578 CLXXi. BEioCADLE^i. (J. T>. Hookei.) [_Eriocaulon. 



cinereum, Br., winch has a villous receptacle. As ascertained by Trimen (^Linn. Soe. 

 xxiv. 136) from the examination of Hermann's Herbarium, the E. sexangulare of 

 Linnaeus is S. Wallichianum of Martlus. In Herb. Linn. B. sexangulare bears its 

 right name ; where there is also a specimen of E. Sieboldianum, from Koenig, 

 unnamed. 



22. E. Duthiei, Hooh.f. ; leaves very short broadly subulate, scapes 

 many very slender, heads i in. diam. broadly ovate or hemispheric, invol. 

 bracts spreading oblong obtuse scarious shining passing into the dark 

 linear-oblong or oblanceolate acuminate glabrous glistening floral, fern. fl. 

 shortly pedioelled, sepals 2 very narrow, petals 3 filiform. 



CentrAI. PkoVIITCEs ; Bhimkund, in the Khandma district, Dufhie. 



Leaves ^— | in., many-nerved. Scapes 2-5 in. ; sheath short. Heads nearly black, 

 glistening ; fl. bracts strongly incurved, sometimes obscurely pubescent towards the 

 tips ; receptacle very tall and slender, quite glabrous j flowers shortly pedicelled ; 

 male sepals 2, narrow, subacute, glabrous; petals very obscure; stamens 6; ovary 

 with the petals stipitate. Seeds broadly oblong, quite smooth, yellow. 



23. E. alpestre, Rooh.f. & Thorns. Serb. Ind. Or.; leaves broadly 

 or narrowly subulate, scapes very many short stout, heads broadly obconio 

 few-fld., invol. bracts suberect as long as the flowers cuneiform coriaceous, 

 floral obovate-oblong, fern. fl. sessile, sepals oblong cymbiform obtuse 

 glabrous, petals 3 subequal obovate coriaceous glabrous glands apical. E. 

 tiusianum, Maxim, in Serb. Sort. Petrop. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 8-12,000 ft., and Khasia Hilis, alt. 5-6000 ft., J. D.E., 

 Cla/rke. — Disteib. W. China, Japan. 



Leaves very many, 1-5 by J-J in., narrowed from a broad base to the acute tip, 

 few or many-nerved, usually spreading. Scapes shorter or longer than the leaves, 

 often flexuous. Heads ^ in. diam. or less ; invol. bracts yellowish and black ; floral 

 black, coriaceous ; receptacle small, convex, glabrous ; male sepals 3, truncate, 

 glabrous; petals obscure; stamens 6; fern, petals white, shortly clawed; ovary 

 with petals sessile. Seeds large, oblong, yellowish or dark, quite smooth. — An un- 

 usually well-marked species by the glabrous coriaceous fem. petals. 



24 E. truncatum? Sam. ex Mart, in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 29 ; 

 Wall. Oat. 6076 ; leaves 1-2 in. subulate, scapes many stout, heads i-| in. 

 diam. hemispheric, invol. bracts cuneate spreading shining, floral scarious 

 obovoid tip concave trnncately rounded glabrous, fem. fl. pedicelled, sepals 

 2 narrow, petals 3 filiform or very narrowly oblanceolate ciliate, ovary 

 with petals stipitate. Kunth Enum. iii. 555 ; Steud. Syn. PL Oyp. ii. 270 ; 

 Kosrn. in Linnsea, xxvii. 631 ; Thw. Enum. 341 {excl. syn.). E. cinereum, 

 Sam. Leucocephala spathaoea, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 613. 



Assam, BBuaAi., Burma, and southward to Maiacoa and Cetlon (C.P. 793). 

 — DISTEIB. Malay and Philippine Islands, China. 



Leaves ^ in. broad at the base or less, acuminate, few- or many-nerved. Scapes 

 1-4 in. Heads glistening ; invol. bracts sab-2-seriate ; floral incurved and imbri- 

 cating ; receptacle conical, sparsely hairy ; male sepals free or coherent ; petals 

 minute, ciliate ; fem. fl. long-pedicelled, sepals concave or linear and flat ; petals very 

 variable in breadth. Seeds pale, ribs papillose. — This is unquestionably Roxburgh's 

 LeucocepTiala spathaoea, of which he had a good drawing made. 



Vab. malacoense ; floral bracts broader, flowers of both sexes sessile, petals 



broader and more coriaceous, gland apical, ovary with petals stipitate, seeds lai-ger. 



•Malacca, Griffith {Kern Distrih. 5567) ; at Kwala Pehang, Sidley. — Possibly a 

 difierent species. 



§§ Meoeptacle more or less villous. 



