426 Georg Kükenthal. — Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. 



var. y. brevibracteatus (Domin) Kükenth. comb. nova. — Mariscua Dietrichiae 

 subsp. brevibracteatus Domin, 1. c. 436, flg. 100. — Bracteae plerumque 2 anthelam haud 

 vel parum superantes. Spicae densae breves globosae. Spiculae 10 — 13 mm longae fractu- 

 oso-flexuosae. Squamae brunneo-flavescentes. 



Queensland: am Fuße des Mt. Remarkable bei Pentland (Dom in). 



386. C. subulatus R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. (1810) 217; Kunth, I.e. 112; 

 Steud. I.e. 54; Benth. Fl. austral. VII. (1878) 281; F. M. Bailey, Queensl. Fl. VI. 

 (1902) 1746; Domin in Bibl. bot. Heft 85. (1915) 427. — C. carinatus Boeck. in Flora 

 LVIII. (1875) 84; non R. Br. — C. feraz Benth. I.e. 286 pro min. p.; non Rieh. 

 — Perennis. Culmus gracilescens triangularis laevis 25 — 35 cm altus inferne pauci- 

 foliatus basi incrassatus. Folia culmo breviora remota 1 — 2 mm lata complicato-plana. 

 Bracteae 3 — 4 patentes anthelam longe superantes marginibus remote denticulati. 

 Anthela simplex laxa 5-radiata, radii usque ad 10 cm longi setacei patentes. Spicae late 

 ovatae 1 — 3 cm diam. laxae plurispiculosae. Spiculae remotiusculae imprimis inferiores 

 demum divaricatae vel reflexae subulato-lineares acutae 8 — 16 mm longae 1 mm latae 

 subteretes 5 — 12-florae. Rhachilla tenuis late alata. Squamae remotiusculae subadpressae 

 oblongo-ellipticae subobtusae vix carinatae dorso late virides 3 — 5-nerviae lateribus pur- 

 pureae enerves. Stamina 3, antherae lineares. Stylus longus trifidus. Nux »/s squamae 

 aequans oblonga vel subobovato-oblonga trigona nigricans dense punctulata apiculata. 



Australisches Gebiet: Queensland: Port Mackay (A. Dietrich n. 6051 629! 

 6481); Port Curtis (MacGilli vray n. 91!). Neu- Süd-Wales: Port Jackson (R. Brown 

 n. 5886!); Ballina (Bäuerlen in Herb. Technol. Mus. Sydney n. 43!, Maiden und 

 Boorman !). 



var. ß. confertus Benth. Fl. austral. VII. (1878) 281. — C. Andrewsii G. B. Glarke 

 in Kew Bull. Add. Ser. VIII. (1908) 12. — Anthela magis contracta. Radii pauci breves. 



Victoria: Lake Hindmarsh (Reader n. 5! in Herb. Mus. Melbourne). Süd-Australien: 

 Lake Eyre (Andrews n. 21!). 



387. C. Luerssenii Boeck. in Flora LVIII. (1875) 86; Benth. Fl. austral. VII. (1878) 

 280; Domin in Bibl. bot. Heft 85. (1915) 427. — Rhizoma breve lignosum. Culmi pauci 

 approximati 30 — 45 cm alti graciles trianguläres laeves basi incrassati subaphylli inferne 

 vaginis paucis remotis brunneis vestiti, harum nonnisi suprema in laminam brevem 2 — 6 cm 

 longam 1 % mm latam carinato-complicatam producta, caeterae elaminatae. Bracteae 3 

 demum patentes anthelam haud superantes marginibus remote spinulosae. Anthela simplex 

 laxa 4 — 5-radiata, radii patentissimi setacei 4 — 6 mm longi e prophyllis longis tubulosis 

 ore oblique sectis exsurgentes. Spicae latae laxae 6 cm diam. Spiculae remotiusculae 

 divaricatae curvatae flliformi-lineares acutae 3 — 4 cm longae 1 mm latae subquadrangu- 

 lares 16 — 24-florae. Rhachilla tenuis alata, alae lineari-lanceolatae albo-hyalinae. Squamae 

 remotiusculae apice patulae oblongo-ellipticae subacutae lateribus sanguineae dorso late 

 virides 7-nerviae. Stamina 3, antherae longae lineares. Stylus longus, Stigmata 3 breviter 

 exserta. Nux »/s — Vs squamae aequans oblonga triangularis angulis obtusis prominentibus 

 faciebus concavis nigricans dense punctulata apiculata. 



Australisches Gebiet: Queensland, Port Denison (A. Dietrich n. 722!); 

 Barcoo Downs (Birch!),; Randwick (G. Bäuerlen! in Herb. bot. Gard. Sydney). 



Sect. 46. Phleoidei Kükenth. sect. nova. 

 Rhizoma breve lignosum. Culmi robusti triquetri laeves vel apice scabriusculi basi 

 incrassati. Folia lata plana coriacea longe attenuata. Bracteae longissimae. Anthela com- 

 posita vel simplex, radii rigidi breves vel elongati. Spicae ovatae vel cylindricae dense 

 spiculatae. Spiculae numerosae oblongae vel oblongo-lanceolatae 1 — 1 ^ mm latae com- 

 pressae plerumque pauciflorae. Rhachilla alata. Squamae remotiusculae apice patulae 

 sordide stramineae vel brunneae vel rufae tenuiter nervosae. Stamina 3, antherae lineares 

 longae. Stylus et Stigmata longa. Nux 34 — Vs squamae aequans oblonga vel latior sub- 

 curvata. — C. Fauriei transitum ad Sect. Strigosi format. 



