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РОТАМОСЕТОМАСЕ Ж, 
POTAMOGETON PUSILLUS, Linn. Sp. Pl. 127. 
Inyamadzi River, 2500 ft. ; Sept. ; n. 958. 
Distrib. East and West tropical Africa ; widely distributed in warm and 
temperate regions. 
CYPERACEA. 
The collection includes the following well-known Tropical African species :— 
Pycreus polystachyos, Beauv. (Beira, Lower Buzi and Sabi River, 1000 ft.), 
and its var. а Йога (near Chirinda, 3500 ft.) ; Cyperus amabilis, Vahl 
(Beira) ; C. Haspan, Linn. (Chirinda, 3500 £t.) ; C. distans, Linn. f. (Chirinda, 
3700 ft.) ; C. Zollingeri, Steud. (Beira) ; C. rotundus, Linn. (Lower Buzi) ; 
С. Fenzelianus, Steud. (Lower Buzi) ; Mariscus Sieberianus, Nees (Chirinda, 
3800 ft.) ; Fimbristylis diphylla, Vahl (Chirinda, 3700 ft.) ; F. exilis, Roem. 
& Schultes (Chirinda, 3000-6000 ft., Chimanimani Mts, 7000 ft., Upper 
and Lower Buzi); Fuirena pubescens, Kunth (Chirinda, 3500 ft.) ; F. glo- 
merata, Lam. (Beira) ; Lipocarpha argentea, В. Br. (Chirinda, 3500 ft., 
Lower Jihu, 2000 ft.) ; and Rhynchospora aurea, Vahl (Mt. Maruma, 
3500 ft.). 
KyLLINGA ALBA, Nees in Linnea, x. (1836) 140. 
Beside a water-furrow in cultivated ground near Chirinda, 3800 ft. ; in 
fl. May ; n. 459. 
Distrib. East and South tropical Africa ; South Africa. 
Pycreus Reamannianus, C. В. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fil, 
Afr. у. 542. 
Kurumadzi, River Jihu, 2000 ft. ; Nov.; n. 928. At water's edge. 
Distrib. Transvaal ; Natal. 
CYPERUS compactus, Lam. Ill. 1. 144. 
Northern Melsetter, 2000-6000 ft. ; in fl, Apr.; n. 9165: Mt. Pene, 
6800 ft. ; in fl. Sept. ; n. 916: Indunda River, Lower Buzi, 100 ft. ; in fl. 
Dec. ; n. 916 a. 
Distrib. Tropical and South Africa and the Mascarene Islands. 
C. MARITIMUS, Poir. in Lam. Encyel. vii. 240. 
Beira beach ; in fl. Dec. ; n. 936. 
Distrib. West and South-East tropical Africa ; Madagascar. 
C. SPHÆROSPERMUS, Schrader, Anal. Fl. Cap. 8. 
Lower Umswirizwi River, 1000 ft.; in fl. Dec. ; n. 935: Beira, open 
woods, 50 ft.; in fl. Dec. ; n. 335 a. 
Distrib. Somaliland, Angola ; also in South Africa and Madagascar. 
