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medio g 1 /^ — 4 mm lata. Pedunculi pauci, Scostati, glabri, 6 — 13 cm alti; vaginae 

 laxae, oblique fissae, glabrae, 2*,2 — 3 cm longae; capitula subglobosa, parce puberula. 

 grisea, 3 3 /4 — 4y 4 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes disco juvenili breviores, demum non 

 reflexae, obovato-oblongae, obtusissimae, glabrae, pallide brunneo-albidae ; bracteae floi-es 

 stipantes subspathulato-obovatae, acutae, concavae, fuscae, apice dorsi puberulae; re- 

 ceptaculum sparse pilosum; flos tf: pedicellatus; sepala 3, in spatham 3-crenatam vel 

 3-lobatam, fuscam, apice ciliatam, antice fissam connata; petalorum tubus apice lobis 

 3, minutis, inaequalibus, ovatis, acutis, albis, sparsissime pilosiusculis instructus; flos Q: 

 sepala 3, lanceolata, acuta vel obtusa, navicularia, unum subplanum, 2 acute gibboso- 

 carinata, nigrescenti-fusca, vix ciliolata, ceterum glabra; petala 3, lineari-cuneata, ob- 

 tusa, apice ciliato excepto glabra, alba, eglandulosa vel vix glanduligera. 



Afrika: D. 0. Afrika, Kwa Chiropa (Hannington nach N. E. Brown). 



90. E. Sonderianum Koern. in Linnaea XXVII. (1854) 669; N.E. ßr. in Tb. Dyer, 

 Fl. capens. VII. pt. I. (1897) 55; Ruhl. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (1899) Si. — 

 Eriocaulon decipiens N. E. Br. in Th. Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1901) 2 45. — Folia 

 caespitosa, erecto-patentia, lanceolato-linearia, e basi valde dilatata apicem versus sensim 

 subulato-angustata , glabra, pellucida, fenestrato- circ. 7 — 1 1 nervia, 4,5 — 9 cm longa, 

 medio 2 — 4 mm lata. Pedunculi solitarii vel pauci, erecti, 6sulcati, glabri, vix torti, 

 15 — 35 cm alti; vaginae plus minus laxae, oblique fissae, ore laceratae, striatae, folia 

 circiter adaequantes; capitula globosa, albo-villosa, 6 — 8 mm lata; bx-acteae involucrantes 

 quadrangulari- vel late cuneato-obovatae, obtusae, apiculatae, glabrae, rigidulae, demum 

 floribus reflexis occultae, viridi-flavescentes ; bracteae flores stipantes spathulato-obovatae, 

 breviter cuspidatae, summo dorso pilosae, carinatae, carnulosae, apice albido excepto 

 virescentes; flos tf: sepala 3, circ. ad medium in spatham antice fissam connata, 

 obovata, apiculata, apice pilosa, concava, virescenti-flavida ; petalorum tubus apice 

 lobis 3 subaequalibus, oblongis, glandulatis, pilosis instructus; antherae nigrae, oblongae; 

 flos O: sepala 3, libera, obovata, acuta, ciliata, doi*so carina crasse alata et pilosa 

 instructa, flavo-viridia ; petala 3, altius inserta, libera, oblongo-linearia, obtusa, sub apice 

 fusco-glandulata, albida. 



Afrika: Kalahari-Region, Transvaal, Magalisberg (Zeyher n. 4 731); Lydenburg 

 (F. Wilms n. 1575 — blühend im Dezember); Nyassaland, Mnt. Milanji (A. Whyte 

 n. 1 I 5). 



91. E. Dregei Höchst, in Regensb. Flora XXVIII. (1845) 3 41; Steud. Syn. pl. 

 Cyp. II. (1855) 272; Koern. in Linnaea XXVII. (1856) 672; N. E. Br. in Th. Dyer, FL 

 capens. VII. pt. I. (1897) 55; Ruhl. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (1899) 81. — Folia 

 erecto-caespitosa, paulhim patula, lanceolato-linearia, apice obtusa, subensiformia, pellucida, 

 fenestrato -multinervia, 6 — 20 cm longa, 3 — 5V2 mm lata, basi latiora. Pedunculi 

 solitarii, glabri, nitiduli, torti, circ. 7costati, 35 cm alti; vaginae laxiusculae vel laxae, 

 oblique fissae, ore demum laceratae, glabrae, fenestrato-striatae, 8 — 14 cm altae; 

 capitula subglobosa, ubique dense albo-villosa, 8—9 rnm lata; bracteae involucrantes 

 Iatiuscule oblongae vel oblongo-obovatae, rotundato-obtusae, vix apiculatae, glabrae, 

 olivaceae, floribus reflexis cito occultae; bracteae flores stipantes spathulato-oblongae, 

 acutae, carinatae, summo dorso pilosae ; receptaculum glabrum ; flos tf : sepala fere ad 

 medium in spatham antice fissam connata, obovata, acuta, apice pilosa, pallide fusci- 

 dula; petalorum tubus apice lobis 3 majusculis, lato-oblanceolatis, antico majore, Omni- 

 bus glandulatis, pilosis instructus; antherae olivaceo-fuscae; flos Q: sepala 3, libera, 

 oblonga, acuta, crassissime alato-carinata, olivacea, pilosa; petala oblanceolato-spathu- 

 lata, obtusa, glandulata, pilosa, albida. 



Afrika: Natal, im Sumpf bei Clairmont (Wood n. 1 427, nach Brown); zwischen 

 Felsen im Bette des Umbilo-Flusses (Sanderson n. 904 nach Brown); Pondoland 

 (Bachmann n. 302 und C. Beyrich n. 28); Kapland, ohne Standortsangabe (Drege 

 n. 4101). 



92. E. Wightianum Mart. in Wall. PI. as. rar. III. (1832) 28; Kunth, Enum. 

 pl. III. (1841) 563; Steud. Syn. pl. Cyp. II. (1855) 271; Koern. in Linnaea XXVII. 



