BOTANY OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA. 477 
CyrERACEX. (Mr. C. B. Clarke.) 
PrcnREUS Munptu, Nees. 
Victoria Falls, bog edge of Rain Forest. Fl. and Fr. Sept. 
149. 
Distrib. Tropical and South Africa, Madagascar. 
Forms dense growth, sending out long stolons over a metre 
in length. 
CxrERUS Haspan, Linn., var. 8. AMERICANA, Boeck. 
Victoria Falls, on bog edge and in Rain Forest, on islands. 
Fl. and Fr. Sept. 167. 
Distrib. Cosmopolitan. 
CYPERUS DENUDATUS, Linn. f. 
Matopo Hills, sand-banks in streams. Fl. and Fr. Sept. 56. 
Distrib. Tropical and South Africa, Madagascar. 
ELEOCHARIS CAPITATA, R. Br. 
Victoria Falls, bog edge and in Rain Forest. Fl. and Fr. 
Sept. 162. 
Distrib. Senegal, Congo, Abyssinia, Asia, Polynesia, America. 
Grows densely, forming large part of undergrowth. 
SCIRPUS FLUITANS, Linn. 
Matopo Hills in streams. Fl. and Fr. Sept. 211. 
Distrib. Cosmopolitan. 
SCIRPUS SUPINUS, Linn. 
Matopo Hills, sand-banksin streams. Fl. and Fr. Sept. 58. 
Distrib. Cosmopolitan. 
SCIRPUS PALUDICOLA, Kunth. 
Victoria Falls, Rain Forest, and Livingstone Island. Fl. and 
Fr. Sept. 168. 
Distrib. Orange River, Cape Colony, Natal, Madagascar. 
FUIRENA STRICTA, Steud. 
Matopo Hills, by stream, near the “ View.” Fl. and Fr. 
Sept. 92. 
Distrib. Upper Guinea, British East and Central Africa, 
Madagascar, and Comoro Islands. 
FUIRENA SUBDIGITATA, C. B. Clarke, sp. nov. 
Fere glabra, spiculis 1—4 terminalibus, subcapitatis ; glumarum 
aristis nec ciliatis nec recurvatis, petalis (7. e. setis hypognis 3 
