574 CLXXi. EEioCAULL^. (J D. Hooker.) lEriocaulon. 



9. E. odoratum, Dah. in Hook. Kew Journ. iii. (1851), 280 ; leaves 

 short subulate recurved 7-nerved, scapes many filiform, heads snow white, 

 invol. bracts short obovate-oblong obtuse scarious dark, floral cuneately 

 obovate bearded, fera. fl. pedioelled, sepals narrow subequal oblanceolate, 

 petals oblanceolate villously oiliate, ovary with petals very shortly 

 stipitate. Balz. & Cribs. Bomb. Fl. 280 ; Kcern, in Linnsea, xxvii. 683. 



The CoKCAN ; prov. Malwan, in stagnant water, Dalzell. 



Leaves 1 in., i in. broad at base, narrowed thence to th6 finely acuminate tip, 

 translucent. Scapes 6-10 in., deeply grooved ; tip of sheath membranous. Meads 

 ^-i in. diam., globose ; recept. hemispheric, shortly villoas with brownish hairs ; 

 fl. bracts concealed by the male petals ; fern, sepals longer than the petals. — Smells 

 strongly of chamomile, Dalzell. 



10. E. atratum^ Ko&rn. in Linnsea, xxvii. 610; leaves very slender 

 linear obtuse opaque ; scape long solitary, invol. bracts ouneately obovate 

 black shining inner acute, floral black shortly bearded outer orbioular- 

 obovate very shortly cuspidate inner narrow cuneate acute, fern. fl. sessile, 

 petals oblanceolate villous. 



Cetlon ; Q-a/rdmsr (n. 972). 



Densely tufted. Leaves 4-6 in., erect or spreading from an erect base, ^'^ - ^\ in. 

 broad, sheaths woolly at the base, nerves very many, close. Scapes 1 ft. and under. 

 Heads ^ in. diam., hemispheric j invol. bracts convex, rigid, incurved ; inner floral 

 black above the middle ; recept. hemispheric, densely villous ; male fl. pedicelled, 

 stamens 6 ; fem. subsessile ; 2 sepals of fem. concave, narrow flat ; ovary sessile, 

 base hairy. — I am rather doubtful of this being Kcernieke's B. atraiyam, which he 

 describes from a specimen in the Berlin Herb, as being stouter than S. crisiatmn, 

 and broader leaved. It is most like the Khasian cristatum of the Ceylon species. 



§§ Receptacle glabrous or nearly so {or villous in B. cristatum, var.). 



11. E. cristatum, Mart, in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 28 ; Cat. 6070 ; 

 densely tufted, leaves erect 3-6 in. narrowly linear flat tip obtuse rigid 

 opaque many-nerved striate, scapes 1 or more rigid about twice as long as 

 the leaves, heads snow-white, invol. bracts ouneately obovate edged with 

 black, floral dark broadly obcuneate acute very shortly bearded, fem. fl. 

 shortly pedicelled, petals narrowly oblanceolate villously ciliate, ovary 

 sessile. Kcern. in lAnneea, xxvii. 609. 



Khasia Hills; alt. 4-5000 ft., common. 



Jjeaves ^-t5 '"■ broad, narrowed to the obtuse tip ; sheaths short, not woolly 

 at the base. Scapes rigid, deeply grooved. Heads J-J in. diam., black and white j 

 invol. bracts coriaceous ; floral rather rigid ; receptacle flat or convex, quite glabrous, 

 or very sparsely hairy. Seeds oblong with papillose ridges. — The B. cristatum of 

 Benth. PI. Hongk. differs in the equal or subequal male petals. 



Var. Macxii; leaves broader, receptacle densely villous. — Assam (probably 

 Khasia) Mrs. Mack. — Perhaps a different species. 



12. E. melaleucum, Mart, in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 28 ; Gat. 6080; 

 leaves 1-2 in. subulate acuminate 3-7-nerved opaque, scapes subsolitary, 

 invol. bracts membranous black, outer obovate-oblong obtuse, acute, 

 floral acuminate black thickly bearded, fem. fl. subsessile, petals linear 

 villously ciliate tipped vrith short white bristles, glands 0, ovary with 

 petals subsessile. Kunth Enum. iii. 568 ; Koem. in Linnsea, xxvii. 164. 

 B. leucomelas, Steud. Norn. Ed. 2,i. 585 ; Syn. PI. Gyp. 272 ; B. quinquan- 

 gulare, Serb. Heyne. 



NiLSHiEi Hills, Heyne, Schmidt. Abeakan, King. 



Leaves translucent, recurved, more opaque in Schmidt's specimen; sheath 

 glabrous at base. Scape strongly grooved. Head i in. diam. black and white; 



