1716 CXLIX. EEIOGAULE^. lEriocaidoii.. 



4. a. nanum (dwarf), E. Br. Prod. 254; Bcnlli. Fl. Amtr. vii. 193. Scapes- 

 in the specimens seen | to fin. high and the leaves mostly under Jin., linear but 

 not very iine. Flower-heads 1 to 1 J line diameter, glabrous. Bracts scarious,. 

 oblong or ovate-oblong, the outer empty ones obtuse and pale-coloured, the- 

 flowering ones rather more acute and darker. Male flower : Outer perianth- 

 segments united in a broad dark spatha-like scale open on one side and shortly 

 8-toothed ; inner-segments scarcely prominent. Stamens 6. Female flower : 2 

 or 3 outer-segments linear or lanceolate and concave, dark, dilated in the middle ;: 

 3 inner narrow-linear, but unequal, erect, denticulate, with a small gland. Ovary 

 3-merous. 



Hab,: Facing Island, Shoalwater Bay, iJ. JJroifis; Brisbane Eiver, BajVei^. ' ~ 



5. Ti. cinereum (ash-coloured), E. Br. Prod. 254; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii.. 

 193. Scapes filiform, attaining in the larger specimens B to 5in. but sometimes 

 not above 1 to l|in. Leaves radical, linear-filiform, from under -|in. to nearly 

 2in. Flower-heads hemispherical, about 1 line diameter when first out, but 

 attaining IJ line when in fruit. Bracts thinly scarious, glabrous, a few outer 

 empty ones obovate or oblong and obtuse, the flowering ones broadly-lanceolate, 

 acute or acuminate, with appressed tips, contracted at the base. Male flower :: 

 Outer perianth united in an orbicular concave unilateral 3-toothed or 3-lobed 

 scale, sometimes darker-coloured than' the rest of the head and enclosing the rest 

 of the flower ; inner segments small, lanceolate, fringed, with small glands. 

 Stamens usually 8, rarely 4 or 5 ; anthers pale-coloured. Female flower : Stipes 

 rather long, with 3 linear almost capillary ssgments a little below the ovary, the 

 inner segments deficient. Ovary 2 or B-celled. — E. heteranthiim, Benth. FL 

 Hongk. 382 ; E. ciliifloriim, F. Muell. Fragm. i. 95. 



Hab.: Islands of tbe Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Broun. 

 The species stretches to South China. 



6. H. pusillum (small), E. Br. Prod. 254 ; BentJi. Fl. Austr. vii. 194. The- 

 smallest of the known species of the genus, the scapes scarcely fin. high, the 

 loose sheathing-scales more than half as long. Leaves unknown. Flower-heads 

 scarcely 1 line diameter. Bracts scarious, glabrous, or very slightly ciliate at the 

 end, a few outer ones empty, the flowering ones with appressed tips. Male flower: 

 outer perianth-segments 2, narrow, free ; inner segments very small or one only- 

 longer and fringed. Stamens 8, rarely 4 or 5 ; anthers dark-coloured. Female- 

 flower : Outer segments 2 or 8, linear, at the base of the stipes ; inner segments- 

 3, linear, erect and appressed to the ovary slightly fringed. Ovary S-celled. 



Hab.: Endeavour Eiver, Banks and Solander. 



7. E. pallidum (pale), E. Br. Prod. 254 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vii. 194. Leaves 

 in the few specimens seen broadly linear, 1 to If in. long, tapering to a fine point. 

 Scapes about as long. Flower-heads globular, the bracts all obtuse, scarious, 

 glabrous and rather shining. Male flower : Outer perianth-segments 2, 

 linear ; inner segments minute or obsolete. Stamens 3. Female flower : Outer 

 segments 2, linear, inner 8, narrow, erect, ciliate. Ovary 8-merous. 



Hab.; Endeavour Eiver, Banks and Solander. 



8. a. nigricans (blackish), E. Br. Prod. 254; Beyith. Fl. Austr. vii. 194. 

 Scapes filiform, 1 to 2 or rarely Sin. long. Leaves shorter, sometimes very short, 

 narrow-linear, tapering to a long fine point. Flower-heads globular or somewhat 

 depressed, 1\ or nearly 2 lines diameter. Bracts scarious, shining and silvery- 

 white at the inflexed tips, sometimes dark in the lower part, a few outer empty 

 ones obtuse, the flowering ones ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or almost acute. Male 

 flower : Outer perianth-segments 3, linear, slightly dilated in the middle, all free r 

 inner segments very small and glabrous or scarcely prominent. Stamens 6. 



