Plantae Marlothianae. 407 
aequantibus; floralibus 2 valde inaequalibus, inferiore elon- 
gato pollicem et supra longo; spiculis 8—4 in culmi apice confertis 
patentibus oblongo-linearibus acutiusculis compressis 6—5 1. long. 28—18 
floris; squamis chartaceis dense imbricatis adpressis atro-purpureis niti- 
dis, margine angusto-membranaceo-pallidioribus, oblongis navieulari- 
convexis nec carinatis neque nervatis, apice obtuso denticulo munitis. 
— E vicinia C. atropurpurei. 
| Betschuanaland, juxta fontem Kachun (Marl. n. 1027). — Flori- 
fera m. Febr. 1886. 
C. brunneo-vaginatus Böcklr. n. sp. 
Glaucus; rhizomate horizontali erasso lignoso, squamis orbiculatis 
nervosis brunneis dense vestito, fibrillis crassis duris; culmis seriatis 
erectis firmis 7—5 poll. alt. ?/, |. diametro teretiusculis leviter compressis 
basin versus quadrivaginatis; vaginis remotis angustis ore obliquo 
lanceolato-produetis, inferioribus ex toto brunneis, superioribus albi- 
dis superne brunnescentibus; umbella subcapitato-contracta 
pauciradiata, foliis tribus brevibus (8—-4 1. long.) patentibus rigidis 
subpungentibus involucrata; radiis breviss. apice pleiostachyis; spiculis 
ovatis acutiusculis leviter compressis 2!/—2 l. long. 8—10 floris; 
squamis densiuscule imbricatis apice patulis ovato-lanceolatis e carina viri- 
dula trinervi mucronulatis, lateribus pallidis purpureo-maculatis. — C. 
subaphyllo modice affinis. 
Griqualand-West, Kimberley, alt. 1200 m (Marl. n. 874). — 
Florif. m. Dec. 1885. 
C. (Mariscus) Marlothii Bócklr. n. sp. 
Glauco-virens; radicis fibrillis numerosis tenerrimis fasciculatis; cul- 
mis paucis conjunctis 9—8 poll. alt. rigidis ?/; l. diametro obtusangulis 
striatis, basin versus hulboso valde incrassatam vaginis efoliatis 
magnis membranaceis fusco-ferrugineis dense obtectis; 
foliis confertis 6—7 poll. 1. 4 lin. lat. rigidulis superne flexuosis longe 
angustato-acuminatis carinato-subcomplicatis, margine laevibus; 
involueri 5 phylli foliolis patentibus flexuosis 4—2 poll. long.; umbella 
5—6 radiata, radiis exterioribus validulis patentibus 1—1/, poll. long., 
interioribus sessilibus; spicis crassiusculis oblongo - subglobosis 5—4 1. 
long.; spiculis numerosis discis insidentibus confertis patentibus, fructiferis 
oblongis utrinque attenuatis obliquis 9 1. long. flore uno fertili; squamis 
floralibus parum remotis inaequilongis prominenter multinerviis, dorso 
viridibus, lateribus pallidis ferrugineo-variegatis; squama bracteali pellu- 
cido-membranacea subrotunda obtusa; car. squama sua breviore 
oblonga recta triangula apiculata subtiliss. punctata, matura brunnea opaca. 
— C. Kraussii proxime affinis. 
Betschuanaland, prope Kuruman, alt. 1200 m (Marl. n. 1108). — 
Fructifera m. Febr. 1886. 
