THE INDIAN SPECIES OE EEIOCAUtON.
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E. pectinatum Buhl n. sp. No. 121. Stem 0, Leaves 1 — 1'6 cm.
long. Peduncles solitary 5-6 cm. Head viliousiy white, 4-5 mm.
broad. Involucral bracts broadly obovate, acute, glabrous, yellow
always conspicuous. Eloral bracts obovate, cuspidate keeled, pilose
on the back at the apex. Sepals and petals 3, one male petal much
longer than others. Anthers black,
Nilgherries (Perrottet, 1167).
The solitary scapes make it possible that this is the species which I named E, Qeoffreyi> (No. 3), in which case of course the latter name must go.
E. Bombayamim Euhl. n. sp. No. 169. Stem 0, Leaves linear, lanceolate, acute, 1.5 — 2 cm. Peduncles numerous, 8-10 cm. Heads densely white, puberous. Involucral bracts greenish, glabrous, con- spicuous. Eloral olive black, oblong-obovate, acute. Sepal 2 only in both sexes. Petals 3 ; female petals linear oblanceolate, ciliate, Anthers black.
Bombay (Warburg 867 in Herb. Beroi). Possibly my E. Thomasi (No. 44) is this, but no mention is made of the very striking inflation of the peduncle just below the head. (But see E. Neesianum Koern. below).
E. eor ypeplon Koern. Euhl. No. 170 ; E.B.I. vi 585, “imperfecte cognita.” Stem 0. Leaves 3-9 cm. long. Peduncles crowded 15-25 cm., 4 winged. Heads subglobose 3-4 mm, diam. In- volucral bracts very broadly ovate acute, olive brown, puberous on the back. Eloral bracts rhombo-cuneate, acuminate. Eeceptacle villous, Sepals of both sexes 2 ; petals 3. Male sepals emargineto-truncate afc the apex with winged keel. Anthers black, Eemale sepals deeply concave, crested on the keel : petals without glands.
Malabar, Goncan, etc. (Stocks, Huegal).
I cannot trace this at ail, the emarginate truncate male sepals seem like that of E . truncatum Ham. The only sheet in Herb Calc, bearing this name was collected by Clarke in Dhaka and is I consider H. truncatum .
E. minimum Lamk. Euhl. No. 182, E.B.I. No. 585 “ imper- fecte cognita.’’ Leaves 2| cm. Peduncles 2J-5 cm, Involucral. bracts obtuse, straw-coloured, glabrous. Eloral similar. Sepals of both sexes 2 ; petals 3. Male sepals falcate, irregularly toothed, glabrous ; female sepals, similar. Anthers black.
East Indies (Sonnerat in Herb. Lamarch, Eceper).
Koerniche, LinnaeaxxviL p.635, placedjjhis closest to E. truncatum Han, and suggested that it is a form of it : and I think so too. Hooker in F. B. I- preferred i£* Sieboldianum as its nearest ally, but the black anthers suffi- ciently distinguish it. Ruhland had not seen a specimen,
E. glaucutn Griff. Not. Ill, 113 ; Euhl and l.c.p. 115 as “ im- perfecta cognita.”
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