little finger. Leaves very many, 2-3 by -rj-^ in., 

 erect, very .many-nerved, quite smooth on both surfaces ; sheath slightly woolly at 

 the base. Scape 12 in., slender. Eead ^— J in. diam., depressed spherical, pale j 

 male and fem. sepals 2 concave, Iflat, all bearded ; fem. petals oblanceolate villous; 

 ovary villous at the base. Seed sub-globose, smooth. — Closely resembles a Bornean 

 species from Kina Balu, in which the male petals are shorter. 



7. E, longricuspis, jHbo/fc./. ! stem short stout, leaves short linear- 

 subulate acuminate flat thick opaque, scapes tall very slender, invol. bracts 

 very small cuneately obovate scarious blackish, floral cuneate tip black 

 rounded toothed and with a long black cusp, fem. fl. pedicelled, petals 

 oblanceolate ciliate with the ovary long-stipitate. E. cristatum, var. 

 Thw. Enwm. 341. 



CsyLON, Tliwaites (C.P. 1002 in Herl. Kew ; 789 in Thw. Emum.). 



Sootstoch as thick as a swan's quill. Leaves 2-2^ in., narrowed from the base 

 to the tip, many-nerved, obscurely striate ; sheaths obscurely woolly at the base. 

 Scapes 18-20 in., weak, flexuous. Seads i in. diam., the black cusps of the fl. 

 bracts contrasting with the white small petals ; receptacle hemispheric ; male fl. on 

 slender pedicels ; sepals 3, free, tips bearded; stamens 6; fem. petals very unequal, 

 longer than the sep.ils, glands large. — I have seen only one specimen of this well- 

 marked species. 



8. E. polycephalum, Kook.f. ; rootstook very stout, leaves elongate 

 narrowly sword-shaped acuminate flat thin, scapes very many tall slender, 

 invol. bracts very small cuneately obovate scarious blackish shining, 

 floral oblanceolate long-cuspidate black softly bearded, fem. fl. shortly 

 pedicelled, sepals and petals softly hairy, ovary subsessile. 



CsNTEAL India ; near Pachmarchi, Duthie. 



BootstocJc as thick as the middle finger. Leaves many, 2-8 by i— J In., lower 

 recurved, very many-nerved, narrowed to the acuminate tip, rather glossy. Scapes 

 30 or more, 8-20 in. Heads |—i in., globose, ash-colrd., hairs flexuous; receptacle 

 convex, shortly villous ; tips and cusps of bracts black ; male sepals 3, free ; stamens 

 6; fem. sepals long, narrow; petals narrowly oblanceolate, ciliate with long soft 

 hairs. — A very handsome species, closely allied to E. longicuspis, but very much 

 larger with many scapes. 



