Eriocanlon.'] 
CLX. ERIOCAULACE^. 
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(Fig. 
(3) E. Hookerianum Siapf. Trans. Linn. Soc. iv. 243. 
short. Leav^ densely J'- 
recurved, acute or obtuse, stiff, i ‘5 3 m. long, to , 
at base Scape 5 to 7 in. long. Head *25 m. across, 
bracrrounded or ovate rounded glabrous. 
Bracteoles obovate cuneate, ashy blue, tipped with white hair 
Male flowers; sepals for one-third of length, ^^ 
pilose Corolla tubular-campanulate, stipitate, lobes 
Kng, with a black gland. Stamens 6^ f 
free spathulate cuneate, tips pilose. Corolla-lobes spathulate, 
viUouswith a black gland. Seed ellipsoid or siA-globose. Hab^ 
High mountains among rocks. Pahang, Gunong Tahan on Gunong 
Riang and the summit of Gunong Tahan at 7100 ft. altitude on 
drv rockv snots Disirib. Mount Kinabalu m Borneo. 
Wirg t^^catum Ham. Mart, in Wall. PI. As. Rar. m. ag: 
Hnnk fd F B I vi. S78; Ridl. Mat. lii. 54. 
A small'plant with acute linear leaves, i to 2 in. ong. -12 m. 
wide Scape i to 4 in. tall. Head greyish white, hemispheric, 
•12 in long.^ Involucral bracts ovate, margins lacerate 
flat. Bracteoles cuneate toothed. Hnear 
usually coherent. Female flowers Pf f 1 ' 
Petals 3, linear ciliate. Ovary and petals stipitate. Seeds elliptic 
ribbed Hah Very common little weed in damp paths and plashes 
especially in sand/ ground. Singapore, Tanglin; Bukit Vandal. 
SCCa (Gdfiith)[ Bukit Sabukor; Ayer Panas. Pahang, Kwala 
Pahang Penang Hill. Lankawi, Kw^ 
(Ridley). Disirib. Indo-Malaya, China. Native name. Rumput 
Durian. 
Hooker I c separates the Malay plant as a variety, var. malaccensis 
A^dwkrf pHnf truncaium. Ham., but with much 
narrower leaves, linear-acuminate, ‘5 to i in. ong, 05 
wide Scapes slender, 3 to 4 in. tall. Heads semi-orbicular, -i in. 
wide yellowish white, glabrous. Bracts oblong sub-obtuse, shorter 
than' the head. Inner bracts spathulate, yellowish white tipped 
m Male flowers; sepals 2. narrmv spathulate acute, longer 
than corolla. Corolla-lobes 3 , short equal anthers black 
Females; sepals 2, linear, spathulate. Petals 3, similar All 
glabrous. Hab. Damp sand and rocks in tlm north. Lankawi, 
Burau Bay by the seven wells (Robinson); Terutau (Robinson). 
'''"f 6 TE.‘xe"r^i 1 mum Marl. Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 29; Hook. 
i-fe(yl'aU%ec:e(; fte 3 i-iall. Leaves linear acute, x in. 
