Subgen. I. Eucyperus. 301 



(ex C. B. Clarke). — C. Jierbivagus Kunth, 1. c. (1837) 53. — Rhizoma abbreviatum. Culmi 

 pauci caespitosi 10 — 14 cm alti graciles apice trigoni laeves inferne foliati basi bulboso-incras- 

 sata vaginis mortuis brunneis in fibras dissolutis cincti. Folia culmo breviora perangusta 

 canaliculata laevia rigidula, vaginae brunneae. Bracteae 3, ima anthelam superans sub- 

 erecta, caeterae breviores divergentes. Anthela simplex 2 — 3-radiata, radii exteriores non 

 ultra 1 cm longi, radius centralis nuUus. Spiculae 3 — 10-nim digitatae patentes lineari- 

 lanceolatae 8 — 16 mm longae vix 2 mm latae circ. 20-florae acutae compressae demum 

 subtumidae. Rhachilla recta exalata. Squamae subdense imbricatae demum apice 

 patulae lanceolatae ovatae 3 mm longae cinnamomeae marginibus anguste albo-hyalinae 

 7 — 11-nerviae apice in mucronem brevem excurvum excurrentes. Stamina 3. Nux ^3 

 squamae aequans parvula obovata vel obovato-oblonga trigona cinerascens dense punctu- 

 lata. Stylus longus tenuis longe exsertus indivisus vel breviter 3-partitus. — Fig. 34.4 — D. 



Südafrikanische Küstenzone: Grasreiche Hügel auf sandigem Boden, an 

 Flußufern im südöstlichen Kapland, sine loco (Eckion und Zey her n. 3!), Uiten- 

 hage Distrikt am Zwartkops Rivier (Eckion!, Zeyher n. 4364!, Schlechter n. 2513!), 

 Alexandra Distr. (Drege n. 1040! 2035!), Grahamstown (Bolus n. 10659!, Miss Daly 

 n. 683!), Komgha Distr. (Flanagan n. 1016!) bis Natal (Wilms n. 2354!, Wood 

 n. 8546!). Zentrales Kapland, Somerset Distr., am Bothas-Berg bei 700m (Mac 

 Owan n. 1505!), Wodehouse Distr. (Eckion und Zeyher). Kalahari-Region: 

 Transvaal, am Vaallluß (J. Wahlberg!), Parkview (Moss n. 9750!), Milner Park 

 bei Johannesburg (Moss n. 5930!), Boschveld (Rehmann n. 4998! 5647!), Lydenburg 

 (Wilms n. 1643!). 



var. ß. multiglumis (Turrill) Kükenth. comb. nova. — C. mtdtiglumis Turrill in 

 Kew Bull. (1925) 67. — Radii longiores (ad 3 cm). Spiculae ad 44-florae. Squamae an- 

 gustiores. Nux parvula nonnisi 1/3 squamae aequans. 



Transvaal: Sandfontein 1300 m (Schlechter n. 4251!). 



var. -/. sanguinolentus (Nees) Kükenth. comb. nova. — C. semitrifidus var. minor 

 P>oeck. in Linnaea XXXV. (1868) 514. — C. usitatus ß. sanguinolentus Nees in Linnaea 

 X. (1836) 136. — Spiculae plerumque caput unicum formantes, rarius radii laterales evoluti. 

 Squamae atrosanguineae. 



Kapland: am Ufer des Oranje-Fl,usses (Eckion und Zeyher n. 127 !). — Basu to- 

 Land: Leribe (Dieterlen n. 398!). 



var. d. apriCUS (Ridley) Kükenth. comb. nova. — C. apricus Ridl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 2. .ser. Bot. II. (1884) 141 ; C. B. Clarke in Durand et Schinz, 1. c. 548, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 

 IV. Append. III. (1896) 29 et in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1902) 335; K. Schum. 

 in Engler, POanzenw. Ost-Afr. C. (1895) 118; Rendle, Catal. Afr. pl. Welvv. II. (1899) 

 118. — C. Schinzii Boeck. in Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. XXIX. (1888) 45. — C. pur- 

 pureus Boeck. 1. c. 45. — Squamae atro-fuscae nonnisi 5-nerviae in mucronem excurvum 

 excurrentes. Stylus profundius trifidus, sed Stigmata semper stylo breviora. 



Angola: Pungo Andongo, an Felsen (Welwitsch n. 6915! 7154, 7163! 7164! 

 9164). — Amboland: Oshiheke (Schinz n. 384!), Olukonda (Schinz n. 383!). Dama- 

 raland: Okahandja (Dinter n. 2562!). — Transvaal: lloutbosch (Rehmann n. 

 5648!), Heidelberg (Moss n. 17 282!), Pretoria (Rehmann n. 4480!). — Süd- Rhodesia: 

 Victoria (Monro n. 1882!). 



259. C. holostigma Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. II. Append. II. (1894) 103; C. B. 

 Clarke in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1902) 318. — Rhizoma abbreviatum. 

 Culmi plures caespitosi 4 — 8 cm alti gracillimi trianguläres laeves basi subbulboso- 

 incrassati inferne foliati. Folia culmo parum breviora setacea, vaginae brunneae. 

 Bracteae 2 setaceae, inferior anthelam superans. Spiculae 3 — 6 in apice culmi digitatim 

 confertae lineares acutae 5 — 20 mm longae 1 mm latae vix compressae. Squamae ovatae 

 apice rotundatae atrosanguineae lucidae 7 — 9-nerviae membranaceae marginibus anguste 

 scariosae. Stylus longe exsertus subindivisus vel apice breviter 2- vel 3-fidus. 



