500 



(14) E. Daizeixi. fDakJ 



Bent. Dalz. 1. c. p. 280.— Bomb. flor. p. 280. 



Spec. Chab. Stem simple, elongated, submersed, densely leafy : 

 leaves linear, flat, attenuated into a bristly pointed acumen, 7- 

 nerved, twice the length of tbe ebeath : sheatlis striated, glabrous, 

 lacerated at the apex : peduncles terete, 10-furro'wed, twice the 

 length of the leaf. 



On sunken stones in the rivulets of South Concan, flowering in 

 the rains. 



(15) E. Eoctxiaitum:. (Steudel.J 



Ident. Steudel Syn. II. p. 270.— Dalz. 1. c. p. 316. 



Spec. Chab. Caespitose : stem very short : leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late, rather obtuse, 9 — 11 -nerved, rather obtuse at the apex, sub- 

 peUucid, twice the length of the tumid sheaths : heads of flowers 

 snow-wliite, villous, a little shorter than the involucre. 



Bombay. 



(16) E. HETEKoiEPis. (Steudel.J 



Ident. Steudel 1. c. 271. Dalz. 1. c. 



Spec. Chak. CsBspitose : stem very short : leaves lanceolate, 

 rather obtuse, 9 — 11-nerved, scarcely one inch long: sheaths short, 

 tumid, membranous, divided at the apex : involucral bracts in two 

 rows, scarious, outer ones oblong-lanceolate, deciduous, interior ones 

 ovate-obtuse, much shorter than the flower heads : floral bracts 

 cuneate-ovate, ciliated at the apex. 



Bombay. 



(17) E. NiiA8rBa;irsE. (Steudel.J 



Ident. Steudel 1. c. 



Spec. Chae. Stemless : scapes 1 — 3-leaved at the base, some- 

 what twisted, angularly flirrowed, hairy pubescent : leaves narrow- 

 linear, many-nerved, narrowly fenestrate-peUucid between the 

 nerves, hairy pubescent : capitule^ hemispherical, white- villous : 

 involucral bracts broad-ovate, obtuse, darkish, hairy, floral ones 

 triquetous from a narrow longish base, naked at the bottom : scales 

 hairy. 



ITeilgherries. 



(18) E. EOBTTSTTTsr. (Steudel.J 

 Ident. Steudel 1. c. 



Spec. Chae. Stemless: radical leaves csespitose, famished at 

 the base with soft wool, lanceolate, glaucous, not pellucid, folded 



