32 W. Ruhland. — Eiüocaulaceae. 



bracteae flores stipantes obovatae, acutae, concavae, summo dorso pilosae, viridi-dilu- 

 tescentes; flos q?: sepala usque ad apicem in spatham antice fissam connata, obtusis- 

 simo-rotundata, ciliolata, viridi-flavicantia; petalonim tubus apice lobis subnullis; 

 stamina 6; flos Q: sepala 3, libera, oblongo-ovata, acutiuscula, barbulata, virescentia; 

 petala 3, oblanceolato-spathulata, obtusiuscula, hvalina, glandulata, pilosa. 



Afrika: Ghasalquellengebiet, Land der Djur (Schweinfurth n. 2 23 — blühend 

 im Oktober); Sansibar, Insel (Hildebrandt n. 1056 — blühend im Oktober); D. O.- 

 Afrika, Usambara, Duga, auf feuchten Wiesen (C. Holst n. 3181 — blühend im Juni); 

 Sansibarküste, auf feuchtem, von Gras entblößtem Land zwischen Fungasomba und Wito, 

 etwa 20 km von Mkonumbi (Denhardt,. 



IM. E. trilobatum Ruhl. in Engler' s Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (1899) 81. — Folia 

 caespitosa, elongata, lanceolato-linearia, vel parallelo-linearia, obtusiuscula, multinervia, 

 basi latiora, fenestrata, ceterum impellucida, glabra, erecta, 14 — 28 cm longa, medio 

 7 — 8 mm lata. Pedunculi complures vel submulti aggregati, 5 — 6costati, torti, sulcis 

 in sicco obscure olivaceis, 25 — 50 cm alti; vaginae laxiusculae, oblique fissae, ore acuto 

 integrae, pilis densissimis persistenter patentissimo- vel patenti-villosae, 7 — 1 6 cm longae 

 (foliis paene dimidio breviores) ; capitula demum semiglobosa, summitate albido-villosa, 

 duriuscula, 7 — 9 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes late obovatae, carinulatae, acutiusculae, 

 glabriusculae vel sparse pilosulae, brunnescentes; bracteae flores stipantes angustiores, 

 acutae, rigidulae, summo tergo pilosae; flos q*: sepala basi in spatham antice fissam 

 connata, obovata, rotundato-obtusa, ciliata, olivaceo-vel fusco-virescentia; petalorum tubus 

 apice lobis 3, subaequalibus, parvis, ciliatis, parce glandulatis instructus; antherae nigrae; 

 flos Q: sepala 3, late ovata, brevissime acuta, leviter concava, summo dorso pilosa, 

 viridia ; petala 3, oblongo-spathulata, multo quam illa breviora, margine et apice pilosa, 

 glandulata, viridi-albida. 



Central-Madagascar: Ost-Imerina; Andrangoloaka (Hildebrand n. 3715 — 

 blühend im November). 



112. E. Volkensii Engl, in Pflanzenw. D. O.-Afrik. C. (1895) 133; Ruhl. in 

 Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (1899) 82; N. E. Br. in Th. Dyer, FL trop. Afr. VIII. (1901) 

 2 38. — Folia lanceolata, e basi latissima sensim angustata, obtusa vel acutiuscula, 

 multinervia, fenestrata, plana, in sicco olivaceo-viridia, basi lana albida cincta excepta 

 glabra, 3 — 6 cm longa, 0,5 — 1,8 cm lata. Pedunculi foliis breviores, complures, circ. 

 Scostati, paullum torti, glabri, 2,5 — 4,5 cm longi; vaginae arctiusculae, oblique fissae, 

 fere occultae, 1 — 1,5 cm longae; capitula globosa, parva, 4 — 5 mm lata, primo intuitu 

 glabriuscula ; bracteae involucrantes quadrato-orbiculares, obtusissimae, glabrae, stramineo- 

 flavicantes; bracteae flores stipantes cuneato-obovatae, acutae, ciliolatae, stramineae, 

 dorso puberulae; flos q 1 : sepala alte in spatham antice fissam connata, obtusissima, 

 brunneola, apice puberula; petalorum tubus apice lobis vix inaequalibus, mediocribus, 

 glandulatis, ciliatis instructus; antherae nigrae; flos Q: sepala 3. libera, oblonga, ob- 

 tusa, concava, brunneo-albida, tergo albo-pilosa; petala lineari-lanceolata, acuta, albida, 

 apice puberula, nigro-glandulata. (Fig. 9.4). 



D. O. -Afrika: Kilimandscharo, Nordseite, nahe der Noholu-Höhle » Yumba-ya-Nguaro « 

 3200 m ü. M., in einer feuchten Senkung, geschlossene, rasige Massen auf moorigem 

 Boden bildend (G. Volke ns n. 2032 — blühend im März). 



Nota. Species habitu (foliis proratione latissimis, pedunculis quam folia brevioribus, vaginis 

 subnullis) valde insignis. 



113. E. Johnstonii Ruhl. in Engler's Jahrb. XXVII. (189 9) 82. — Folia patenti- 

 caespitosa, e basi valde dilatata subparallelo-linearia, obtusa, glabra, fenestrato-1 5 — 19 

 nervia, plana, usque 7,5 cm longa, 3,5 — 4,5 mm lata. Pedunculi singuli vel perpauci, 

 torti, glabri, 18 — 24 cm alti; vaginae oblique fissae, arctiusculae, striatulae, impellucidae. 

 ore demum fissae, obtusae, 5 — 7 cm longae; capitula demum globosa, summitate spar- 

 sissime puberula, dein glabra, circ. 6 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes quam flores bre- 

 viores, oblongo - obovatae , obtusae, glabrae, fulvido-griseae, concavae; bracteae flores 

 stipantes illis similes concavae, brunneae; flos q* : sepala 3, fere ad apicem in spatham 



