ERIOCAULER. 51 
Eriocaulon nantcense Hayata 
sp. nov. (Fig. 28). Folia caspitosa 
linearia 3-4cm. longa medio 3mm. 
lata apice acuminata glaberrima erecta. 
Scapi cespitosi 15-25 em. longi glabri 
gracillimi 4-5-sulcati basi 1-vaginati, 
vaginis folia in longitudine  fere 
eequantibus glabris 2-4cm. longis, 
oribus oblique fissis apice obtusis. 
Capitulum late 
longum 6mm. latum, bracteis in- 
globosum 5mm. 
volucralibus majoribus obovatis 3 mm. 
longis 2mm. latis apice rotundatis 
basi cuneatis glabris sterilibus, bracteis 
-superioribus florem ? amplectantibus ; 
bracteis inferioribus flores J amplec- 
tantibus spathulatis 24mm. longis 
3mm. latis apice acutis vel triangu- 
lari-cuspidatis margine ciliolatis dorso 
hirsutis intus glabris. Fl. 2: sepala 
3 in spathulam interiore recurvam 
23mm. longam anteriore fissam apice 
3-lobatam dorso apiceque ciliatam 
nigricantem apice 3mm. latam basi 
attenuatam connata; corolle tubus 
2mm. longus gracilis, lobis 3 lineari- 
bus 4-3 mm. longis albo-ciliatis 4 mm. 
latis; stamina 3-6, antheris nigris. 
Fl. :  stipitati, 
longis: sepala 3 .nigricantia spathu- 
lata 2mm. longa $mm. lata apice 
obtusa sursum margine dorsoque albo- 
stipitibus 4mm. 
ciliolata; corolla tubus brevissimus 
Fig. 28, Eriocaulon nantense Hayara; 
1, the plant x3; 2, a head; 3, a: bract of a 
male flower; 4, 5, male flowers; 7, calyx of a 
male flower ; 8, the same, more or less expanded ; 
9, apical portion of corolla with stamens; 10, a 
female flower; 11, the same, calyx taken off; 
12, a petal; 13, a seed. 
