7Q W. Ruhland. — Eriocaulaceae. 



apice aculiuscula vel acuta incurva, dorso gibbulosa, viridi-nigrescentia, ciliata, dorso pilosa; 

 petala 3, libera, cuneato-obovata, obtusa, apice nigro-glandulata, ciliata, albida. 



Afrika: Kapland; Natal, am Flusse Umgani nahe Pieter-Maaritzburg (Krauß n. 

 375 — blühend im September); Griqualand-East, Ufer des Flusses Umzimkulu, nahe 

 Clvdesdale (Tyson n. 1299, 2551), Handcock's Drift (Mac Ow an und Bolus n. 1203); 

 Pondoland (Bachmann); Deutsch S. W. Afrika, Hereroland, an sumpfigen Stellen am 

 Watersberg (D int er n. 378 — blühend im Februar, nach Schinz). 



Nota. Species cum E. Antunesii Engl, et Ruhl. valde affinis. 



77. E. Woodii N. E. Br. in Th. Dyer, Fl. capens. VII. pt. I. (1897) 57; Buhl, in 

 Englers Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (189 9) 77. — Eriocaulon natalcnse Schinz in Mem. Herb. 

 Boiss. (1900) Heft X. 76. ■ — Caulis perbrevis. Folia caespitosa, linearia, in apicem 

 acutum vel acutiusculum angustata, glabra, plana, 25 — 32 cm longa, 3 — 5 mm lata. 

 Pedunculi singuli vel pauci, glabri, striati, erecti, 30 — 45 cm alti; vaginae laxae, oblique 

 fissae, ore demum inciso-laceratae, glabrae, circ. 10 cm longae; capitula hemisphaerica 

 vel demum subglobosa, summitate albido-villosa, circ. 7 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes 

 ellipticae, obtusae, albido-brunneae, glabrae; bracteae flores stipantes obovatae, acutae, 

 summo apice sparse pilosulae, fuscidulae; receptaculum glabrum; flos cf: sepala 3, 

 sublibera, rhombeo-obovata, acuta vel subtruncata et apiculata, plus minus irregulariter 

 denticulata, plana, non carinata, laxa, tenuia, fusco-viridia, pilosa ; petalorum tubus apice 

 lobis 3, spathulato-oblanceolatis, obtusissimis, aequalibus, longe ciliatis, apice nigro-glan- 

 dulatis instructus; antherae albidae; flos Q: sepala 3, illis floris tf similia, plerumque 

 obtusiora, virescentia", petala libera, anguste obovato-spathulata, obtusissima, longe ciliata. 

 albida. (Fig. 9 B—N). 



Afrika: Natal, in einem Sumpfe bei Murchison (Wood n. 3053;. 



Var. minor Buhl. n. var. — Differt a forma typica statura omnibus partibus mi- 

 nore, foliis 5 — 8 cm longis, medio 1,5 — 2,5 mm latis, vaginis 5 — 5,5 cm longis 15 — 

 25 cm altis; capitulis interdum viviparis; bracteis involucrantibus plerumque orbiculari- 

 latissimis. 



Afrika: Natal, Edge of pool; Umlaas (J. M. Wood n. 52 4). 



78. E. breviscapum Koern. in Linnaea XXVII. (1856) 676; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India 

 VI. (1894) 575. — Folia caespitosa, fluitantia (?), latiuscule linearia, apice sensim an- 

 gustata, obtusiuscula, glabra, plana, laxa, fenestrato-circiter llnervia, 40 cm longa et 

 breviora, medio 3 — 5 mm lata. Pedunculi pauci, glabri, circiter 9 costati, non torti. 

 15 — 20 cm modo alti; vaginae sublaxae, oblique fissae, ore subintegrae, glabrae, fenes- 

 trato-striatae, pellucidae; capitula dein globosa, ubique dense albido-villosa, 6 — 9 mm 

 lata; bracteae involucrantes late ovatae vel obovatae, obtusae, glabrae, flavido-stramineae ; 

 bracteae flores stipantes oblongae, acutae, summo dorso pilosae, albidae; receptaculum 

 glabrum ; flos Q? : sepala in spatham altam, antice fissam, obtusissime et breviter 3 lo- 

 bam, apice pilosam connata, albida; petalorum tubus apice lobis 3 valde inaequalibus, 

 niajusculis , fusco-glandulosis, albidis instructus; antherae albidae; flos Q: sepala 3, 

 libera, oblonga vel lanceolato-ovata, acuta, albida, apice et dorso medio pilosa; petala 

 multo altius inserta, lineari-spathulata, obtusa, subtenuia, albida, intus pilosa, sub apice 

 glandula fusca instructa; Stylus germen circiter aequans; Stigmata 3, quam ille multo 

 longiora. 



Ost-Indien: (Huegel n. 3862 in Herb. Vindob.); N. Canara, Tinei Ghat, 600 m 

 hoch, in Flüssen und Lachen (Talbot, nach Hooker). 



79. E. Thunbergii Wikstr. mscr. ex Koern. in Linnaea XXVH. (1856) 677; Dur. 

 et Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. V. (1895) 503; Ruhl. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVH. (1899) 

 81 ; N. E. Br. in Th. Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1901) 22 9. — Folia erecto-caespitosa, 

 lato-linearia, obtusa, glabra, plana, pellucida, fenestrato- multinervia, membranacea, flui- 

 tantia (?), 13 — 25 cm longa, medio 6 — 7 mm lata. Pedunculi solitarii vel perpauci, 

 glabri, leviter circ. C — 7 striati, non torti, quam folia breviores, 12 — 18 cm alti; va- 

 ginae laxae, oblique fissae, ore cito laceratae, subtiliter fenestrato-nervosae, pellucidae, 



