Eriocaulon. 97 



15!. E. pumilum Afzel. mscr. ex Koern. in Linnaea XXVII. (1856) 621; Dur. 

 et Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. V. (1895) 503; Ruhl. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (4899) 

 84; N. E. Br. in Th. Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1901) 237. — Folia angustissime linearia 

 (Pin speciminibus suppetentibus destructa). Pedunculi per complures aggregati, tenuis- 

 simi, glabri, 4costatuli, torti, 4 — 6 cm alti; vaginae subarctae, oblique fissae, raem- 

 branaceae, ore acutae, diu integrae, serius laceratae, 1,5 — 2 cm longae; capitula minima, 

 obconica vel demum hemisphaerica, glabra, pallide straminea, cum bracteis i — 3 mm 

 lata; bracteae involucrantes oblongo-spathulatae, obtusae, glabrae, aridae, nitido-albidae, 

 flores dimidio superantes; bracteae flores stipantes obovatae, obtusae, glabrae, con- 

 cavae, albidae; flos tf: sepala 3, basi in spatham antice fissam connata, lanceolata, 

 acuta, glabra, albida; petalorum tubus apice lobis parvis, paullo inaequalibus, vix pilo- 

 sulis, glanduligeris ; antherae nigrae; flos Q : sepala libera , valde inaequalia, linearia, 

 acuta, albida; petala anguste subspathulato-linearia vel postica linearia, pilosula, glan- 

 duligera. 



Afrika: Sierra Leone (Afzelius in herb. Berol.). 



152. E. pulchellum Koern. in Linnaea XXVII. (1856) 622; Dur. et Schinz, Consp. 

 Fl. Afr. V. (1895) 503; Ruhl. in Englers Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (1899) 84. — E. pumilum 

 N. E. Br. in Th. Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1901) 237. — Folia caespitosa, lineari- 

 subulata, glabra, pellucida, plana, fenestrato-3 nervia, 0,8 — 1,2 cm longa, medio Y2 — 

 3 / 4 mm lata. Pedunculi per plures aggregati, glabri, tenues, 4-costati, torti, 3,5 — 5 cm 

 longi; vaginae sublaxae, oblique fissae, ore acuminatae, mox inciso-laceratae, pellucidae, 

 fenestratae, 1,5 cm longae; capitula albido-straminea, glabra, cum bracteis 3 — 3Y2 mm 

 lata; bracteae flores stipantes floresque ut in specie praecedente. (Fig. 1 4 E- — N). 



Afrika: Sierra Leone (Afzelius in herb. Berol.). 



153. E. stellulatum Koern. in Linnaea XXVII. (1856) 620; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 India VI. (1894) 579. — Folia caespitosa, lato-linearia, obtusiuscula, glabra, plana, 

 tenuia, Snervia, septis transversariis nullis, pellucida, 1,5 — 2,3 cm longa, medio 2 — 

 4Y2 mm ' a ^ a - Pedunculi pauci, 4sulcati, patenti-pilosiusculi, cito glabrescentes, 8 — 

 1 cm alti ; vaginae laxiusculae vel arctiusculae, oblique-fissae, ore acuminatae, subin- 

 tegrae. pellucidae, longitudinaliter nervoso-striatae, 1,5 — 2,3 cm longae; capitula globosa, 

 per bracteas longe patentes stellulato-echinulata, glabra, 4 — 8 mm lata, bracteae invo- 

 lucrantes ovatae vel obovatae, sensim acuminatae, glabrae, pallide stramineae; bracteae 

 flores stipantes lanceolatae, flores longe superantes ; receptaculum pilosum ; flos q 1 : 

 sepala alte in spatham antice fissam connata, oblongo-ovatae, acutae, apice sparse cilio- 

 latae vel subglabrae ; petalorum tubus apice lobis minimis subaequalibus, vix pilosulis, 

 fusco-glanduliferis instructus; anthei'ae nigrae; flos Q: sepala falcato-ovata, longe acu- 

 minata, glabra, dorso crasso-alata, rigidula, albida; petala spathulato-linearia, obtusa, 

 fere spongiosa, obtusa, pilosula, vix vel non glanduligera. 



Ost-Indien: Concan (Hügel, Stocks). 



154. E. stoloniferum Welw. ex Bendle, Cat. Afr. pl. Welw. II. (1899) 101; 

 N. E. Br. in Th. Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1901) 241. — Folia caespitosa, lineari- 

 subulata, glabra, plana, pellucida, 13 — 23 cm longa, medio 1 — 2Y2 mm lata. Pedunculi 

 solitarii vel pauci, 7 — Scosfati, glabri, 20 — 40 cm alti; vaginae laxae, oblique fissae, 

 glabrae, ore obtusae, laceratae, 6 — 9 cm longae ; capitula depresso-globosa, saepe vivi- 

 para (tumque stolonifera), 6 — 8 mm lata, disco fusco instructa; bracteae involucrantes 

 late obovatae vel orbiculares, obtusissimae, glabrae, submembranaceae, albidae vel albido- 

 brunneae; bracteae flores stipantes oblanceolatae vel subspathulatae, acutae vel acutius- 

 culae, glabrae, apice incurvae, albido-brunneae; receptaculum glabrum; flos q?: sepala 3, 

 basi vel altius in spatham antice fissam connata, oblongo-cuneata, obtusa, summo apice 

 vix pilosula, fusca; petalorum tubus apice lobis longiusculis, oblongis, albidis, pilosis, 

 subaequalibus, glanduliferis instructae ; antherae albidae ; flos Q : sepala navicularia, illis 

 floris tf similia; petala anguste cuneato-oblonga, obtusa, intus pilosa, glanduligera, 

 -albida. 



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