■230 W. Ruhland. — Eriocaulaceae. 



' 280. — Dupatya hirsuta 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (1891) 745. — Eriocaulon Separation 

 Steud. Syn. pl. Cyp. II. (1855) 280. — Folia disticho-caespitosa, lanceolato-linearia, 

 utrinque breviter hirsuta, in sicco olivaceo-viridia, 15 — 22 cm longa, medio 4, con- 

 duplicatione 8 mm lata. Pedunculi complures, breviter patenti-puberuli, calvescentes, 

 striati, non torti, 16 — 38 cm alti; vaginae transverse truncatae, hirtulae, arctae, 4 — 

 5 cm altae; capitula semiglobosa, duriuscula, subolivaceo- vel flavescenti-straminea, 

 0,6 — 0,8 mm lata; bracteae involucrantes anguste obovatae, acutae, ciliatae, dorso 

 birsutulae. 



Brasilien: Provinzen Minas Geraes und Bahia; an feuchten, sandigen oder torfig- 

 sumpfigen Standorten. 



Var. Blanchetiana (Koern. p. sp.) Ruhl. — Paepalanthus Blatichetianus Koern. 

 in Fl. brasil. III. 1. (1863) 42 I t. 55, f. III. — Dupatya Blanchetiana O. Ktze. Bev. 

 gen. II. (1891) 745. — Caulis perbrevis. Folia caespitosa, lanceolato-linearia, rigidula, 

 utrinque patentissimo-hirta, in sicco flavo-viridia , 6 — 10 cm longa, medi«? 3 1 / 3 > con- 

 duplicatione 1 2 / 3 mm lata. Pedunculi complures (circ. 8) , breviter patentissimo-hirti, 

 dein calvuli, striati, usque 40 cm alti; vaginae arctae, transverse truncatae, patenti- 

 hirsutae, foliis multo breviores, 4 cm altae; capitula semiglobosa, flavo-fusca; bracteae 

 involucrantes oblongo-spathulatae , acutae vel acutiusculae, summo dorso pilosae ibique 

 margine ciliatae, aureo-flavae. 



Brasilien: Prov. Bahia; SeiTa da Jacobina (Blanchet n. 2598). 



8. L. rufula (A. St. Hü.) Buhl. — Eriocaulon rufulum A. St. Hil. Voy. dans les 

 distr. des diam. I. (1833) 391; Steud. Syn. pl. Cyp. II. (1855)280. — Paepalanthus 

 rufulus Kunth, Enum. pl. III. (1841) 530; Koern. in Fl. brasil. III. 1. (1863) 424. — 

 Dupatya rufula O. Ktze. Bev. gen. II. (1891) 746. — Eriocaulon Trinianum Mart. 

 in Flora (1841) Beibl. 58; Steud. Syn. pl. Cyp. II. (1855) 276. — Eriocaulon Clausse- 

 nianum Steud. 1. c. 279. — Folia lanceolato-linearia, obtusiuscula, utrinque breviter 

 patentissimo-puberula vel glabra, glauco-viridia, plana, 3 — 4,5 cm longa, usque 2 1 3 mm 

 medio lata. Pedunculi multi, patentissimo-puberuli, 6eostulati, torti, 6 — 15 cm alti; 

 vaginae puberulae vel glabrae, transverse truncatae, foliis breviores; capitula subglobosa, 

 calvescentia, sordide stramineo-fuscescentia, 3,5 — 4,5 mm diametro lata; bracteae in- 

 volucrantes obovatae, apiculatae, dorso et margine superiore sparse puberulae. 



Brasilien: Bio de Janeiro, Prov. Bahia und Prov. Minas Geraes. 



9. L. fluminensis Buhl. n. sp. — Caulis hypogaeus brevis, rigidus, foliis denu- 

 datus, radicis fibris lanaque spongiosa, argenteo-albida instructus, ad 5 cm longus. 

 Folia caespitosa, linearia, acuta, glabra, glaucescentia, rigidula, 6 — 7 cm longa, medio 

 1,5 mm lata. Pedunculi in specimine suppetente per 2 — 3 aggregati, folia plus duplo 

 superantes, rigiduli, torti, apice pilis perpaucis, brevibus obsiti, ceterum glabri, compluries 

 (5 — 6) costati, paullum torti, 21 — 22 cm longi; vaginae folia circiter adaequantes, arctae, 

 glabrae, striatae, oblique fissae, lamina arrecta, acuta, oblongo-ovata, demum lacerata 

 instructae, 6 cm longae ; capitula globosa, flavescenti-straminea, glabra, 7 — 8 mm lata; 

 bracteae involucrantes oblongo-ovatae, acutae, naviculari-concavae, glabrae, stramineo- 

 flavidae, rigidae, exteriores paullo quam interiora breviores; receptaculum pilosum; 

 bracteae flores stipantes oblongo-ovatae, acutiusculae, concavae, tenui-membranaceae. 

 flavidulo-hyalinae , carinatae, sparsissime ciliatae vel fere glabrae; flos q?: longiuscule 

 pedicellatus; sepala 3, basi connata, rhombeo-ovata, acutiuscula, glabi'a, tenui-mem- 

 branacea, flavidulo-hyalina; petala a basi ad medium connata, lobi rotundato-ovati, 

 obtusi, tenues, glabri, demum fissura fere liberi, demum non involuti; stamina 3, peri- 

 gonio ad medium adhaerentes; antherae ovatae, albidae; pistilli rudimentum triplex, 

 albidum, longe filiforme; flos Q: fere sessilis; sepala 3, libera ovata, concava, ciliata, 

 flavido-hyalina ; petala 3, libera, sepalis aequilonga, lato-lanceolata vel fere spathulata, 

 acuta, fere hyalina, ciliata; germen ovatum, tricoccum; Stylus mediocris; Stigmata 3, 

 simplicia; appendices 3, infra illa insertae filiformes, apice papillosae. 



Brasilien: Prov. Bio de Janeiro: Höhen des Itatiaia, Campos (Glaziou n. 6745 

 — blühend im Januar). 



