306 Georg Kükenthal. — Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. 



obtusae muticae sanguineae 9-nerviae marginibus anguste albo-hyalinae. Stamina 3. 

 Nux 2/3 squamae aequans oblonga trigona nigra dense punctulata. Stylus brevis, Stigmata 3 

 longa exserta. 



Kapland: sine indicatione loci et nomine coUectoris in Herb. Willd. n. 1306! (in 

 Herb. mus. brit. Kaffraria inscripta est). 



269. C. exilis Willd. ex Nees in Linnaea IX. (1835) 285 (nomen); Kunth, Enum. 

 pl. II. (1837) 50; Steudel, 1. c. 29; Boeck. in Linnaea XXXV. (1868) 506; G. B. Clarke in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. XX. (1883) 286 et in Durand et Schinz, Consp. Fl. Africae V. (1895) 

 561; Chermezon in Ann. Mus. colon. Marseille XXX. 3. ser. vol. 10. (1922) 34. — G. panno- 

 nicus Jacq. var. ß. Poir. in Lam. Encycl. VII. (1806) 242. — Radix fibrosa. Culmi plures 

 caespitosi 2 — 8 cm alti graciles compresso-triangulares basi incrassati paucifoliati. Folia 

 culmo breviora vel aequilonga perangusta canaliculata carnosula apice obtusa laevia, 

 vaginae magnae ampliatae brunneo-rufae multinervosae marginibus late albo-scariosae. 

 Bracteae 2 anthelam pauUo superantes divergentes. Anthela ad capitulum unicum hemi- 

 sphaericum 1 — 1^4 cm diam. paucispiculatum contracta. Spiculae 3 — 7 digitatim confertae 

 oblongae obtusiusculae 4 — 8 mm longae 2 mm latae compressae 10 — 12-florae. Rhachilla 

 recta exalata. Squamae dense imbricatae ovatae cinnamomeae inferne saepe sanguineo- 

 tinctae 11 — 13-nerviae marginibus late albo-hyalinae e carina viridi brevissime acutato- 

 mucronatae. Stamina 3, antherae parvulae subellipsoideae. Nux ^ squamae aequans 

 obovata triquetra cinereo-nigra dense punctulata vix apiculata. Stylus longus, Stigmata 3. 



Malagassisches Gebiet: Madagaskar: sine indicatione loci (Thouars, 

 nach Poir.). — Mauritius: La Pouce (Sieber, Fl. maurit. II n. 9! und Fl. mixta n. 132!, 

 Willd. Herb. n. 1295 fol. 1!, Gardner!). 



270. C. Kaessneri C. B. Clarke in Englers Bot. Jahrb. XXXVIII. (1906) 133 et in 

 Kew Bull. Add. Ser. VIII. (1908) 3. — Radix fibrosa. Culmi plures caespitosi 7 — 18 cm 

 alti graciles compresso-triangulares laeves inferne paucifoliati. Folia ^/g culmi aequantia 

 1 mm lata complicato-plana, vaginae latae brunneo-purpureae multinervosae marginibus 

 hyalinae. Bracteae 2 — 3 inflorescentiam pauUo superantes divergentes. Anthela simplex 

 in Caput unicum hemisphaericum 1 — 2^ cm diam. contracta. Spiculae 4 — 20 stellatim 

 congestae lineari-oblongae obtusae 6 — 20 mm longae 2 mm latae compressae 40 — 60- 

 florae. Rhachilla recta exalata. Squamae dense imbricatae apice patulae ovatae 2 mm 

 longae atro-sanguineae apicem versus pallide virentes 9-nerviae apice excisae e carina 

 viridi in mucronem validum viridem excurvatum desinentes. Nux y^ squamae aequans 

 ovata triangularis faciebus fere planis brunnea minutissime punctulata. Stylus longus, 

 Stigmata 3. 



Eritrea: Hamasan, Pianura di Sabarguma (A. Pappi n. 99!). — Britisch- 

 Ostafrika: Kibwezi (Kaessner n. 716!). — Deutsch-Ostafrika: Ost-Usambara, 

 zwischen Bwiti und der Nyika, Miombowald 300m (A.Peter n. 25 367!); Tanga, bei 

 Amboni (A.Peter n. 22360!). 



271. C.teneriffae Poir. in Lam. Encycl. VII. (1806) 245; C. B. Clarke in Hook. fil. 

 Fl. Brit. India VI. (1893) 601, in Durand et Schinz, Consp. Fl. Africae V. (1895) 579, 

 in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. capens. VII. (1897) 166 et in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. 

 (1902) 307; K. Schum. in Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C. (1895) 118; Chiovenda in Result. 

 Sc. Missione Stefanini-Paoli nella Somal. Ital. I. (1916) 179; Chermezon in Ann. Mus. 

 colon. Marseille 3. ser. X. (1922) 33; Fischer in Gamble, FI. Madras IX. (1931) 1639. — 

 C. rubicundus Vahl, Enum. II. (1806) 308 (v. sp. auth.!); Kunth, 1. c. 49; Webb. et Berth. 

 Phytogr. Canar. III. (1836—40) 361, t. 240; Steudel, Synops. Cyper. (1855) 29; Boeck. 

 in Linnaea XXXV. (1868) 507; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. (1867) 216 et in Herb. Boiss. 

 II. App. II. (1894) 46 et 102; C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXI. (1884) 104; Engler, 

 Hochgebirgsfl. trop. Africa (1892) 139. — C. tersus Link, Jahrb. I. 3. (1820) 82. — C. 

 coromandelinua Spreng. Syst. I. (1825) 217; non Boeck. — C. pectinatus Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 I. (1832) 190; non Vahl. — C. Wightü Nees in Wight, Contrib. Bot. Ind. (1834) 78; Kunth, 



