JEriocaulon.] olxxi. beiocaulbj!. (J. D. Hooker.) 583 



trilobum. It is said to be Australian, but I hare seen no specimen from that 

 country. 



37. E. trilobum, Earn, in Wall. Gat. n. 6072 D; leaves broadly 

 subulate or ensiform acute or acuminate many -nerved, scapes many, heads 

 globose dark grey base intruded, invol. bracts small linear-oblong reflexed, 

 floral spathulately oblanceolate obtuse or subacute, male petals minute, 

 fem. fl. subsessile, sepals 3 dark cymbiformly oblanceolate, petals narrowly 

 oblanceolate sparingly oiliate, ovary with petals sessile or subsessile. E. 

 quinquelobum, Wall. Gat. I. c. ; Kosrn. in LinncBa, xxvii. 6-15. E. subula- 

 tum, Bojer ete Kcern. I. c. E. SoUyanum, JSoyle III. 409, t. 97. f. ]. 



Throughout India j from Kumaon, ascending to 4000 ft., to Bengal, the Concan 

 and Malabar. 



Habit of JBJ. quimquangulare, from which it is often dif&cult to distinguish forms, 

 but the heads are usually smaller, much darker in colour, the invol. bracts are 

 narrow, the floral never acuminate or cuspidate, and the flowers are very shortly, 

 if at all pedicelled, with broader concave fem. sepals that are strongly ciliate on the 

 baclc. Ovary sessile or very shortly stipitate. — Mr. Law has sent specimens of a 

 variety with broader leaves and the narrower lanceolate acute invol. bracts radiating 

 and longer than the head ; the fem. sepals too are narrower, these are accompanied 

 with specimens in which the invol. bracts are normal, together with intermediates. 

 I have seen no specimen with the conspicuous red foliage so common in IE. 

 quinquangulare. 



38. Xa. Kelferi, HooTc.f. ; leaves ensiform acute flaccid, scapes many, 

 heads globose or hemispheric white, invol. bracts obovate-oblong soarions 

 spreading or at length recurved, floral cuneately obovate acute dorsally 

 tomentose, male sepals 3 glabrous, petals obscure, fem. fl. sessile, sepals 

 3 oblong, 2 concave obovate oiliate, ovary with petals sessile. 



Tbnassbbim, Eelfer {Kew Dist. 5584). 



Leaves Z-ii by J-J in., translucent. Scapes 4-9 in., flexuous, young glabrous or 

 hairy below; sheath acuminate. ^eaeJs^in.diam., softly tomentose; receptacle densely 

 villous ; invol. bracts much shorter than the floral, which are much longer than the 

 :flowers ; male fl. pedicelled ; sepals concave, tip hooded ; stamens 4-6 ; fem. petals 

 remarkably broad, unequal. Ovam/ sessile. Seeds minute, dark red-brown, strongly 

 striate and papillose, 



39. li. Walkeri, Sooh.f. ; densely tufted, leaves narrowly subulate or 

 Jinear few-nerved tips obtuse, heads globose snow-white, invol. bracts 

 shorter spreading outer quadrate or cuneiform inner oblong, floral oblanceo- 

 late acute or mucronatej fl. fem. sessile, sepals narrowly oblong obtuse, 

 petals oblanceolate villously ciliate with very long jointed spreading hairs 

 and tipped with short stout obtuse white ones, ovary with petals sessile. 

 E. quinquangulare, liar. argenteum, Thw. Env/m. 341. 



Ceylon ; at Caltura, Macrae ; in paddy fields, Thwaites (C.P. 3562). 



Leaves 1-2 by 'fg-^fg- in., glistening, opaque. Scapes 6-8 in., very slender. 

 Heads i-J in. diam. or less ; invol. bracts pale, scarious ; floral white, membranous 

 densely villous above the middle ; receptacle hemispheric, hairs as long as the hyaline 

 flowers ; male sepals 3 (2 connate) long-bearded, petals 3 small orbicular subequal 

 villous. /Seeds broadly oblong, orange-yellow, shining, not striolate ; chalaza very 

 large. — A very distinct species, well characterized by the copious very long slender 

 white hairs of the fem. petals, which appear to envelop the flower. 



40. E. Thwaitesii, Kcern. in Lirmwa, xxvii. (1854), 627 ; leaves linear 

 subulate or ensiform acuminate many-nerved, scapes many twice as long, 

 head hemispheric dark sparsely mealy, involucre as broad as the heads, 



