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ERIOCAU'LON* * 
Linnean Class and Order. MoNtE'ciAf, Hexa'ndria* 
Natural Order. Restia'cee, R. Brown’s Prod. p. 243. — Lind. 
Syn. p. 272. ; Intr. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 283. — Rich, by Macgill. 
p.396. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 541. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 288. — 
Hook. Brit. FI. (4th edit.) p. 424 . — Junci; sect. 1. Juss. Gen. PI. 
pp. 43 Ik 44. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 72 .— Juncales ; sect. Jun- 
cin.e; type, Restiacee ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. i. pp. 403 & 416. — 
EiNSAT.e, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Flowers monoecious, collected into a compact, 
scaly head. Scales (see fig. 1.) 1-flowered, the exterior ones ge- 
nerally empty, and forming an involucrum. Sterile Flowers (see 
fig. 2.) in the centre. Calyx of 2 or 3 sepals. Corolla of 2 or 3 
petals, united nearly to their summit. Filaments (see fig. 2.) 4 or 
6, occasionally 3, from the upper part of the petals (see fig. 3), and 
a little longer, thread-shaped, upright. Anthers roundish, of 2 
oblong cells. Fertile Flowers (see figs. 4 & 5.) in the circumfer- 
ence. Calyx (see fig. 4. d , d.) of 2 or 3 sepals. Corolla (see fig. 
4, c. and fig. 5.) of 2 or 3 distinct petals. Gennen (see fig. 7.) 
2- or 3-lobed, superior. Style 1, very short. Stigmas 2 or 3, 
awl-shaped, pointed. Capsules (see fig. 8.) with 2 or 3 rounded 
lobes, and as many cells, bursting at the angles. Cells 1-seeded. 
Seeds (see fig. 9.) globular, albuminous, with an external embryo. 
The compact head of flowers, with a scaly involucrum ; the sterile-flowers 
in the centre, each with a calyx of 2 or 3 sepals, and a corolla of 2 or 3 petals 
connected nearly to the summit ; the fertile-flowers in the circumference, each 
with a calyx of 2 or 3 sepals, and a corolla of 2 or 3 distinct petals; the single 
style, with 2 or 3 stigmas ; and the capsule with 2 or 3 lobes, and 2 or 3, single- 
seeded, cells ; will dhtinguish this from other genera in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
ERIOCAU'LON SEPTANGULA'RE. Seven-angled Pipewort. 
Jointed Pipewort. Wreathed Pipewort. Net-wort. 
Spec. Char. Scapes striated, about 7-angled, longer than the 
cellular, compressed, awl-shaped, smooth leaves. Head of Flowers 
convex. Sepals, Petals, and Scales, hairy at the extremities. Sta- 
mens four. Capsule 2-celled. 
Engl. Bot. t. 733. — Hook. FI. Lond. t. 52. — With. (1st od.) v. ii. p. 784. — Sym. 
Syn. PI. p. 41. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. iii. p. 1010. ; Engl. FI. v. iv. p. 140. — With. 
(7th ed. ) v. ii. p. 219. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 158. — Lindl. Syn. p. 272. — Hook. 
Brit. FI. p. 404. — Macr. Man. Blit. Bot. p. 244. — Ait. Hort. Kew. (2nd ed. ) v. i. 
p. 183. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 270. — Irv. Lond. FI. p. 285. — Mack. Catal. of PI. of 
Irel. p. 81. ; FI. Hibern. p. 289. — Eriocaulon decanguldre, Liglitf. FI. Scot. v. ii. 
p. 569. — Hope in Phil. Trans, v. lix. p. 243. t. 12. — Penn. Voy. to the Hebrid. 
v. i. t. 39. at p. 314. — With. (2nd ed.) r. ii. p. 1062. — Nasmythia articulata. 
Huds. FI. Angl. (2nded.) p. 4i5. 
Fig. 1. A Scale. — Fig. 2. A Sterile Flower. — Fig. 3. One of the Segments of 
ditto. — Fig. 4. A Fertile Flower; a. the Scale ; d, d. Calyx; c. Corolla. — Fig. 5. 
A Fertile Flower expanded. — Fig. 6. A Petal of ditto, with 2 tubercles.— Fig. 7. 
Germen.— Fig. 8. Capsule. — Fig. 9. A Seed . — All magnified ; fig. 9. very highly 
so. 
* From erion, Gr. wool ; and kaulos, Gr. a stem ; in allusion to the downy 
stems of the species first known, though not applicable to the British one. 
•f- See folio 83, note -f. i See folio 92, note f. 
