252 Georg Kükenthal. — Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. 



Nordafrikanische Steppenprovinz: Somaliland, Ahl-Gebirge bis 1000 m 

 (Hildebrandt n. 873c! in Herb. Kew.). 



Nota. Incolae illius regionis surculis juvenilibus ad cibum utuntur. 



204. C. concinnus R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (1810) 214; Kunth, 1. c. 110; Steudel, 

 1. c. 53; F. Muell. Fragm. VIII. (1874) 261; Benth. Fl. austral. VII. (1878) 271; 

 Moore, Handb. Fl. N. S. Wales (1893) 448; F. M. Bailey, Queensl. Fl. VI. (1902) 

 1740; K. Domin in Bibl. bot. Heft 85. (1915) 428. — C. lepidus F. Muell. ex C. B. Clarke 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXI. (1884) 124. — Rhizoma breve lignosum. Culmus gracilis sed 

 firmus 25 — 45 cm altus triangularis sursum scabriusculus inferne plurifoliatus basi vaginis 

 vetustis atrobrunneis comose dissolutis incrassatus. Folia culmum subaequantia 2 mm 

 latacomplicato-plana longe attenuata rigidula. Bracteae 3 — 4 angustae patentes anthelam 

 superantes. Anthela composita vel decomposita laxa pluriradiata, radii setacei patentes 

 laeves ad 3 cm longi ex prophyllis longis tubulosis pallidis ferrugineo-striolatis ore ampliato 

 hyaline oblique sectis emergentes, radioli ad 1 cm longi divergentes bracteolis squami- 

 formibus lanceolatis pallide rufis muniti. Spiculae 2 — 4-nim digitatae vel singulae oblongo- 

 lanceolatae vel ovato-lanceolatae acutae 4 — 6 mm longae 2^^ mm latae compressae 12 — 14- 

 florae. Rhachilla tenuis recta exalata. Squamae tenuiter membranaceae dense imbricatae 

 demum apice patulae carinato-naviculares ovatae obtusae e carina viridi trinervi brevissime 

 mucronatae lateribus sanguineae vel atro-sanguineae. Stamina 3, antherae longae lineares 

 rufae apice breviter albo-cristatae. Nux ^/^ squamae aequans ellipsoideo-ovata triquetra 

 luteo-virens minute punctulata breviter et late stipitata apiculata. Stylus longus profunde 

 trifidus. — Fig. 28 H—J. 



Australisches Gebiet: Feuchte Stellen, Quellen und Flußufer in Queens- 

 land: Quellen von Flinders River (G. Luehmann!); Mueller River (C.W. Birch!); 

 Broad Sound und Shoalwater (R.Brown n. 5910!); Rockhampton (Dali ach yl, 

 O'Shanesy!, A.Dietrich n. 619! 713!); Port Gurtis (Beckler!); Mackenzie Station 

 (Leichhardt!); sine loco (Warburg n. 196131). Neu- Süd- Wales: Neu-England, 

 am Mt. Tenterfield (C.Stuart!); Mt. Alton (Gunningham!); Liverpool Plains (C. 

 Moore n. 130!); Wellington (Bäuerlen!); Narromine (R. Helms!); Bogan Gate (Boor- 

 man!); Singleton (Boorman!). Victoria: Mt. Hope am Snowy River (F. Mueller!); 

 Creswick Creek (F. Mueller!); Wimmera Distr. (F. Mueller!). 



var. ß. parvifructus Kükenthal, var. nova. — Spiculae lineari-oblongae 10 mm 

 longae vix 2 mm latae usque ad 36-florae. Nux parvula vix % squamae aequans cinerea 

 obtuse trigona. 



Neu-Süd-Wales: Red top Neverfail, Waverly Downs (in Herb. bot. Gard. 

 Sydney!). 



205. C. pinetorum Britton in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club XLIII. (1916) 462. — Rhizoma 

 breve lignosum. Culmi plures dense caespitosi 12 — 17 cm alti firmuli compresso-triangulares 

 sulcati laeves subaphylli basi vaginis longis brunneo-ferrugineis purpureo-punctatis in 

 laminam angustam perbrevem productis cincti. Bracteae 1 — 2 breves fere subulatae. 

 Anthela simplex 1 — 4-radiata, radii breves vix 1 — 1^ cm longi firmuli. Spiculae 5 — 7-nim 

 digitatae lineares 6 — 10 (teste Britton 10 — 22) mm longae 1 — 1^ mm latae subcompressae 

 12 — 24-florae. Rhachilla recta rigida exalata. Squamae sublaxe imbricatae chartaceae 

 ovatae obtusae muticae vel brevissime mucronatae bisulcatae lateribus brunneae vel 

 fuscae dorso late viridi trinerves. Stamen 1 (?). Nux ^s- squamae aequans late ovata 

 vel subobovata acutangula parvula transversim zonata pallida breviter et late stipitata 

 breviter apiculata. Stylus brevis profunde trifidus. 



Westindien: Cuba, Isle of Pines, Nähe von Los Indios in Pinebarrens auf weißem 

 Sand (N. L. Britton, E. G. Britton und Percy Wilson n. 14170!). 



206. C. phaeorrhizus K. Schum. in Engler, Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afr. C. (1895) 119; G. B 

 Clarke in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1902) 331; Chiovenda, Fl. Somala (1929) 

 325. — C. haspanioides C. B. Clarke in Durand et Schinz, 1. c. 565 (nomen). — G. verrucinux. 

 C. B. Clarke in Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. VIII. (1908) 8; Kükenth. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. 



