318 CLYI. CYPERACEE (CLARKE). ; | Cyperus. 
Leaves often as long as the stem, ;}; in. broad. Head 1, of 2-10 sessile 
spikelets; bracts 2-3, lowest up to 3 in. long, similar to the leaves. 
Spikelets chestnut-red, 4} by } in., much compressed, shining, hard, 
8-18-flowered, sides parallel. Glumes closely imbricated, ovate, striate, 
nearly one-coloured; mucro minute, subrecurved. Style about } the 
length of the nut; branches 3, very long. Nut } the length ot the 
glume, ellipsoid, triquetrous, obtuse—C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Cap. 
vil. 167. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Zomba Plateau, 2500- 
3000 ft., Whyte! 
Also in South Africa. 
5. ©. amnicola, Kunth, Enum. ii. 52. Leaves very narrow, 
margins when dry inrolled, tip obtuse. Bracts similar to the leaves; 
tips obtuse. Glumes muticous. Otherwise as C. rupestris.—Boeck. in 
Linnea, xxxv. 509; Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 131 ; 
C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 548, and in 
Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 167. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in dried-up swamps near Nene, Welwitsch, 
‘6878 (ex Ridley). 
Also in South Africa. 
6. C. holostigma, Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. Append. i. 
103. Glabrous. Rhizome very short. Stems thickened at the base, 
clustered, 2-4 in. long, very slender. Leaves a little shorter than the 
stem, almost setaceous. Head 1, of 3-6 subdigitate spikelets; bracts 
2-3, lowest up to 1 in. long, setaceous, spreading. Spikelets } by q's i0., 
narrow lanceolate, black, 10-15-flowered. Glumes 9—11-nerved, muti- 
cous. Style long exserted, the tip subentire or very shortly 2—3-lobed. 
Wile Land. Eritrea: Plateau of Kohaito, 8500 ft., Schweinfurth, 120! 
Schweinfurth detected this curious species, made a drawing of the style and 
sent it to me. It may possibly be a mountain reduced chestnut-black state of 
C. apricus, Ridley (n. 38 below). 
7. ©. Kirkii, C. B. Clarke. Glabrous. Stems 4-5 in. long, 
slender, at the base thickened and woody, in a tough tuft; basal sheaths 
persistent in dirty straw-coloured fibres. Leaves overtopping the stems, 
setaceous. Head 1, of 5-12 subdigitate spikelets; bracts 3, lowest 
13-23 in. long, similar to the leaves. Spikelets 2 by 5}, in., compressed, 
dense, 14—18-flowered, yellowish or reddish, with parallel sides, Glumes 
closely imbricated, 5—-7-nerved, minutely apiculate, scarcely mucronate. 
Style short, linear; branches 3, long. Nut not seen. 
_Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi; Lupata, Kirk! 
British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Manganja Hills, Meller ! 
8. C. atractocarpus, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 
141. Glabrous. Stems 4-8 in. long, rather slender, thickened and 
sub-bulbous at the base, united on a very short horizontal rhizome. 
Leaves 4 the length of the stem, very narrow, suddenly contracted 
