eriocaulon SEPTANGULARE. SEYEN-ANGLED
PILEWORT.
EDIOCAÜLOK sqtMgulareî scnpo strialo fspithnmæo) follis celliilosis comp,-assis cnsiformibus
m f m M B . KrlUÎLIi"f extcrioribiis vocuis, glabfis, interioribus
pei laiilhiisque apicô ciliâto-pilosis ; stamimbus quatuor.
EEIOCAULOISr|p^igulare.^ H'ith. Bot: Art;, al. 4. pol. 2. ISS. Engl. Bot, t. 733. Smith
ERIOCAULON decangulare^Mt/; FL SoeLp. 569. Pamaoto Tourte H Hébrides, ool 1 . f.S£>!
Hopem Phil. Fr an s. vol 59. p. 243. A 12 ;
NASMYTHIA articulata. Huds. Angt.p. 415.
Glass and Ord er. MONCECIA TRIANDRIA.
^ " “ O ™ RESTIACE/E. Broom, JUNC1, j j M n CsrrACF.ARUM C „au.-Pe,-ia«thium
liberum, 2—6-partitum, rar©; nullum. Stamina definite, 1—6, -dum 2 vel 3 infra npri-mihium a r
ejusdem laciniis interioribus opposite uni-pluri-loculare, loculis mpnospermis (in Xyride p o k sSm T )
ovulis penduhs. - ] ericar/nuin capsulare vel nucamentaceum. Semina inversa. A/bumei/semim rnnfarmJ
Enibtyo m extrenntate inferiore seminis umbilico opppsitus,. extra albumen situs, lenticularis, ß rm a ^ r o d r .
?°P 9 SLl“ - 4 T ° P ' S “ 1,11- M asc. uj disco enpitu I. Penanthmm fo o s mterioribus infra cimmliq „ iii,,.»»
„serbs. Storno, , . - 6 Author* b iio e n ta e s Fiiiir. in ambitu capituli. i * « Ä T f e l S Ä Ä -
2 3-locnlaris, 2 3-loba, anguiis sallenbbus dehisccns! '
Radix fibrosa, fibris longis, crassiusciilis, transversim ar-
ticulatis. :
'Folia' omnia radicalia, bi- tri-uncialia, interiora^erecta
exteriora patentia, ensiformia,. luteo-viridia, cras-
sa, succulents, pellucida, striis; longitudinalibus
transversisque pulcherrinne reticulata : folium in-
tèrius vaginans, hinc fissum.
Sgapds spithamæus ad dodrantalem, erectus, cellulosus,
àpgulatus, angulis numéro incertis, sæpeseptem.
-Flores in'câpituluni hemisphæricum dense congesti.
Squamæ numéros» ; exteriores majores, rotundatæ, vi-
rides, glabræ; vacuæ ; interiores sensim minores,
angùstiores, ovatæ, membranaceæ, pulcherrime
reticulatæ, fusco-purpureæ, apicibus pilis brevi-
bus, rigidis, crassis, articulatis, albis incanæ : uni-
fioræ.
Floues Masculi discoidei.
Perianthium duplex, album, reticulatum; apicibus
pilis albidis ; interius tubuloso-infundibuliforme,
apice subbilabiato, staminiferum prope apicem, et
m sinubüs tuberculo nigro exterius-diphyllurn,
fôliolis oblongis basi in tubum pei’breve^connatis.
Stamina quatuor, perianthii interioris prope apicem
îuserta, duobus ad extremitatem segmentorum,
duobus in eorum sinubus. Filamenta brévia, alba!
Antheræ atrô-purpureæ, ovato-subrotundæ, bilo-
culares..
Root fibrous, fibres long, thickish, transversely artïcu-
- ' ! lated. "■ ‘ { - i ,tt. ,,
L eaves all of them radical, from two to three inches
long, the interior ones erect, the exterior patent,
sword-shaped, yellow-green, thickish, succulent,
pellucid, beautifully reticulated with longitudinal
and transverse lines: the innermost leaf sheathing,
cleft on one side.
Scape from six to nine indies'fö ^ .é rfe c^ c lH tiïó ^ ' an-
gular, the angles variable in number, often seven.
F lowers thickly crowded into a hemispherical head.
Scales numerous; the exterior the largest, roundish,
green, smooth, empty ; the interior gradually
smaller, narrower, ovate, membranaceous, beautifully
reticulated, brownish purple, at thé apex
hoary with short, rigid, thickish, jointed, white
hairs ; o_ne-flowered.
'M a le F lowers discoid.
P e r ia n t h double, white, reticulated, with white hairs;
the interior tubular funnel-shaped, two-lipped at
the extremity, bearing stamens near the apex, and
m the divisions having a black tubercle: the exte-
.rior two-leaved; the leaflets oblong, belöw united .
into a very Short tube.
Stamens four, inserted near the extremity of the interior
perianth, two near the point of the segments,
two in their divisions. Filaments short, white.
Anthers blackish-purple, between ovate and
round, two-celled.
Flores Fceminei circa mares positi.
PEitiANTHiuMduplex; int. foliolisduobus, raro tribus,
insequalibus, ovato-lunceolatis, planis, membrana-
ceis, reticulatis, albis, ad basin usque distinctis;
apicibus pilosis, pilis albis; sub apicem tuberculo
soutane> vel duobus (rudimentis staminum?); ex-
enus, foliolis oblongo-ovatis, concavis, purpu-
rascentibus, apicibus pilosis, basi connatis.
: Ovarium brevi-pedicellatum, bilobum, lobisrotundatis.
y us brevis. Stigmata duo, longe attenuata.
PSULA dicocca, coccis unilocularibus, monospermis,
I S im J ongltu,dlnal'ter^dehiscentibus.
I hEMEN rotundatum, invefsum, r.endens, in angulum incensUniarvum,
Cein CapSuloe affixum> fusco-rufes-
I ALBS r TüM cor'aceo'niembranaceum.
WMbh! ca™osum. ■ LMBryo infoi-ni.o I *i .
lenticularis* ** ° °PP08^U3> extra albuminosus,
Female F lowers placed around the males.
P e r ia n t h double; the interior with two, rarely three
unequally sized leaflets, ovato-lanceolate, plane,
membranaceous, reticulated, white, distinct evendown
to the base; at the extremity hairy, hairs
white; beneath the apex havino- one or two tubercles
(the rudiments ofstamens?); the exterior
ones oblongo-ovate; concave, purplish; the apices
hairy, the base connate^
; O vary shortly pedicellate, two-lobed, the lobes round-
ish. Style short. Stigmas two, much attenuated.
Capsules dicoccous, fruits unilocular, one-seeded, longitudinally
dehiscent.
Se ed round, inverse, pendent, fixed to the upper intern
a l angle of the capsule, reddish brown, small.
I ntegument between coriaceous and membranaceous
Albumen carnose.
Embryo inferior, opposite to the hilum, extra-albuminous,
lenticular.
I pcrianth^Hh^hpr6!^' 8 " 2- Scale of a male flower-
: c. Inner ditS the^ nth®r and tubercles. Fig. 5. Female fl
• Fig. 6. Female flower expanded to show
3. Male flower. Fig. 4. Segment of the inner
a- -*-^e scale, b. Outer leaflets of the Perianth,
nner perianth and gerrnen. Fig. 7 . Leaf o f aw