Subgen. I. Eucyperus. 305 



naviculares ovatae acutiusculae juxta carinam 5-nerviae pallidae saepe purpureo-maculatae. 

 Nux vix % squamae aequans parvula 3/4 nim longa orbiculata trigona subito in stipitem 

 conspicuum contracta demum nigricans dense punctulata (cellulis superficiei quadratis 

 demum prominentibus). Stylus longus indivisus vel 3 — 2-fidus. 



Nigeria: Bornu (Vogel n. 64! 65! in Herb. mus. brit.). — Deutsch -Ostafrika: 

 Uyansi, Tschaya gegen den Tschaya-See 1240m (A.Peter n. 34123!). 



265. C. Kirkii C. B. Clarke in Thiselton-Dyer, FI. trop. Afr. VIII. (1902) 318. — 

 C. ducis Buscalioni et Muschler in Englers Bot. Jahrb. XLIX. (1913) 460. — C. armbilis 

 Graebner in Englers Bot. Jahrb. LIII. (1915) 369; non Vahl. — Rhizoma vix ullum. 

 Culmi plures dense caespitosi 8 — 12 cm longi graciles obsolete trigoni laeves basi valde 

 incrassati. Folia culmum superantia setacea, vaginae imae stramineae in fibras solutae. 

 Bracteae 3 patentes anthelam superantes. Anthela simplex contracta. Spiculae 5 — 12 

 subdigitatim congestae lineares 6 — 8 mm longae 1 mm latae compressae 12 — 16-florae. 

 Squamae dense imbricatae oblongo-ellipticae flavescentes vel stramineo-purpurascentes 

 5 — 7-costatae in mucronem brevem subexcurvum cuspidatae. Nux? Stylus brevis, Stig- 

 mata 3 longa. 



Zambesi-Zone: Portug.- Ost-Afrika: Lupata (Kirk!); Prateria presso Fiume 

 Mbusi (Elena d'Aosta n. 103!). — Brit.- Zen tral-Af ri ka: Nyassaland, 

 Manganja Hills (Meiler!). 



Nota. Specimina Melleri squanias obscuriores purpurascentes praebent, sed luillo alio charactero 

 a speciminibus Kirkianis abhorrent. 



266. C. Adansonii C. B. Clarke in Durand et Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. V. (1895) 546 et 

 in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1902) 335. — Rhizoma breve lignosum. Culmi 

 plures approximati 8 cm alti apite trigoni basi incrassati. Folia culmos superantia 1 V2 

 ad 2 mm lata flaccida. Bracteae 2 — 3 inflorescentiam superantes. Anthela simplex 1 — 2- 

 radiata, radius centralis nuilus, radius lateralis 1 cm longus. Spiculae 3 — 10 digitatim 

 aggregatae 8 — 12 mm longae 2 mm latae oblongo-lanceolatae acutae compressae 20 — 30- 

 florae. Rhachilla exalata. Squamae dense imbricatae ovatae stramineae 11 — 13-nerviae 

 breviter mucronatae. Stamina 3, filamenta lata. Nux 2/5 squamae aequans obovata 

 trigona basi cuneata 2 mm longa atro-cinerea. Stylus profunde trifidus. 



Trop. Westafrika: Senegal (A^anson! in Herb. mus. brit.). 



267. C. atractocarpus Ridl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 2. ser. Bot. II. (1884) 141; Engler, 

 Ilochgebirgsfl. trop. Afr. (1892) 139; C. B. Clarke in Durand et Schinz, Consp. Fl. Africae 

 V. (1895) 549; Rendle, Catal. Afr. pl. Welw. II. (1899) 118; C. B. Clarke in Thiselton-Dyer, 

 Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (19Q2) 318. — Rliizoma breve horizontale, fibrillis sublanatis. Culmi 

 8 — 16 cm alti- graciles slriati basi bulboso-incrassati. Folia copiosa V2 culmi aequantia 

 perangusta, vaginae latae clare brunneae multistriatae marginibus scariosae inferne reti- 

 culatim fissae. Bracteae 1 — 2 breves. Anthela simplex in caput unicum contracta. Spiculae 

 4 — 1 congestae suberectae lineares 2 cm longae 2 mm latae 12 — 20-florae. Squamae 

 sublaxe dispositae magnae lineari-lanceolatae sanguineae 9 — 11-nerviae subobtusae viridi- 

 carinatae. Nux 14 squamae aequans fusiformi-linearis trigona. Stylus tenuis brevis, 

 Stigmata 3 perlonga. 



Trop. Westafrika: Süd-Angola: Huilla, Empalanca auf Bergweiden 1600m 

 (Wel witsch n. 6863!). 



268. C. fuscescens Willd. ex Link, Jahrb. I. 3. (1820) 83; Kunth, 1. c. 51; Steudel, 

 I.e. 29; Boeck. in Linnaea XXXV. (1868) 527; C. B. Clarke in Durand et Schinz, 

 Consp. Fl. Africae V. (1895) 563 et in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. capens. VII. (1897) 169. — 

 Culmi plures caespitosi 8 — 16 cm alti trianguläres inferne foliati basi vaginis purpureo- 

 ferrugineis parum ampliatis leviter bulboso-incrassati. Folia 2/3 culmi aequantia angusta 

 plicata apice obtusa rigidula. Bracteae 2 — 3, ima elongata culmum quasi continuans. 

 Anthela simplex capitato-contracta. Spiculae numerosae (10 — 20) congestae lineari- 

 oblongae 10 mm longae l^mm latae 10 — 14-florae subcompressae. Rhachilla recta 

 rigida peranguste hyalino-marginata. Squamae subdense imbricatae apice patulae ovatae 



A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich. IV. ( Embryophyta siphonogama.) 20. 20 



