548 Geoi^ Kükenthal. — Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. 



— Süd-Rhodesia: Inyanga, am Bachufer, 1550 m (Exped. suec. 1930 — 31 n. 3211 !). — 

 Nyassaland: Mt. Zomba (Cameron n. 93!). — Zentral-Madagaskar : Gneis- 

 felsen bei Zazafotsy, 800m (Perrier de la Bäthie n. 2584!); Andringitra-Massiv, an 

 Felsen, 2000m (Perrier de la Bäthie n. 14 552!). 



t. angustifolius (Chermezon) Kükenth. comb. nova. — Mariscus goniobolbus var. 

 angustifoUus Chermezon in Bull. Soc. bot. Fr. LXXII. (1925) 614. — Folia perangusta. 

 Squamae decolorantes. 



West-Madagaskar: Majunga, auf bebuschten Dünen (Perrier de la Bäthie 

 n. 15 935!). 



var. y. polycarpus Kükenth. var. nova. — Spiculae ad 10 mm longae usque ad 

 12-nucigerae. 



Zentral-Madagaskar: Süd-Betsileo, Wiesen am Ambalavao, 900m (Perrier 

 de la Bäthie n. 14 313!). 



530. C. obsoletenervosus A. Peter et Kükenth. spec. nova. — Rhizoma subrepens 

 stolones longos duros squamis rufescentibus vestitos emittens. Culmi dense approximati 

 35 — 45 cm alti rigiduli triquetri laeves basi vaginis longis duris integris spadiceo-purpureis 

 carinatis cincti in quasi-bulbum cylindricum incrassati. Folia culmum superantia 2 mm 

 lata carinata rigida. Bracteae 4 oblique patentes longissimae. Anthela simplex 4 — 5- 

 radiata, radii breves usque ad 2 cm longi graciles. Spicae ovatae 2 cm diam. laxe 

 spiculosae. Spiculae divaricatae lineari-lanceolatae acutae 10 mm longae 1% mm latae 

 subteretes 6 — 8-florae. Rhachilla alata. Squamae dense imbricatae ellipticae subobtusae 

 carina vix prominente virides lateribus pallide fuscae obsolete plurinervosae marginibus 

 albo-hyalinae. Stamina 3, antherae longae lineares, connectivum in appendicem pyra- 

 midatam productum. Nux nondum evoluta. 



Deutsch-Ostafrika: Umbasteppe, um Kigala auf Sand über Granit, 315m (A. 

 Peter n. 13 348!); Pare, Buschpori zwischen Mkomasi und Mkumbara, Bülten bildend, 

 500m (A.Peter n. 10 723!). 



531. C. concinniformis Kükenth. nomen novum. — Mariscus concinnus C. B. Clarke 

 in Journ. of Bot. XXXIV. (1896) 224 et in Thiselt.-Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1902) 386; 

 non C. concinnus R. Br. — Rhizoma abbreviatum. Surculi extravaginales breves adscen- 

 dentes interdum e basi culmi erumpentes. Culmi 16 — 36 cm alti rigiduli trianguläres laeves 

 basi vaginis clare brunneis vestiti in quasi-bulbum oblongum incrassati. Folia culmo 

 breviora 2 mm lata flaccida apice circinata. Bracteae 3 — 4, ima anthelam superans. Anthela 

 Simplex 2 — 5-radiata laxa, radii ad 4 cm longi graciles. Spicae ovatae subdense 2 — 8- 

 spiculosae. Spiculae patentes lineari-oblongae 10 — 15 mm longae 2 mm latae subcom- 

 pressae 6— ^12-florae. Rhachilla alata. Squamae dense imbricatae oblongo-ellipticae obtusae 

 vix carinatae sanguineae 9-costatae. Stamina 3, antherae longae lineares, connectivum 

 in appendicem brevem ovatam productum. Stylus mediocris, stigmata 3. Nux ^ squamae 

 aequans oblonga trigona atro-sanguinea. 



Trop. Ostafrika : Tümpel, Ufer, Wiesen. Kenya- Kolonie : River Nagut 

 am See Elemeteita, 1950 m (Gregory n.46!); Giryama und Tsimba Mts. (Taylor !). 

 Deutsch-Ostafrika: In den zentralen Landschaften Turu, von Itigi östlich gegen 

 Bangayega, 1300 m (A.Peter n. 33 738b!); Uyansi, bei Tschaya, 1250 m (A.Peter n. 

 34 253b! 45 835!); Ngulu, bei Goweko, 1200 m (A. Peter n. 34 873!), und Malongwe (A. 

 Peter n. 34 717!). 



532. C. leptophyllus Höchst, in Flora XXVII. (1844) 101; Boeck. in Linnaea XXXVI. 

 (1870) 299; Engler, Hochgebirgsfl. trop. Afr. (1892) 143; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 

 II. Append. II. (1894) 48 et 103. — C. bulbosus var. Steud. in Flora XXV. (1842) 594. — 

 C.bulbosus A. Rieh. Tent. Fl. abyss. II. (1851) 483; non Vahl. — C. amauropus Steud. 

 Synops. (1855) 33; C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXI. (1884) 182; K. Schum. in 

 Engler, Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afr. G. (1895) 120. — C. pseudocallistus Kükenth. var. ß. angusti- 

 alatus Kükenth. in Fedde, Repert. XXI. (1925) 329. — Mariscus leptophyllus C. B. Clarke 



