gO W. Ruhland. — Eriocaulaceae. 



flores stipantes spathulato-obovatae, obtusiusculae, concavae, subcarinatae, apice barbulato- 

 pilosae, obscure olivaceo-virides ; receptaculum pilosum; flos (J 1 : sepala 3, libera, vel 

 basi in spatham antice fissam connata, obovata, obtusa, dorso summo pilosa, atro- 

 olivascentia; petalorum tubus apice lobis 3 inaequalibus, oblongo-laneeolatis vel anguste 

 obovatis, obtusis, ciliolatis, pilosis, albidis, apice nigro-glandulatis instructus; antherae 

 nigrae; flos Q: sepala 3, libera, ovata, carinato-cor-cava, acuta, summo dorso pilosa, 

 obscure olivaceo-viridia; petala 3, libera, cuneato-linearia, acutiuscula, apice ciliata, albida, 

 glandulata. 



Kapland: Tembuland, Berg Bazeia, 1000 m (Baur n. 622, 1166). 



105. E. laeteum Bendle, Cat, Afr. PI. Welw. II. (1899) 99; N. E. Br. in Tb. Dyer, 

 Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1901) 2 45. — Folia rosulato-caespitosa, numerosa, lanceolato- 

 linearia, vel latiuscule lineari-subulata, apice obtusiuscula et parum incrassata, glabra, 

 basi fenestrato-multinervia, apicem versus impellucida, 3 — 5 cm longa, medio 1,5 — 

 3,8 mm lata, basi multo latiora. Pedunculi complures, 20 — 60 cm alti, 6 — 7costati, 

 vix torti, glabri, erecti; vaginae laxae, oblique Gssae, lamina brevi, demum lacerata, 

 striatae, glabrae, 5 — 8,5 cm longae; capitula depresso-globosa vel demum subglobosa, 

 dense niveo-villosa, laxiflora, in sicco compressa, 0,8 — 1 cm diametro lata; bracteae in- 

 volucrantes obovatae, obtusiusculae, glabrae, ochraceo-fuscidulae, nitidae, membranaceae ; 

 bracteae flores slipantes spathulato-obovatae, subacuminatae, summo dorso pilosae, 

 stramineo-brunneae ; receptaculum pilosum; flos q 1 : sepala 3, aequalia, sublibera, an- 

 guste obovata, obtusa, pallide flavidula, apice grisea, pilosa; petalorum tubus apice lobis 



3 majusculis, inaequalibus, albidis, late obovatis, ciliatis, sub apice glandula minima nigra 

 instructis ornatus ; antherae nigrae; flos Q: sepala 3, libera, Ulis floris tf simillima; 

 petala 3, libera, cuncato-oblanceolata, obtusissima, albida, intus pilosa, nigro-glandulata. 



Afrika: Angola, Huilla, häufig in Sümpfen um Lopollo (Welwitsch n. 2452); 

 Sümpfe in den höchsten Teilen des Morro de Lopollo (Derselbe n. 2452b); Serra de 

 Oiahoia, im Humpata-Gebiet (Derselbe n. 2 453); nahe dem Cunene (Johnston); 

 sumpfige Stellen am Kuebe, 1170m ü. M., »Wasserpflanze teils über, teils unter 

 Wasser« (Baum n. 3 24 — blühend im Oktober); Mozambik, Mashonaland (Bryce, 

 nach N. E. Br.); D. O. Afrika, Niederung, nördlich des Nyassa-Sees (Thomson, nach 

 N. E. Br.). 



106. E. Teusczii Engl, et Buhl, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (1899) 77; N. E. 

 Br. in Tb. Dyer, Fl, trop. Afr. VIII. (1901) 249. — Folia patentissimo-caespitosa vel 

 subrosulata, lanceolato-linearia, apice obtusa et parum incrassata, glabra, basi fenestrato- 

 11 — 13nervia, ceterum striata, serius rubescentia, impellucida, 4 — 5 cm longa, 3 — 



4 mm lata. Pedunculi pauci, erectissimi, torti, flavescentes, tenues, 6 — 8 costati, sulcis 

 angustissimis, 30 — 60 cm longi, 1 mm crassi, glabri; vaginae laxiusculae, superne laxiores, 

 oblique fissae, ore cito compluries laceratae, striatae, membranaceae, 7 — 8 cm longae; 

 capitula globosa, durissima, breviter et dense albo-villosa, 7 mm lata; bracteae invo- 

 lucrantes rhombeo-orbiculares, obtusae, glabriusculae, brunneo-stramineae; bracteae flores 

 stipantes angustiores, obovato-spathulatae, obtusiusculae vel acutae, carinulatae, summo 

 dorso pilosulae; flos q?: sepala 3, sublibera, obovata, obtusiuscula vel obtusa, albida; 

 petalorum tubus apice lobis mediocribus, aequalibus, subangustis, longe ciliatis, nigro- 

 glandulatis instructus ; antherae nigrae ; flos Q : sepala 3 , anguste ovata, obtusiuscula, 

 albida, non carinata; petala 3, oblongo-spathulata, obtusa, pilosa, glandulata. 



Afrika: Angola, Malandsche (v. Mechow's Expedition n. 231 — blühend im Sep- 

 tember). 



107. E. huillense Engl, et Buhl, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (1899) 78; 

 N. E. Br. in Th. Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1901) 250, non Bendle! — Folia caespitoso- 

 rosulata, lato-linearia, sensim angustata, brevia, apice obtusa et parum incrassata, fene- 

 strato- circ. 9 — 1 1 nervia, glabra, 2 — 3 cm longa, basi 4 mm, superne 3 /4 mm ^ a * a - 

 Pedunculi pauci (2 — 3) aggregati, erectissimi, plus minus torti, compluries costati; va- 

 ginae arctiusculae, oblique fissae, glabrae, duplo quam folia longiores ; capitula demum 

 subglobosa, albido-villosa; receptaculum pilosum; bracteae involucrantes elliptico-ovatae, 



