Subgen. III. Pycreus. 335 



partim; non Lam. — G.fulvus Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. 2. ser. Bot. II. (1884) 126; 

 Engler, Hochgebirgsfl. trop. Afr. (1892) 138. — Pycreus umbrosus Nees in Linnaea x! 

 (1836) 130; C. B. Clarke in Durand et Schinz, Consp., 1. c. 543, in Thiselt.-Dyer, Fl. 

 capens. VII. (1897) 158 et in Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1902) 303; Renale, Catal. Afr. pl. Welw. 

 II. (1899) 107; Schönland in Bot. Surv. South Afr. Mem. 3. (1922) 22, t. VII. — Pycreus 

 lanceus Turrill in Kew Bull. (1925) 67. — Juncellus stylosus C. B. Clarke in Hook. fil. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. VI. (1893) 595 (v. spec. orig.!). — Rhizoma descendens stolones longos 

 validos emittens. Culmus 15—45 cm altus validus triangularis inferne plurifoliatus basi 

 incrassatus. Folia culmum subaequantia vel breviora 3 — 4 mm lata basi pHcata sursum 

 plana longe attenuata coriacea, vaginae brunneae marcidae. Bracteae 3 — 4 demum 

 patentes, ima inflorescentiam superans. Anthela simplex sublaxa 3 — 7-radiata, radii 

 suberecti demum patentes firmuli ad 4 cm longi e prophyllis longis tubulosis fuscis ore 

 oblique sectis exsurgentes. Spicae subdensae 3 — 9-spiculosae. Spiculae divergentes ob- 

 longo-lanceolatae acutae 8 — 14 mm longae 3 — 4 mm latae compressae 14 — 24-florae. 

 Rhachilla recta exalata. Squamae dense imbricatae "iy^ — 4 mm longae oblongo-ovatae 

 obtusae muticae concavae fuscae vel castaneae nitidae dorso flavo-virente obsolete 

 5-nerviae marginibus peranguste scariosae. Stamina 3, antherae longae lineares, con- 

 nectivum breviter rubro-productum. Stylus depressus profunde bifidus, stigmata parum 

 exserta rubro-maculala. Nux ^4 — Yi squamae aequans obovata vel obovato-oblonga 

 biconvexa cinerea demum spadicea opaca dense punctulata apiculata. 



Feuchte Wiesen und Flußufer in den OS t- und südafrikanischen Steppen- 

 zonen: Zanzibar (Taylor). Deutsch-Ostafrika: Bukoba am Victoria-See (Stuhl- 

 mann n. 3306!); Usambara, Amani (!). — Britisch -Zentralafrika: Nyassa- 

 land , Namasi (Cameron n.2l!). Süd-Rhodesia : Maschonaland, Umtali, 1200 m 

 (A. Engler n. 3203!). Kalahari: Transvaal, Pretoria (Rehmann n. 4772! 

 47731, Wilms n. 1G36!); Hooge Veld bei Donkers Hoek (Rehmann n. 6553!); Lyden- 

 burg (Wilms n. 1644! 1645!); Hougleton Estate, Vlei (Moss n. 6736!). Orange- 

 River- K o Ion i e : Besters Vlei (Bolus n. 8281, Flanagan n. 2080.) Basuto- 

 land: Distr. von Leribe (Dieterlen n. 596!). Östl. Küstenzone: Zululand 

 (Mogg n. 4498! 6252). Natal: Ufnlaas River (Krau ss n. 205); Lions River (Mogg 

 n. 5687!); Durban (Rehmann n. 8609!); Campbellton Tfafa (Rudatis n. 1755!); 

 ohne Ortsangabe (Buch an an n. 102! 308!). Pondoland: Umtsikaba River 

 (Drege). Griqualand East. Transkei (Drege n. 4400!). Kapland: in 

 den Küstendistrikten von King Williamstown (O. Kuntze n. 277!) bis Clanwilliam 

 (Eckion und Zeyher!) sehr verbreitet (z. B. Eckion und Zeyher n. l! 76!, 

 Eckion n. 885!, Zeyher n. 4357!, Rehmann n. 1780!, Mac Owan n. 1797!, 

 Rust n. 511!, Mundt n. 2!, Schlechter n. 1117! 10219!, Meebold n. 12320!). 

 Angola: Huilla, Lopollo, 1500 m (Wel witsch n. 6872! 6881!); Distrikt Malange 

 (Gossweiler n. 908!). 



var. ß. humilis Kunth, Enum. pl. II. (1837) 8. — Culmus 10—15 cm altus gracilis. 

 Folia angusta subcanaliculata. Radii anthelae paucispiculosi. 



Südwestliches Kapland: Clanwilliam- Distr. (Schlechter n. 8404!); 

 Kapdistr. (Bergius n. 172!). 



var. y. Grantü C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXI. (1884)66. — C. nitidus Oliver 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. XXIX. (1875) 164. — Pycreus umbrosus var. Grantü C. B. Clarke 

 in Thiselt.-Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1902) 304 p. p. — Glaucescens. Anthela magis con- 

 tracta 2 cm diam. Squamae atro-fuscae. 



Uganda: Am Ruwenzori (Scott Elliot n. 7516). D eutsch -Ostafrika : 

 Urundi am Tanganyika-See (Carson n. 54); Ngulu, Mgunda-Mkhali (Speke und 

 Grant n. 605!). 



var. ö. melanopus (Boeck.) Kükenth. comb. nova. — C. melanopus Boeck. m 

 Flora LXII. (1879) 545. — Rhizoma longe descendens crassum stolones longos crassos 

 emittens. Culmus robustus. Folia bracteaeque latiora. Anthela composita. 



