Subgen. I. Eucyperus. 303 



Nordafrikanische Steppenprovinz: Eritrea, Plateau von Kohaito 2600 

 bis 2700 m, zwischen Zwerggräsern auf Felsunterlage in niederen dichten Rasen 

 (Schweinf urth n. 120!). — Südafrikanische Steppenprovinz: Damara- 

 land: Päd Okahandja-Otjisazu in Rillen von Gneisfelsen (Dinter n. 2537!); Gaub 

 (Dinter n. 2446!). 



260. C. remotiflorus Kükenth. in Fedde, Repert. XVIII. (1922) 345. — C. bellus 

 C. B. Clarke in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. capens. VII. (1897) 169 partim. — Rhizoma abbreviatum. 

 Culmi plures dense caespitosi 4 — 8 cm alti graciles leviter curvati compresso-triangulares 

 laeves basi bulboso-incrassata vaginis vetustis brunneis vel atro-brunneis demum marcidis 

 cincti inferne paucifoliati. Folia culmum aequantia vel breviora setacea convoluta, vaginae 

 dilatatae scariose marginatae, Bracteae 2, ima culmum quasi continuans anthelam superans. 

 Anthela capitato-contracta subglobosa. Spiculae 5 — 25 stellulatim patentes anguste 

 oblongae 6 — 10 mm longae 1^2 — 2 mm latae vix compressae. Rhachilla recta rigidula 

 exalata. Squamae subremotae demum conspicue patentes membranaceae lanceolato- 

 ovatae acutae fere muticae 1 ^ — 2 mm longae sanguineae vel depallescentes evidenter 

 7-nerviae marginibus albo-hyalinae. Stamina 3, rarius 2. Nux Ve — ¥2 squamae aequans 

 parvula late obovata trigona apiculata cinerea dense punctulata. Stylus longus. Stigmata 3 

 stylo multo breviora. — Fig. 34 E — O. 



Südafrika an feuchten Plätzen: Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika, südlich von 

 Kubub bei 1300 m (Range n. 270!). Kimberley Distr.: Karroo Veld, Honeynest- 

 Kloof in Herbert (in museo Mc Gregor!). Ost-Transvaal: Barberton, Nelspruit 

 (Thorncroft n. 2889!). 



261. C. obbiadensis Chiovenda, PI. Nov. Aethiop. (1928) 12 et Fl. Somala I. (1929) 324. 

 — Rhizoma abbreviatum. Culmi caespitosi 13 cm alti graciles compresso-trigoni sulcati 

 laeves inferne plurifoliati basi bulboso-incrassati ; bulbus ovato-oblongus vaginis mortuis 

 brunneis multinervosis in fibras dissolutis vestitus. Folia Vs culmi aequantia filiformia 

 convoluta, vaginae marginibus albo-hyalinae. Bracteae 2 — 3 patentes basi dilatatae, ima 

 anthelam superans. Anthela contracta ovata 10 — 18 mm diam. Spiculae 10 — 12 congestae 

 sessiles lineares 10 — 15 mm longae 1,8 mm latae compressae usque ad 24-florae. Rhachilla 

 exalata. Squamae arcte imbricatae carinato-naviculares oblongo-ellipticae purpureae 

 nervis 13 — 15 tenuibus percursae apice anguste scariosae subexcisae e carina viridi in 

 mucronem brevem excurvum excurrentes. Stamina 3, antherae lineares. Nux immatura. 

 Stylus longus tenuis profunde trifidus. 



Nordafrikanische Steppenprovinz: Mittleres Somaliland, Sultanat 

 von Obbia, Hochwiesen zwischen Scermärca Hassäm und Tobungäb (Puccioni und 

 Stefanini-n. 577!).. 



262. C. bellus Kunth, Enum. pl. II. (1837) 52; Steudel, 1. c. 30; Boeck. in Linnaea 

 XXXV. (1868) 509; C. B. Clarke in Durand et Schinz, 1. c. 550 et in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. 

 capens. VII. (1897) 169 partim. — Rhizoma abbreviatum. Culmi plures dense caespitosi 

 4 — 6 cm alti graciles compresso-triangulares laeves basi paullo incrassati. Folia culmum sub- 

 aequantia vel breviora perangusta subcanaliculata, vaginae brunneo-sanguineae marginibus 

 scariosae submarcidae. Bracteae 2 — 3 demum patentissimae, ima anthelam longe superans. 

 Anthela simplex capitato-contracta 5 — 12 mm diam. Spiculae 3 — 12 confertae undique 

 patentes lineari-oblongae 4 — 10 mm longae 1^4 — 2 mm latae compressae subobtusae 

 10 — 26-florae. Rhachilla exalata. Squamae dense imbricatae ovatae 1% — 2 mm longae 

 sanguineae interdum depallescentes 5 — 7-nerviae e carina viridi breviter acutato-mucro- 

 natae. Stamina 1 — 2. Nux parvula % — 14 squamae aequans obovata obtusa trigona 

 brunnea demum cinerea. Stylus tenuis profunde trifidus, Stigmata quam stylo longiora. 



Felsen, sandiger Lehmboden. — Südafrika: Kapland: sine loco (Droge n. 

 7396!). Damaraland: Gobabis (Kupper n. 21!). Groß-Nama-Land, Oka- 

 handja-Otjisazu (Dinter n. 4590!). 



f. auratus Kükenth. f. nova. — Squamae aurantiacae. 



