Eriocaulon. 81 



aeutiusculae, glabriusculae vel sparse ciliolatae; bracteae flores stipantes illis simillimae, 

 carinulatae, pilosae; flos q?: sepala 3, sublibera, ovata, apice olivascentia; petaloruin 

 tubus apice lobis 3 inaequalibus, latiusculis, nigro-glandulatis, pilosis instructus ; flos Q : 

 sepala 3, illis floris q 1 similia, carinulata, apice olivaceo-viridia ; petala 3, multo quam 

 illa minora, breviter spatbulata, pilosa, apice glandulata, albida. 



Afrika: Benguella, Huilla (Antunes — blühend im Mai). 



Nota. Cum E. Teuscxii affinis. 



108. E. fenestratum Boj. ex Koern. in Linnaea XXYII. (1856) 671; Ruhl. in 

 Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (1899) 81. — Folia caespitosa, lineari-lanceolata, apice 

 longe in acumen obtusiusculum angustata, glabra, plana, tenui-membranacea, pellucida, 

 fenestrato-8 — 1 1 nervia , 5 — 15 cm longa, basi 0,8 — 1 cm, medio 2 — 5 mm lata. 

 Pedunculi pleramque solitarii, rarius bini, glabri, tenui-fragiles, circ. 9 striati, vix torti, 

 20 — 40 cm longi; vaginae laxae, oblique fissae, ore cito laceratae, obtusae, tenues, 

 fenestratae, 4 — 14 cm longae; capitula demum globosa, laxiflora, in sicco compressa, 

 albo-villosa, 0,8 — 1 cm lata; bracteae involucrantes ovatae, obtusae, glabrae, membra- 

 naceae, virescenti-stramineae ; bracteae flores stipantes cuneato-obovatae, cuspidato-acu- 

 minatae, carinatae, summo dorso dense pilosae, apice olivascentes ; receptaculum glabrum; 

 flos (^ : sepala 3, fere ad apicem in spatham antice fissam connata, obovata, breviter 

 acuta, summo dorso dense et breviter pilosa, pallide griseo-viridia ; petalorum tubus 

 apice lobis mediocribus, obtusis, inaequalibus, intus dense pilosis et apice fusco-glandu- 

 latis instructus; antherae fusco-olivaceae ; flos Q: sepala 3, libera, obovata, acuta, con- 

 cava, crassiuscule carinata, ibique et apice pilosa, olivacea; petala 3, altius inserta, 

 libera, spathulata, obtusa, intus pilosa et infra apicem glandula fusca instructa, sub- 

 spongiosa, albida. 



Central-Madagascar: an sumpfigen und schattigen, aber auch an trockenen, 

 hochgelegenen Standorten der Provinz Emirna, nahe der Stadt Tananarivou und Betsileo 

 (Bojer n. 2271 und Baron n. 4299). 



Mauritius (ohne nähere Angaben im Herb. Wien). 



109. E. transvaalicum N. E. Br. in Th. Dyer, Fl. capens. VII. (1897) 54; Ruhl 

 in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (1899) 81. — Folia caespitosa, lineari-ensiformia, subacuta, 

 plana, glabra, 7 — 9,5 cm longa, 4 — 5 mm lata vel latiora (?). Pedunculi complures, 

 striati, glabri, 12 — 15 cm longa, 1 mm crassa; vaginae valde oblique fissae, circ. 5 cm 

 longae; capitula globosa, albo-villosa, 4 — 5 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes oblongo- 

 obovatae, obtusae, glabrae, pallide olivaceae; bracteae flores stipantes obovatae, acutae, 

 glabrae, ciliatae, fuscae vel obscure olivaceo-brunneae ; receptaculum globosum ; flos <^f : 

 sepala 3 fere ad apicem in spatham antice fissam connata, cuneato-oblonga, obtusa, glabra, 

 fusca vel olivaceo-viridia; petalorum tubus apice lobis rudimentariis ; antherae fuscae vel 

 olivaceo-virides ; flos Q: sepala 3, lanceolata, acuta, concava, acute carinata, glabra, 

 obscure olivaceo-brunnea vel fusca; petala 3, libera, lineari-lanceolata, acuta vel obtusa, 

 ciliata et intus pilosa, fuscidula vel olivaceo-viridia, eglandulosa, vel unum apice minute 

 glandulatum. 



Afrika: Transvaal, auf dem Bosch Veld bei Buchenhout's Kloof Spruit (Reh mann 

 n. 4787). 



110. E. elegantulum Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C. (1895) 133; Ruhl. in Engler's 

 Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (1899) 83; N. E. Br. in Th. Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1901) 254. 

 — Folia patenti-rosulata, oblongo-linearia, apice angustata, acuta, fenestrato-6 — 12 

 nervia, tenuia, cito destructa, glabra, plus minus plana, 1,5 — 4 cm longa, medio 1,5 — 

 3 mm lata. Pedunculi complures aggregati, obsolete 4 — 5 striati, glabri, non torti, in 

 sicco compressi, 3,5 — 20 cm (plerumque circ. 10 cm) alti; vaginae laxae, versus apicem 

 laxissimae, striatae, membranaceae, oblique fissae, ore breviter acutae et cito compluries 

 inciso-laceratae, 2,5 — 6 cm longae; capitula nigro-nivea, globosa, in sicco compressa, 

 dense ubique albo-villosa, 2 —3,5 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes floribus breviores, illis 

 reflexis demum occultae, quadrato-oblongae, obtusissimae , fusco-nigrescentes , glabrae; 



A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich. IV. 30. 6 



