Subgen. IV. Mariscus. 543 



511 p. p.; non Burch. — Mariscus vestitus C. B. Clarke in Durand et Schinz, Consp. Fl. 

 Afr. V. (1895) 595, in Thiselt.-Dyer, Fl. cap. VII. (1897) 188 et in Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1902) 

 385. — Rhizoma abbreviatum, fibrillis tenacibus. Stolones tenues interdum obvii. 

 Culmus 6^14 cm altus gracilis trigonus laevis basi in quasi-bulbum ovato-oblongum in- 

 crassatus. Folia culmum subaequantia 2 — 4 mm lata flaccida, vaginae fusco-brunneae 

 in fibras dissolutae. Bracteae 3 — 5 anthelam superantes. Anthela simplex 4 — 5-radiata, 

 radii plerumque breves exteriores secundum C. B. Clarke ad 3 cm longi. Spicae ovatae 

 1 cm diam. multi- et densi-spiculosae. Spiculae divergentes vel inferiores reflexae oblongo- 

 lanceolatae acutae 6 — 8 mm longae vix 2 mm latae subteretes 4 — 8-florae. Rhachilla 

 late alata. Squamae subdense imbricatae demum apice patulae ovatae subobtusae e carina 

 viridi in mucronem conspicuum recurvum excurrentes lateribus sanguineae basi saepe 

 pallidae 13-costatae. Stamina 3, antherae longae lineares, connectivum breviter productum. 

 Stylus et Stigmata 3 exserta longa. Nux vix '^ squamae aequans ovata triquetra nigrescens. 



Gräben, Ufer, Waldränder in trop. Ostafrika: Ken ya- Kolonie: Mau District, 

 2100 m (Scott Elliot n. 6857). — Brit. -Zentralafrika: Nyassaland: Mandala 

 (Scott Elliot n. 8461); Mt. Sochi (Scott Elliot n.8574!); Mt. Zomba (Whyte!, 

 Mc Clou n ie!); Namasi (Cameron n. 95!); Nyassa-See (Johnson!). Shire Hoch- 

 land (Adanson n. 187!). — Südafrikanische Küstenzone: Natal: Waldränder 

 um Durban-Bay (Krauss n. 2871); Durban-Fiat (Wood n. 4087); Umbilo River (Reh- 

 mann n. 8443); ohne Ortsangabe (Gerrard n. 701). 



var. ß. pseudocallistus Kükenth. comb. nova. — C. pseudocallistus Kükenth. in 

 Fedde, Repert. XXI. (1925) 329 (exol. var./?.). — C. callistus C. B. Clarke in Thiselt.-Dyer, 

 Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1902) 355 p. p.; K. Schum. in Engler. Pllanzenwelt Ostafr. C. (1895) 

 121; non Ridl. — Mariscus vestitus C. B. Clarke in Thiselt.-Dyer, 1. c. 385 pro min. p. — 

 Culmus 20 — 50 cm altus rigidulus. Folia 3 — 6 mm lata, vaginae atro-fuscae. Spicae 1 Yy ad 

 2*4 cm diam. laxius spiculosae. Spiculae 10 — 15 mm longae 2 — 3 mm latae 10 — 12-florae. 

 Squamae oblongo-ovatae sanguineae vel saepius spadiceae. — Fig. 59, p. 544. 



Trop. Ostafrika: Uganda (Wilson n. 151!). Deutsch-Ostafrika: .Mpororo, Kavingo, 

 1240m (Stuhlmann n. 1945!); Kagehi am Viktoria-See (Fischer n.630!); Kilima- 

 ndscharo, \N'assergraben auf Kibohöhe (Endlich n. 778a!); l'segulia, zwi.schen Msinga 

 und Pongwe, 600 m (A. Peter n. 7365!); Usaramo, Succulenten-Pori bei Msua (A. Peter 

 n. 31 655! 31 673!) und bei Kanga (A. Peter n. 14 985!). 



524. C. indecorus Kunth, Enum. pl. 11.(1837) 85; Steud. 1. c. 45. — C . luzuliformia 

 Boeck. in Linnaea XXXVl. (1870) 356. — Mariscvs luzuliformis C. B. Clarke in Durand 

 et Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. V. (1895) 58? et in Thiselt.-Dyer, Fl. capens. VII. (1897) 191. — 

 Rhizoma abbreviatum, fibrillis numerosis tenuibus. Culmus 30 — 45 cm altus rigidulus trigonus 

 laevis sulcatus inferne foliatus basi in quasi-bulbum ovato-oblongum incrassatus. Folia 

 culmum subaequantia 2 — 3 mm lata complicato-plana, vaginae fuscae multinervosae, 

 superiores apice scariosae. Bracteae 5 divaricatae demum reflexae anthelam superantes. 

 Anthela simplex subcapitato-contracta 2'^ — 3 cm diam. 5-radiata. radii brevissimi vel 

 non evoluti. Spicae ovatae 1 — 1 1,^ cm longae 10 — 12 mm latae pluri- et subdensi-spicu- 

 losae. Spiculae divaricatae lineares 6 — 7 mm longae 1 mm latae acutae subangulato- 

 teretes 3-nucigerae. Rhachilla alata. Squamae remotiusculae adpressae superiores demum 

 apice subpatulae coriaceae, inferiores oblongo-ellipticae obtusae breviter mucronatae, 

 superiores angustiores acutiores longius mucronatae, omnes dorso virides lateribus slrami- 

 neae ferrugineo-punctulatae apice interdum fusco-tinctae 11-nervosae. Stamina 3, 

 antherae lineares, connectivum breviter productum rubrum. Stylus longus trifidus. Nux 

 /2 — Vs squamae aequans oblonga trigona nigra dense punctulata apiculata. 



Südafrika: ohne Ortsangabe (Harvey n. 89!). östliche Küstenzone: 

 Transkei, am Bashee River (Drege n.4424!). 



Nota. Nee Kunth, nee Boeckeler, nee C. B. Clarke basin culmi bulboso-incrassatam 

 commemorant. Specimen a Boeckeler descriptum quodammodo anomalum est, quia flores 

 insectis destructi sunt. 



