Neue Cyperaceen 
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0. Bö ekel er. 
1 . Cyperus (Pycreus) atropurpureus. Rhizomate elongato tenui pauci- 
ramoso molliculo sulcato, v. descendente v. horizontal, repenle; culmis e 
rhizomatis ramis singulis v. paucis 4 l / 2 — ~ poll. alt. filiformihus triangulis 
slriatis basi plurifolialis; foliis laete viridibus approximatis patentibus 
culmo submulto brevioribus , 2 — 1 poll. long. l / 2 — 2 /s lin . lat. planiusculis 
acuminatis apice triquetro scabris; vaginis saepiss. purpurascentibus ; um- 
bella capitato-contracta hemisphaerica pauciradiata 9 — 6 lin. diam.; radiis 
subsessilibus oligostachyis; involucri triphylli foliolis patentibus brevibus 
basi purpurascentibus infimo umbellam parum superante; spiculis paucis 
confertis patentibus lineari-oblongis acutis 6 — 3 lin. long. 14 — 21 — 9- 
floris; squamis densiuscule imbricatis vix patulis atropurpureis concolori- 
bus nitidis late ovatis obtusis naviculari-convexis ecarinatis subenervibus 
haud sulcatis; car. (immatura) obovata; stylo longe exserlo pertenui pro- 
funde bifido. — Ex affin. C. atrali Steud. — J. M. Hildebrandt Flora von 
Central-Madagascar, no. 3743. 
Ost-lmerina: Andrangolöaka auf Sumpfboden im Novbr. 1880. 
2. C. (Pycreus) paucispiculatus. Pallide viridis, pluriculmis; radice 
fibrosa, fibrillis numerosis capillaribus; culmis filiformibus firmis erectis 
rectis v. leviter curvatis 6 — 5 poll. altis obsolete trigonis basin versus 
pauci- (3 — ) foliatis; foliis culmi dimidium subaequantibus approximatis 
patentibus linearibus perangustis (haud setaceis), plano -canaliculatis apice 
marginibus denticulatis ; spiculis 3 — 4 — 2 in apice culmi spicatim dispo- 
sitis (onmibus foliaceo bracteatis) approximatis sessilibus oblongo-linearibus 
acutis leviter compressis 18 — 12 — 9-floris sesquilineam latis 6 — 4 lin. 
long.; bracteis longis, infima 3 — 2 pollicari; squamis magnis chartaceo- 
rigidulis dense imbricatis apice patulis e basi orbiculata breviter lanceolato- 
acutatis, concavis e carina pallide viridi quinquenervi mucronulatis lateri- 
bus laevibus brunnescenti-ferrugineis nitidis, margine angusto membra- 
naceo pallido; car. majuscula squamae dimidium aequante globosa (haud 
marginata) umbonato-apiculata ima basi contraeta transversim granulato- 
