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CXI. ERIOCAULACEiE 
oblong-lanceolate. Male flowers : sepals 3; stamens 1-6. Female 
flowers : sepals 1-2 or none ; petal 1 ; ovary stalked. Seeds red- 
brown, smooth. (Fig. 180.) 
Common throughout India, ascending to 4000 ft. ; August-October. — China, 
Japan. 
*2. Eriocaulon oryzetorum, Mart. ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 579. Per- 
ennial. Leaves l-3x^-J in. Scapes 8-18 in. Heads J in. 
diam., pale yellow; involucral bracts glabrous, oblong, obtuse; 
receptacle densely hairy ; floral bracts glabrous, wedge-shaped, 
shortly pointed. Male flowers : sepals 2 ; stamens 6. Female 
flowers : sepals 3 ; petals 3 ; the petals and ovary carried up on a 
stalk above the sepals. Seeds pale yellow, smooth. 
Garhwal to Sikkim, below 6000 ft. ; August-October. — Tropical Asia. 
3. Eriocaulon nepalense, Prescott ; FI. Br. Ind. vi. 581. 
Leaves 2-3x^-J in. Scapes 4-9 in. Heads 1 in. diam., blue- 
grey ; involucral bracts glabrous, obovate ; receptacle glabrous ; 
floral bracts minutely hairy, narrow. Male flowers : sepals 3, 
linear ; stamens 6. Female flowers : sepals 3, concave, tip fringed, 
back hairy ; petals 3, narrow, tip hairy ; ovary sessile. Seeds 
ribbed. 
Kangra to Sikkim, 4000-6000 ft. ; August-October. — Khasia. 
