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pl. Cyp. II. (1855) 270. — Caulis perbrevis. Folia caespitosa, subensiformi-linearia, 

 basi paullum dilatata, acuminata, glabra, fenestrato-5 — 9nervia, membranacea, plana, 

 3 — 7 cm longa, 1 — 3 mm lata. Pedunculi per complures aggregati, inaequales, glabri, 

 5costati, paullum torti, 8 — 20 cm alti; vaginae laxae, oblique fissae, ore vix ampli- 

 atae, tenues, glabrae, foliis paullo plerumque breviores; capitula ovato-globosa summi- 

 tate albido-villosula, 4 — 5 mm lata, 5 — ö 1 /^ mm longa; bracteae involucrantes obovatae, 

 rotundato-obtusae, glabrae, arido-membranaceae, nitidulae, pallide stramineae, capitulis 

 paullo breviores; bracteae flores stipantes cuneato-obovatae, obtusissimo-rotundatae, bre- 

 viter apiculatae, versus apicem dorsi pilosae et ciJiatae, concavae, griseo-virides, basi 

 dilutiores; receptaculum pilosum; flos q^: sepala in spatham antice fissam, bicarinatam, 

 obtuse 3lobatam connata; petala in tubum apice in lobos 3 paullo inaequales, ciliolatos, 

 glandula fusca parva instructos, breviusculos egredientem connata; antherae nigrae; 

 flos Q : sepala 3, libera, obovata, obtusa, carina anguste alata, apice et summa carina 

 ciliolata, posticum brevius, lineare, acutiusculum, sparse barbulatum, omnia nigrescentia; 

 petala 3, libera, obovato-spathulata, obtusa, paullulum emarginata, supra et margine 

 pilosa, apice fusco-glandulata, crassiuscula, albida; Stylus brevis; stigmata longe fili- 

 formia. 



Australien: Botany Bay, Bush (Leichhard — blühend im März); Queensland: 

 Moreton Bay (Baron F. v. Muell&r); Cape Biver (Bowraann); Springsare (Wuth); New 

 South-Wales, Port Jackson, Blue Mountains (B. Brown; Woolls etc.); Hastings Biver 

 (Beck ler); Viktoria: oberer Murray Biver (F. v. Mueller). 



69. E. gregatum Koern. in Linnaea XXVII. (1856) 606; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India 

 VI. (1894) 581. — Caulis hypogaeus paullum elongatus, foliosus, interdum subascen- 

 dens, usque 6y 2 cm longus, i / 4 mm crassus. Folia inferne sparsa, apice caespitosa, 

 anguste parallelo-linearia, obtusiuscula, glabra, plerumque plana, impellucida, tortuosa, 

 2 — 3,5 cm longa, medio 1 / 2 — 3 4 mm lata. Pedunculi solitarii vel pauci aggregati, 

 glabri, subflexuosi, in sicco compressi, obsolete 4 costati, torti, usque 1 cm longi (ple- 

 rumque multo breviores) ; vaginae laxiusculae , oblique fissae , glabrae , striulatae , ore 

 cito destructae, folia aequanles vel superantes; capitula obconica, dein globosa, summi- 

 tate albido-villosa, usque 3 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes obovatae, rotundato-obtusae, 

 glabrae, appressae, olivaceo-nigrescentes; bracteae flores stipantes, cuneato-obovatae, 

 subito acutae, summo dorso pilosae, nigrescentes, floribus circiter aequilongae ; flos q? : 

 sepala 3, oblonga, obtusa, summo dorso puberula, carinata, navicularia; posticum ecari- 

 natum, omnia atro-grisea; petalorum tubus apice lobis 3, aequalibus, ciliatis, fusce glandu- 

 latis instructus; antherae rotundae, nigrae; flos Q: sepala 3, libera, illis floris q 1 simi- 

 lia; petala 3, libera, subaequalia, spathulata, obtusa, superne pilosa, apice glandula fusca 

 instructa, crassiusculo-spongiosa, albida; stylus brevis; stigmata longe filiformia. 



O.-Indien: Khasia Hills, 1500— 1800 m ü. M. (J. D. Hooker, Griffith, C. B. 

 Clark e n. 16101 — blühend im Oktober u. a.) 



70. E. mitophyllum Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India VI. (1894) 575 (ibi errore scribendi 

 »mitophylum« nominatum). — Plantae dense caespitose aggregatae; caulis paullum elon- 

 gatus, diffuse sed apice multo densius foliosus, tenuis. Folia e basi valde dilatata et 

 fenestrato-multinervi anguste linearia, subulato-acuminata , impellucida, flexuoso-erecta, 

 glabra, 5 — I cm longa, basi 2— 3y 2 , medio 2 / 3 mm lata. Pedunculi pauci (vel plures?), 

 folia duplo superantes, 4 — 5 costati, sulcis obscure viridibus et profundis, torti, glabri, 

 usque 20 cm alti; vaginae laxae, torto-striatae, membranaceae, glabrae, ore dein inte- 

 grae, 3 1 / 2 — 5 cm longae; capitula parva, subglobosa, nigrescentia, sparsissime puberula, 

 seniora glabriuscula, 3 — 4 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes ovatae, acutiusculae, glabrae, 

 basi substraminea excepta nigrescentes, demum non reflexae; bracteae flores stipantes 

 cuneato-obovatae, obtusiusculae vel acutae, concavae, dorso summo puberulae, fusco- 

 nigrescentes; receptaculum glabrum; flos (j 1 : sepala 3, parum spathaceo-connata, cune- 

 ato-oblonga, acutiuscula vel obtusiuscula, dorso summo puberula, nigrescentia; petala 3, 

 subaequalia, parva, nigro-glanduligera, parce pilosula; antherae nigrae (?); flos Q: se- 

 pala 3, latiuscule cuneato- oblonga, acutiuscula, 2 concava, carinata, exalata, tertium 



