Subgen. I. Eucyperus. 69 



Ostafrika: sine loco (Stuhlmann n. 6540!, 7220!), Karagwe am Victoria-See (Speke 

 und Grant n. 480!), Kilimandjaro (Taylor), Usambara (Volkens n. 2393!). Mozam- 

 bique: sine loco (Peters n. 8! p. p.), Shirefluß (Meiler). Britisch-Gentralafrika: 

 Nyassaland (Buchanan n. 865!); Nyika-Plateau (McClounie n. 13!, 171). Nordost- 

 Rhodesia: Boruma im Zambesital (Menyharth n. 1058). — Malagassisches 

 Gebiet: Westmadagaskar: Marovoay (Baron n. 5730!, Hildebrandt n. 3426 o!); 

 Ambodiroka (Perrier de la Bäthie n. 92); Antanimasaka (Perrier de la Bat hie 

 n. 13894). — Vorderindisches Gebiet: Indische Wüste, Sind (Pinwill!); Mar- 

 war (Duthie n. 4910). Centralindien : Chota Nagpore (C. B. Clarke n. 21090). Süd- 

 indien: Mysore, Talguppa (Meebold n. 9247!). Bengalen (Meebold n. 4775!). Assam: 

 Chittagong (Hooker f. n. 409 p. p.). — Hinterindien: Annam, Hu6 (Bauche). 

 Tonkin. 



20. C. imbricatus Reiz. Obs. V. (1789) 12; C. E. C. Fischer in Gamble, Fl. Madras IX. 

 (1931) 1641. — C. radiatus Vahl, Enum. II. (1806) 369; Kunth, 1. c. 71; Nees in Mart. 

 FI. bras. II. 1. (1842) 34; Steud. I.e. 37; Schweinfurth, PI. nilot. (1862) 41 et in Beitr. Fl. 

 Aethiop. (1867) 215; Boeck. in Linnaea XXXVI. (1870) 317; C. B. Clarke in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. XXI. (1884) 185, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. India VI. (1893) 617, in Durand et Schinz, 



I. c. 373, in Thiselt.-Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1902) 369, in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXVI. 

 (1903) 216 et in Philipp. Journ. Sc. II. 2. (1907) 85; Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2. Bot. 



II. (1884) 142; Maury in M6m. Soc. phys. et d'Hist. natur. Gen^ve XXXI. (1889) 132; 

 K. Schumann in Engler, Pflanzenwelt Ostafr. C. (1895) 121; Durand et Schinz, Etud. Fl. 

 Congo I. (1896) 292; Suringar, 1. c. 137, t. IV, flg. 38 et 39; C. B. Clarke in Urb. Symb. 

 antill. II. 1. (1900) 35; Chodat in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2. s6r. III. (1903) 1009; Koorders, Ex- 

 cursionsfl. Java I. (1911) 191 et IV. (1922) 96, fig. 228; E. G. Camus in Lecomte, 1. c. 72, 

 flg. 9, 1—4; Chermezon in Ann. Mus. Colon. Mars. XXX. 3. s^r. 10 (1922) 56 et in Arch. 

 Bot. IV. Mem. Nr. 7. (1931) 24; Barros in Physis IX. (1929) 368, t. V, fig. C; C. Osten 

 in Annal. Mus. Hist. Nat. Montev. ser. 2a. III. II. (1931) 149. — C. involucratus Poir. in 

 Lam. Encycl. VII. (1806) 253. — C. densißorus Link in Jahrb. I. 3. (1820) 88 (v. spec. 

 auth.!), nee G. F. Mey. nee Reichb. — C. confertifhnia Schult. Mant. II. (1824) 131. — 

 C. verlicillatus Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. (1832) 206; Nees in Wight, Contrib. Bot. India (1834) 87. 

 — C. digitatus Nees, 1. c. 85, non Roxb. — C. Roylei Arn. in Wight, 1. c. 85 (in nota) ; Kunth, 

 1. c. 100. — C. obscurus Nees ex Hook, in Journ. Bot. a. Kew Gard. Journ. VI. (1854) 

 27. — C. leptochloides Steud. Syn. Cyper. (1855) 317. — C. semidives Steud. 1. c. 36. — 

 Dichostylis radiata Palla in Kneucker, Bemerk. Cyperac. et June, exsicc. VIII. et IX. 

 Liefer. (1911) 8. — Rhizoma brevissimum lignosum. Culmus ad 100 cm altus validus 

 triqueter laevis basi incrassatus inferne foliatus. Folia*/a culmi aequantia coriacea 4 — 8 mm 

 lata basi plicata superne plana, vaginae longae fuscae. Bracteae 3 — 5 anthelam longe superan- 

 tes. Anthela composita ampla 6 — 8-rad ata, radii suberecti vel patentes ad 6 cm longi 

 rigidi e prophyllis longis pallidis ore truncatis postice bicuspidatis exsurgentes. Anthelulae 

 3 — 10-radiolatae bracteolis paucis brevibus setaceis sufTuItae. Spicae corymboso-fasci- 

 culatae sessiles vel subsessiles patentes cylindricae densae 1 — 3 cm longae 4—8 mm latae. 

 Spiculae numerosae confertae undique polystichae suberectae oblongo- vel lineari-lanceo- 

 latae 3 — 6 mm longae 1 — 114 mm latae subcompressae 10 — 20-florae. Rhachilla rigida 

 anguste alala, alae albo-hyalinae oblongae acutae diu persistentes. Squamae parvulae 

 vix super 1 ^ mm longae arcte imbricatae late ovatae obtusae membranaceae pallide ferru- 

 gineae vel fuscescentes nitidae e dorso viridi carinato 3 — 5-nervoso in mucronem validum 

 subexcurvum excurrentes. Stamina 3, antherae breves lineari-oblongae, connectivum in 

 appendicem brevem ovatam albidam productum. Stylus longus tenuis, stigmata 3. Nux '4 

 squamae aequans minuta ovata vel elliptica compresso-trigona straminea nitida vix api- 

 cata. — Fig. 9Ö— J (p. 65). 



Fluß- und Seeufer, Sümpfe, feuchte Waldstellen. Tropischer Kosmopolit. — 

 Afrikanisches Wald- und Steppengebiet: Senegal (Sieberl, Lelievre!, 

 Chevalier n. 44113!). Gambia. Liberia, am Cavallyfluß (Dinklage n. 2649!). 



