64 Georg Kükenthal. — Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. 



1. Culmus percrassus. Folia 2 — 3^ cm lata. Radii ad 25 cm longi. Alae rha- 

 chillae lineari-falciformes demum fuscae. Squamae mediocres conspicue 

 mucronatae 18. C. immensus. 



2. Culmus validus. Folia 6 — 20 mm lata. Radii non ultra 8 cm longi. Alae vix 

 conspicuae. Squamae parvulae breviter mucronatae 19. C dives. 



II. Anthela composita. Spicae sessiles polystichae densae. Alae rhachillae diu persi- 

 stentes. Squamae 1 34 mm longae in mucronem conspicuum validum subexcurvum 

 excurrentes. Antherae breves lineari-oblongae, connectivum albido-productum 



20. C. imbricatus, 



B. Spiculae turgidulae 2 — 3 mm latae. Squamae 2^4 mnti longae marginibus incurvae 

 concavae vix carinatae. Stamina 2. Stigmata 2. Nux piano- convexa 



21. C. alopecuroides. 



17. C. exaltatus Hetz, Observ. V. (1789) 11; Vahl, Enum. pl. II. (1806) 366; Kunth, 

 i.e. 70; Steud. 1. c. 36; Boeckeler in Linnaea XXXVI, (1870) 319; Benth. Fl. austral. 

 VII. (1878) 285; C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXI. (1884) 186 (incl. var. ß. amoena), 

 in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India VI. (1893) 617, in Durand et Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. V. (1895) 

 560, in Thiselt.-Dyer, FI. trop. Afr. VIII. (1902) 370, in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. (1903) 

 212, in Philipp. Journ. Sc. II. 2. (1907) 86; K. Schumann in Engler, Pflanzenwelt Ost- 

 Afrikas C. (1895) 121; Suringar, 1. c. 139, t. IV, fig. 40; Nakai in Bot. Mag. Tokyo XXVI. 

 (1912) 193; E. G. Camus in Lecomte, Fl. gen6r. Indo-Chine VII. (1912) 73; K. Domin 

 in Bibl. bot. Heft 85. (1915) 434; Chiovenda in Result. Sei. Mission. Stefanini-Paoli nella 

 Somalia Ital. I. (1916) 179; Chevalier, Expl. Bot. Afr. Occid. Frang. I. (1920) 691; C. E. C. 

 Fischer in Gamble, Fl. Madras IX. (1931) 1642. — Ö. odoratus Burm. Fl. Ind. (1768) 20, 

 t. VIII, flg. 2, non L. — ? C.fastigiatus Forsk. Fl. Aeg.-arab. (1775) 14, non Rottb. — 



C. canaliculatus Retz. Obs. VI. (1791) 20 (fide Kunth). — C. venustus R. Br. Prodr. Fl. 

 Nov. HoU. (1810) 217; Miq. Fl. Ind. bat. III. (1859) 280; Thwaites, Enum. pl. Zeyl. (1864) 

 432, non Nees. — C.festivus Link in Jahrb. I. III. (1820) 88. — C. umbellatus Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. I. (1832) 205; Arn. in Wight, Contrib. Bot. India (1834) 85 in observ., non aliorum. — 

 C. alopecuroides Roxb. Hort. beng. (1814) 6 (nomen) et Fl. Ind., 1. c. 208, non Rottb. — 

 C. acerosus Roxb. ex Arn. in Wight, 1. c. 84 in nota. — C. altus Nees in Wight, 1. c. 84; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. bat. III. (1859) 276. — C. oryzeücola Steud. 1. c. 37. — C. elatus Hassk. in Flora 

 XLV. (1862) 191, non L. — C. ornithopodioides Zarb in Rapp. spec. bot. Pfund. (1879) 

 39, non Delile. — C. racemosus Boeck. in Flora LXII. (1879) 555, non in Linnaea XXXVI. 

 (1870) 310. — C. Iwasakn Makino in Tokyo Bot. Mag. VI. (1892) 47 et 120; Nakai, 

 1. c. 193. — C. tokiensis C. B. Clarke in Kew Bull. (1908) 9 (ex descr.). — C. elatus var. y. 

 laxus E. G. Camus in Lecomte, 1. c. 70. — Rhizoma brave lignosum. Culmus 30 — 100 cm 

 altus validus triqueter laevis inferne foliatus basi tuberascens. Folia remota culmum sub- 

 aequantia 3 — 10 mm lata inferne complicata superne plana longe acuminata rigida, vaginae 

 longae brunneo-purpureae. Bracteae 3 — 6, inferiores anthelam longe superantes. Anthela 

 composita vel decomposita ampla laxa 5 — 10-radiata, radii suberecti vel demum patentes 

 graciles vel rigidi ad 18 cm longi compresso-trigoni laeves e prophyllis longis tubulosis 

 ore truncatis postice productis bicuspidatis exsurgentes. Anthelulae bracteolis paucis angustis 

 quam ipsis brevioribus suffultae pluriradiolatae, radioli patentes 1 — 4 cm longi. Spicae 

 demum patentes fasciculatae anguste cylindricae 2 — 4 cm longae 3 — 6 mm latae densiores 

 vel laxiores, rhachis flexuosa. Spiculae numerosae subdistichae suberectae vel demum 

 patentes oblonge- vel lineari-lanceolatae 2 — 6 mm longae 1 — 1^4 mm latae subcompressae 

 6 — 20-florae. Rhachilla gracilis anguste alata, alae lineares acuminatae albo-hyalinae vel 

 demum fuscae ± solubiles. Squamae arcte imbricatae ovatae obtusae e dorso late viridi 

 carinato 3 — 5-nervio in mucronem conspicuum rectum excurrentes lateribus castaneae vel 

 fuscae nitidae. Stamina 3, antherae lineares, connectivum in appendicem brevem rubram 

 ovatam productum. Stylus longus tenuis profunde trifidus. Nux 2/5 squamae aequans 

 elliptica vel ovata trigona pallida nitida vix apiculata. — Fig. 9 A — F. 



