j 7 4 Georg Kukenthal. — Cyperaceae-Caricoideae. 



vestitus. Folia culmum superantia 4 — 8 mm lata basi plicata caeterum plana coriacea 

 glauco-viridia longe vaginantia, vaginae ore tenuissimo lacerante basin laminae vix ex- 

 cedentes. Inflorescentia depaniculata 6—24 cm longa contracta densa vel basi inter- 

 rupta. Spiculae numerosissimae elliptieae androgynae setaceo-bracteatae, in paniculas 

 contractas sessiles vel inferiores breviter pedunculatas bracteatas dense dispositae; brae- 

 teae setaceae basi dilatatae paniculis suis breviores. Squamae lanceolatae acuminato- 

 mucronatae castaneae vel acuminato -aristatae ferrugineae viridi-carinatae. Utriculi 

 squamas subaequantes suberecti membranacei lanceolato-ellipsoidei vel lanceolato-oblongi 

 plano-convexi 4 — 6 mm longi straminei glabri utrinque tenuiter nervosi, basi in stipi- 

 tem longum attenuati, marginibus ad 2 / 3 subalati scabri, in rostrum perlongum antice 

 fissum ore ferrugineo oblique sectum demum bidentulum sensim attenuati. Nux ob- 

 longo-ovata stipitata. Styli basis incrassata. Stigmata 2 longa. — Fig. %lR—V. 



Abyssinien: An Gebirgsbachen, zwischen Steinen am Berge Bachit ober Demerki 

 11000' (Schimper n. 1 04!, 1037!, 12 44!) und bei Baher Amba auf der Ostseite 

 des Bachit 8000' (Schimper n. 136!). — Deutsch-Ostafrika: Kilimandscharo, in 

 einer feuchten Schlucht oberhalb des Kiboscho-Waldes 3100 m (Volkens n. Ilttty 



C. phaeolepis Th. Holm in Amer. Journ. of Sc. 4. ser. XVII. (1904) 302. — 

 Rhizoma parum elongatum. Culmus 25 — 3 5 cm altus gracilis sed strictus triqueter 

 scaber. Folia culmo paullo breviora angusta plana. Spiculae 4 — 8 androgynae, pars g 

 valde prominens, ovatae parvulae contiguae vel ima remota subebracteatae. Squamae 

 ovato-lanceolatae mucronatae clare brunneae marginibus late hyalinae viridi-carinatae. 

 Utriculi squamis breviores erecti late ellipsoidei plano-convexi pallidi ses lie ansu le 

 marginati in rostrum breve marginibus scabrum antice fissum abeuntes. Stigmata % 



Pacifisches Nordamerika: Ost-Oregon, Bear Butte in Crook County 1710 w 

 (J. B. Leiberg n. 335, n. v.). 



C. chrysoleuca Th. Holm in Amer. Journ. of Sc. 4. ser. XVII. (1904) 302 et 

 303 fig. 3-4; S. B. Parish in Bull. South. Calif. Acad. V. (1906) 22. - Culm ^ 

 40 — 55 cm altus rigidus triqueter superne scaber. Folia dimidio breviora 3 "~. 

 lata. Spiculae 20 androgynae, pars (f valde prominens, ovatae parvulae contigjW 

 inferiores decompositae, ima saepe setaceo-bracteala, spicam 3 — 6 cm longam forman« s - 

 Squamae q* lanceolatae acutae stramineae vel hyalinae, L ovatae concolores niucr 

 natae. Utriculi squamas superantes subpatuli late ovati plano-convexi dorso plurincrw" 

 stramineo-virentes marginati in rostrum mediocre marginibus scabrum bidentatum s 

 sensim attenuati. Stigmata 2. 



fornien: Mariposa (J. W. Congdon, n. v.); San Diej 

 nd!?); Los Angeles Co. (Abrams n. 2679). 





C. Brotherorum Christ in Acta Horti petropol. XVI. (1900) 434. -- ' • «■*"£ 

 affinis, sed utriculis angustioribus subulatis spiculisque remotioribus foliisque an 5 

 involutis nee non caule multo longiore basi tantum foliato diversa. 



Kaukasus: Georgien bei Gori (fr. Brotherus, n. v.). 



Sect. 2 4. Paniculatae Kunth. 

 Paniculatae Kunth, 1. c. 389; Tuckerm. 1. c. 9; Fries, 1. c. 73; Lang, I J-*j 

 Pax, 1. c. 124 ex p.; Meinsh. 1. c. 313; Aschers. et Graebner, I.e. 44. - Mm J - 

 Bailey, 1. c. 135 ex p. — Phaenocarpae Th. Holm, 1. c. 455. — Rhizoma piw 

 caespites densos amplos formans. Spiculae numerosae ovatae androgynae pan' . 

 vel depaniculatim raro spicatim dispositae ebracteatae. Utriculi demum sq> 

 conacei late ovati dorso tuberoso-convexi ventre subconvexi, demum castanei '■ 

 nervosi, basi spongiosa rotundata breviter stipitati, anguste marginati marginibus 

 dense ciliato-scabri, longerostrati. Stigmata 2. 



