Uriocaulon.} olxxi. briooaulb*. (J. D. Hooker.) 577 



19. E. serlcans, Mwrt. in Wall. PL As. Bar. iii. 29; Cat. 6079; 

 leaves short subulate, scapes 1-2 slender, heads | in. diam. globose snow- 

 white, invol. bracts oblong pale yellow soarious not reflexed tips rounded, 

 floral cuneate-obovate acute pubescent tips of outer glabrous, male sepals 

 small orbicular, fern. fl. pedicelled, sepals narrow concave, petals oblan- 

 ceolate ciliate, ovary with petals very shortly stipitate or sessile. Kunth 

 Unum. iii. 568 ; Steud. Syn. PL Cyp. 272. B. gracile, Mart. I. c. ; WaU. 

 Oat. 6079 ; Xwntk L c. 558. B. inflrmum, Steud. L e. 270. 



Burma ; at Proine and Tavoy, Wallich. 



RootstocTc small. Leaves J-1 in., erect and recurved, 3-5-nerved, opaque. 

 Scapes 4-grooved ; sheath short, tip acuminate green. Meads very pale ; invol. 

 bracts shining, pubescent ; receptacle small, hemispheric ; flowers pedicelled ; male 

 sepals 3, narrow, free or 2 connate bearded ; petals unequal ; fern, petals unequal, 

 glands 0. Seeds globosely oblong, papillose, — I have no doubt as to the specific 

 identity of sericans with graeile; Koernicke unites the former with WigMi- 

 anum, it is certainly very close, but the heads are much smaller ; the male petals 

 larger and fern, broader. The ovary with petals is sessile in gracile very shortly 

 stipitate in sericans. The specimens are very few. 



20. £■ lanceolatum, Miq. inPLMetz exsicc. n.lSl; leaves narrowly 

 oblong-lanceolate many-nerved translucent, scapes many slender, sheath 

 inflated above tip green, heads globose 5 in. diam. snow-white, invol. 

 bracts small pale quadrate or obovate scarious not reflexed, male petals 

 obscure, fern. fl. sessile, sepals 2 deeply cymbiform 3rd flat all bearded, 

 petals very unequal oblanceolate ciliate, ovary with petals sessile. Steud. 

 Syn. PL Ch/p. 271 ; Kcem. in Linncea, xxvii. 656. 



The CoNOAir and Canaba, Mete, Stocks. 



Rootstoclc small. Leaves 1-2^ by i-i in., acute or acuminate, flaccid, hardly 

 sheathing, Scapes i-6 in., not deeply grooved; sheath very slender below, inflated 

 above the middle, tip acuminate. Heads very like those of E. sericans, as are the 

 bracts and seeds. — One of the fern, sepals is sometimes winged at the back. 



ft Involucral and floral bracts both glabrous or nearly so. 



§ Seceptacle gldbrous or sparsely Jiai/ry. 



21. E. Sieboldianum, Sieh. Sf Zucc. ex 'Steud. Syn. PI. Gyp. 272 ; 

 leaves short subulate or setaceous, scapes very many, heads small globose 

 or ovoid, bracts all scarious, invol. oblong obtuse gradually passing into 

 the oblong-lanoeolate subacute shining floral, fem. fl. long-pedioelled, sepals 

 1-2 slender or 0, petals 0, ovary long-stipitate. B. sexangulare, Mart, in 

 Wall. PL As. Bar. iii. 28. B. hexangulare, Kv/nth Ewwm. iii. 551 ; Thw. 

 JEnum. 341 ; Steud. I. c. ; Koern. in I/vrmcea, xxvii. 613 ; Dalz. & Gfibs. 

 Bomb. FL 279 ; WalL Cat. 6073. B. setaceuni, Herb. Heyne. B. nitidum 

 and tenue, Serb. Ham. 



Throuohoft India ; from Kashmir to Assam and Burma, and southward to 

 Cetlon (C.P. 795). — Disteib. China, Japan, Mt. Philipp. 



Annual. Leaves 2-4 in., 3-5-nerved, rarely -j^ in. broad, opaque or translucent. 

 /Scapes slender; sheath short. Beads \ in. diam., pale whitish or purplish; invol. 

 bracts spreading or ascending, much shorter than the head ; receptacle columnar, 

 glabrous or sparsely hairy ; fl. bracts imbricating upwards, closely appressed, often 

 with a broad purplish central band ; male sepals 3, petals minute, stamens 1-6 ; 

 fem. fl. with a long stipes above the sepals which is jointed between the sepals and 

 ovary. Seeds minute, red-brown, quite smooth. — Closely allied to Australian jB. 



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