Eriocaulon.'] olxxi. BRiooAULBa;, (J. D. Hooker.) 581 



long leaved specimens have a leafy stem 2-3 in. long, as in Sect. A, but much 

 stouter. B. fluviatile, Trim, (see end of genus) is probably allied. 



31. E. cuspldatum, Dah. in Mooh. Kew Journ. iii. (1851) 281 ; 

 leaves short linear-ensiform flaccid 7-9-iierved translucent, margins 

 thickened, tip rounded and cuspidate, scapes several very long, heads 

 globose or hemispheric white villous, invol. bracts cuneiform or rounded, 

 scarious, floral membranous cuneate-obovate, fern. fl. sessile, sepals 3, 2 

 deeply cymbiform dorsally tubercled, ovary with petals sessile. Balz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 280. 



The SouTHEBN CONCAIT ; between Vingorla and Malwan, Dalxell. 



Leaves 1-4 by ^-J in., erect and recurved. Scapes few or many, 6-10 in., soft, 

 shining, obscurely furrowed ; sheath much longer than the leaves, tips membranous. 

 Heads J— J in. diam., base intruded ; invol. bracts yellow, passing into the hyaline 

 floral; receptacle convex, quite naked; male sepals 2, narrow, free; petals small, 

 subequal, fimbriate; stamens 6; fem. sepals coriaceous; petals 3, very narrow, 

 fimbriately villous towards the tip. Seeds oblong, quite smooth. 



32. E. nepalense, Prescott ex Song, in Aot. Acad. JPetrop. Ser. vi. i. 

 610 ; leaves broadly subulate or ligulate many -nerved, scapes many slender, 

 heads globose grey, invol. bracts cuneate-obovate soarioas at length recurved, 

 floral linear oblong dai-k obtuse or apiculate, fem. fl. shortly pedi- 

 celled, sepals cymbiform, petals very narrowly oblanoeolate ciliate with the 

 ovary stipitate. Kunth Enum. iii. 654; Steud. Syn.. PI. Oyf. 270. E. 

 viride, Kmrn. in Linnsea, xxvi. 637. E. quinqaangulare. Wall. Oat. 

 6072 E. 



Tempeeate Himalaya; from Garwhal, alt. 5-6000 ft., to Sikkim, alt. 4-5000 

 ft. The Khasia Hills, alt. 4-6000 ft. 



Bootstoch small. Leaves 2-3 by i-} in. , usually subulate and narrowed from 

 the base to the acute tip, but often broader flaccid linear and obtuse or rouudeJ at 

 the tip, opaque or translucent, many-nerved. Scapes 4-9 in., soft; sheaths with 

 membranous tips. Head i in. diam. ; receptacle convex or colamuar, quite glabrous ; 

 floral bracts finely hairy ; male sepals 3 ; petals minute ; stamens 6 ; sepals very con- 

 cave, tips ciliate. Seeds oblong, ribs papillose. — Very similar to E. Iwzulcefolmm 

 but the invol. bracts of the fully formed head are recurved, the receptacle is 

 glabrous. The ligulate leaved specimens look different. 



33. E. greg^atum, Kmrn. in Linnxa, xxvii. 606 ; dwarf, tufted, leaves 

 very slender flat acute flexuous opaque, scapes subsolitary, heads very 

 small hemispheric or globose white or hoary, invol. bracts spreading or 

 erect cuneiform black, floral oblanceolate obtuse and sabaoute dark, male 

 petals small subequal, fem. fl. sessile, sepals 2 dorsally bearded narrowly 

 cymbiform 3rd flat, tips villous with stout hairs, petals spathulately 

 oblanceolate densely vUlous, ovary with petals sessile. 



Khasia Hills; alt. 5-6000 ft., on rocks in streams, Griffith, &c. 



Soots of capillary fibres. Leaves 1-14 by ^-^ in. Scapes slender, often flexuous, 

 deeply 4- or 5-grooved ; sheaths with membranous tips. Heads i in. diam., white 

 above the black involucre; receptacle columnar, glabrous; male sepals 3, free or 

 connate ; petals minute, obovate, subequal, villous ; stamens 2-6 ; fem. petals with 

 large black glands. Seeds broadly oblong, yellow. — Allied to E. mitopJiyllum and 

 miservm, but the male petals are small and equal. 



34. Ei PumiliOi Booh.f.; leaves very short subulate acuminate, 

 scape few short slender, sheath pale green not striate subinflated tip 

 rounded, head ^t in. diam. few-fld. hairy, invol. bracts 3-4 erect obovate 



