572 Georg KUkenthal. — Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. 



IX. (1834) 284. — Rhizoma abbreviatum, saepe stolones ad 4 cm longos tenues emittens. 

 Culmus solitarius 3 — 20 cm altus gracilis subcompresso-trigonus laevis paullo incurvus 

 basi breviter bulboso-incrassata vaginis brunneis dissolutis obtectus inferne plurifoliatus. 

 Folia culmo breviora 1 % mm lata complicato-plana saepe recurva flaccida longe acuminata. 

 Bracteae 3 haud longae demum reflexae. Spicae 1 — 3 subconfluentes ovatae densae, 

 centralis 4 — 6 mm longa. Spiculae oblongae oblique patentes 3 mm longae compressae 

 3 — 4-florae (2 — 3-nucigerae). Squamae ovato-lanceolatae 3 mm longae stramineo-luteae 

 saepe purpureo-punctatae utroque latere ± obsolete 3 — 4-nervosae in carina laeves in 

 acumen breve subacutum rectum excurrentes. Stamina 3, antherae lineares longae. Stylus 

 longus, Stigmata 2 longa. Nux vix 14 squamae aequans obovato-elliptica flavescens. 



Malagassisches Gebiet: Feuchte Plätze, Felsen in Zentral-Madagaskar : Imerina 

 (Hildebrandt n. 3784!); Tananarive, an Felsen (Perrier de la Bäthie n. 13016! 

 13495!); Lac Anosy, am Ufer (Decary). Westmadagaskar: feuchte Felsen im Bett des 

 Bemarivo-Flusses (Perrier de la Bäthie n. 2406). Mascarenen: Reunion. Mau- 

 ritius (nach Chermezon). — Nach C. B. Clarke auch in Somaliland (Donaldson 

 Smith; nicht gesehen). 



564. C. nigripes (C. B. Clarke) Kükenth. comb. nova. — Kyllinga nigripes C. B. Clarke 

 in Thiselt.-Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1902) 285. — Rhizoma abbreviatum, fibrillis rigidis. 

 Culmi 12 — 30 cm alti firmi compresso-triangulares laeves basi longe bulboso-incrassata 

 vaginis mortuis atro-brunneis rigidis in fibras dissolutis obtecti. Folia culmum subaequantia 

 vel superantia 3 — 3% mm lata plana longe attenuata. Bracteae 3 reflexae. Spica 1 globoso- 

 ovata 6 mm diam. densa. Spiculae multae ovato-oblongae 3^ — 4 mm longae compressae 

 2-nucigerae. Squamae ovato-ellipticae 3% — 4 mm longae luteo-stramineae rubro-glandu- 

 losae utroque latere 3 — 4-nervosae in carina apice exalata laeves dimidio inferiore anguste 

 alatae breviter et dense ciliato-spinulosae apice breviter acuminatae. Stamina 3. Stylus 

 longus, Stigmata 2. Nux 73 squamae aequans subobovato-oblonga vel oblonga nigra 

 dense punctulata. 



Britisch-Zentralafrika: Nyassaland: ohne Ortsangabe (Buchanan 

 n. 1428!). — Deutsch-Ostafrika: In den östlichen Distrikten Ussagara, auf felsigen 

 Hügeln bei Kidete (A. Peter n. 32 733! 45 633!), und West-Usambara, Pori von Gamba 

 bei Makuyuni, 450 m (A. Peter n. 15 367!). 



var. ß. grandiceps Kükenth. var. nova. — Spica 10 — 15 mm diam. Spiculae 5 — 6 mm 

 longae 3 — 5-nucigerae. Squamae in carina laeves vel sublaeves. 



Deutsch-Ostafrika: Pare, Buschpori bei Mkomasi (A. Peter n. 10703! 10831!), 

 Graspori am Pangani, nördlich Buiko (A. Peter n. 10 426! 10 466!), Buschpori bei Buiko, 

 560 m (A. P e t e r n. 10 390 !) ; West-Usambara, zwischen Manolo und Mtai, 1760 m (A. P e t e r 

 n. 4188!). 



565. C. sublaevicarinatus Mattf. et Kükenth. nomen novum. — Kyllinga Buchanani 

 C. B. Clarke in Thiselt.-Dyer, Fl. capens. VII. (1897) 155 et in Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1902) 

 285; non Cyp. Buchanani Boeck. — Culmi caespitosi 12 — 30 cm alti graciles compresso- 

 triangulares laeves inferne plurifoliati basi vix incrassata vaginis brunneo-purpureis inte- 

 gris obtecti. Folia culmo breviora 2% — 3 mm lata plana longe attenuata. Bracteae 3 

 reflexae, ima spicam longe superans. Spica 1 ovato-globosa 7 — 10 mm longa densa. Spiculae 

 multae ovato-oblongae 3^2 ^^^ longae compressae 2-nucigerae. Squamae inaequales 

 ovato-lanceolatae 3 — 3^4 i^ni longae stramineae obsolete nervosae in carina viridi laeves 

 vel perparce scabridae in mucronem conspicuum subulatum excurvum excurrentes. 

 Stamina 3, antherae lineares longae, connectivum productum rubrum. Stylus longus 

 tenuis profunde bifidus. Nux % squamae aequans ovalis flavescens. 



Britisch-Zentralafrika: Nyassaland: Blantyre (Buchanan n. 159!); 

 Zomba, 800— -1050 m (Whyte!). — Südafrikanische Küstenzone: Natal, 

 Umzula (Mudd; nicht gesehen). 



566. C. Ugogensis Peter et Kükenth. nomen novum. — Kyllinga ferruginea A. Peter 

 in sched.; non Cyp. ferrugineus Poir. — Culmi dense caespitosi 2 — 18 cm alti graciUimi 



