136 CXLIX. TYPHACEE (BROWN). [Z'ypha. 
Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xi. 83. 7. macranthelia, Webb & Berth. Iles 
Canar. Phyt. iii. 291, t. 218. 
‘ wpper Guinea. Gold Coast: Quitta, Thonning. Lagos: Kradu Lagoon, 
Barter, 3240! Guinea, Schumacher (ex Kronfeld). 
‘ Wile Land. Eritrea: Goura, 6500 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 922! British 
East Africa: near Mombasa, Hildebrandt, 12298 ! 
_ Lower Guinea. German South-West Africa: Hereroland ; Kuisib River, at 
Scheppmansdorf, Belek, 19 (ex Schinz). 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Manganja Hills, abundant 
by Lake Shirwa, Meller ! Islands in the River Shire, below Katungo, Scott ! 
Also in South Africa. 
4. T. Schimperi, Rohrd. in Verhandl. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xi. 95. 
Plant several ft. high. Leaves 3-1 in. broad, narrowed to 5-7 lin. 
broad at the base, where they are convex on the back. Male spike up 
to 18 in. long, longer than the female and distant from it. Male 
flowers with linear, obtuse bracteoles; pollen compound, in tetrads. 
Female flowers bracteolate; bracteoles narrowly spathulate, much 
longer than the hairs; stigma spathulate-lanceolate, longer than the 
bracteoles; hairs simple—Kronfeld in Verhandl. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. 
Wien, 1889, 166. 7. elephantina, Schimp. ex Rohrb. in Verhandl. 
Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xi. 95, not of Roxb. 7’. elephantina, Roxb., var- 
Schimperi, Graebner in Engl. Pflanzenr. Typhacez, 11. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: near Jaja, Schimper, 1479. 
I have not seen this species ; itis said to differ from 7’. elephantina, Roxb., by the 
leaves being convex on the back at the base, instead of obtusely keeled. 
_ 5. T. latifolia, Linn. Sp. Pl.ed.1,971. Plant attaining a height 
of 5-8 ft. Leaves 4-1 in. broad, strap-shaped, obtuse, convex on the 
back at the base. Male and female spikes 4—12 in. long, subequal or 
the female longer, contiguous, very rarely shortly separated. Male 
flowers with linear, acute bracteoles, not forked, whitish ; pollen com- 
pound, in tetrads. Female flowers without bracteoles; stigmas lanceo- 
late or spathulate-lanceolate, longer than the simple hairs.—Kunth, 
Enum. Pl. iii. 90; Rohrbach in Verhandl. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xi. 79, 
fig. 1; English Bot. ed. 3, 2, t. 1385; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. ix. 2, 
t. 323; Kronfeld in Verhandl. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, 1889, 176, 
t. 5, fig. 11 ; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 470; Engl. Pf. Ost- 
Afr. C. 93; Graebner in Engl. Pflanzenr. Typhacee, 8. 7’. angustifolia, 
A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 350, partly, ex Rohrbach. 
Mile Land. Abyssinia: Shire, Quartin-Dillon & Petit (ex Rohrbach). 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara, ex Engler. ; 
I have not seen a specimen of this species from Tropical Africa ; it is widely distri- 
buted in Europe, Asia, and North America. 
- 6. 'T. capensis, Rohrd. in Verhandl. Bot. Ver, Brandend. xi. 96. 
Plant attaining a height of 6-7 ft., glabrous. “Leaves 2-7 lin. broad, 
linear or strap-shaped, obtusely pointed, convex on the back at the 
base Male and female spikes subequal or the female longer, BET 
