Subgen. IV. Mariscus. 483 



Inseln (Home). Samoa-Inseln: Upolu (Christophersen n. 521!). Gesellschafts- 

 Inseln: Tahiti (Savatier n. 1017). 



var. ß. altus Kükenth. in Bernice P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 128. (1934) 17, fig. 1. — 

 Culmus ad 60 cm altus. Folia 8 mm lata. Radii ad 10 cm longi. Spicae densae. Spiculae 

 5 — 8 mm longae 4-nucigerae. Squamae stramineo-flavidae. 



Samoa-Inseln: Upolu, Wald ober Sauango, 400 m (Christophersen n. 549!); 

 Mauhga Tele Ridge ober Saluafata, 600 m (Christophersen n. 537'). 



var. y. perdensus Kükenth. in Bernice P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 128. (1934) 19, fig. 2. — 

 Spicae perdensae. Spiculae 3 mm longae 1 — 2-nucigerae. Squamae sordide brunneae. 

 Caeterum sicut var. ß. 



Samoa-Inseln: Tutuila, Wald am Alava-Grat, 500m (Christophersen 

 n. 1819!). 



var. ö. monostachys (Boeck.) Kükenth. 1. c. 18. — C. monostachys Boeck. in Lin- 

 naea XXXVI. (1870) 389; non aliorum. — C. upoluensis Boeck. in Flora LVIII. (1875) 

 88. — C. Mutisii Boeck. in Englers Bot. Jahrb. XXV. (1898) 585; non in Linnaea XXXVI. 

 (1870) 387. — Spicae plerumque singulae laxiores. Squamae sanguineo-fuscae. 



Fidschi-Inseln: Ngau (Mi Ine n. 166!). Samoa-Inseln: Upolu, Kamm- 

 gebiet, an sumpfigen Stellen (Reinecke n. 109! 363!, Graeffe n. 34!, Rechinger 

 n. 514). Sawaii (Rechinger n. 884, 1173, Vaupel n. 379!, Christophersen 

 undHume n. 2420!). Tutuila (G raeffe !). Pago-Pago (Eames n. 22!); ohne nähere 

 Angabe (Whitmee n. 19!). T o nga- 1 nseln : Tongatabu (Garber n. 590! 657!). 



464. C. guianensis (C. B. Clarke) Kükenth. comb. nova. — Mariscus guianensts 

 C. B. Clarke in Kew Bull. Add. Ser. VIII. (1908) 17; Uittien in Pulle, Fl. Surinam I. 

 (1934) 93. — Culmus 50 cm altus crassus apice triangularis laevis. Folia culmo longiora 

 ad 12 mm lata Icnta lucida marginibus secanti-scabra, vaginae fuscae. Bracteae nume- 

 rosae longissimae. Anthela simplex 16-radiata, radii robusti ad 4 cm longi. Spicae 

 singulae longo cylindricae 4 cm longae 6 — 8 mm latae multi- et perdensi-spiculosae basi 

 vix ramosae. Spiculae divergentes vel reflexae oblongae 3 mm longae 1 mm latae subtu- 

 midae 2 — 3-nu('igerae. Squamae ovato-oblongae subobtusae pallide cinereo-rubrae 

 11 — 15-nervosae marginibus albo-hyalinae. Stigmata 3. Nux % squamae aequans 

 lineari-oblonga apiculata. 



Bri t isc h - Guya n a: Potaro-River (Jen man n. 1028! in Herb. Kew.); Oberer 

 Koetari-River (Collect. Forestry Bureau n. 6971 ; nach Uittien). — Brasilien: Staat 

 Amazonas, Rio Cauabury, zwischen. den Mündungen des Rio Ja und Rio Maturaca 

 (Holt und Blake n. 451!). 



465. C. HUlebrandli Boeck. in Flora LXIII. (1880) 436; Hillebr. Fl. Hawaii. Isl. 

 (1888) 464. — C. caricifolius Hillebr. 1. c. 464; non Hook, et Arn. — C. Kunthianus 

 H. Mann in Proc. Amer. Acad. VII. (1867) 208. — Mariscus Kunthianus C. B. Clarke 

 in Kew Bull, Add. Ser. VIII. (1908) 103; non Gaudich. — Rhizoma abbreviatum. Cul- 

 mus 15 — 90 cm altus validus vel gracilior triqueter laevis inferne foliatus basi tuberascens. 

 Folia culmum subaequantia vel breviora coriacea 3 — 8 mm lata plana carinata cinereo- 

 viridia carina marginibusque minute scabra longe attenuata, vaginae imae fuscae. Bracteae 

 5 — 8 patentes vel reflexae, inferiores anthelam longe superantes. Anthela simplex vel 

 composita satis compacta 2 — 6 cm diam. 6 — 8-radiata, radii — 2 cm longi patentes in- 

 divisi vel longiores apice pauciramosi, radioli divaricati brevissimi. Spicae oblongo-cy- 

 lindricae 2 — 3 cm longae 8 mm latae obtusae multi- et subdensi-spiculosae, laterales 

 minores quam terminalis. Spiculae subdistichae divaricatae vel inferiores reflexae oblongo- 

 ellipticae obtusiusculae 3 — 5 mm longae 1% mm latae turgidulae 6 — 8-florae. Rhachilla 

 rigida anguste alata. Squamae dense imbricatae adpressae subrigidae concavae late ovatae 

 apice rotundatae sub apice plerumque brevissime mucronatae fulvae vel rufae 9 — 11- 

 costatae marginibus anguste albo-hyalinae. Stamina 3, antherae lineares, connectivum 

 breviter productum. Stylus longus, Stigmata 3. Nux 2/3 squamae aequans oblongo-elliptica 

 trigona latere inferiore concava rufa dense punctulata vix apiculata. 



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