Cyperus. | CLVI. CYPERACEZ (CLARKE). 331 
Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 569. C. Afzelit, var. capillifolius, 
Boeck. in Flora, 1879, 547 partly. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory: Jeba, on the Niger, Barter! 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Bongo; Gir, Schweinfurth, 2195! Jur; 
Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 2328 ! 
This might be treated as a variety of C. difformis, Linn. 
30. ©. dichroostachyus, Hochst. in Flora, 1841, Intell. 21. 
Glabrous, stout. Rhizome 4-8 in. long, } in. diam., with chestnut 
scales. Stems 14-3 ft. long, subsolitary, at the top } in. in diam., 
acutely triquetrous or almost 3-winged. Leaves $—} the length of the 
stem, }—} (sometimes 3) in. broad. Umbel lateral, 2—5 in. in diam., 
compound ; bracts 3-4, lowest up to 6-8 by 4 in., as though a continua- 
tion of the stem. Spikes of 3—5 spikelets, digitate, numerous, bractless. 
Spikelets whitish with chestnut spots, 4 by z,-,'5 in., compressed, 
6—-14-flowered. Glumes closely packed, boat-shaped, 1-nerved, obtuse. 
Stamens usually 2; anthers short-oblong, hardly exserted. Style very 
short; branches 3, linear, hardly exserted. Nut ? the length of the 
glume, trigonous, ellipsoid, pyramidal at both ends, smooth, yellow- 
brown.—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 481; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv. 
587; Ottver in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 352; Ridley in Trans. 
Linn. Soe. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 137, and in Journ. Bot. 1884, 16 in Obs. ; 
C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 556; K.Schum. 
in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 120; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 141; 
Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. Append. ii. 103; Rendle in 
Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 115. C. Andschoa, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 
li. 481. C. scirpoides, R. Br. in Salt, Abyss., Append. 63, name only ; 
Fresenius in Abhandl. Mus. Senckenb. ii. 149, not of Presl. C. 
Fresenii, Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, i. 469. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre; Debra-Eski, Schimper, 238! at the foot 
of Mount Scholoda, Schimper, 273! 391! Anadehr, 7800 ft., Schimper, 844 ! 
Mettgalo, 9840 ft., Schimper, 857! and without precise locality, Schimper, 953 ! 
Salt! Quartin-Dillon & Petit! British East Africa: Kariandusi River, 6000 ft., 
Scott-Elliot, 6632! Gregory ! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; near the River Mupanda, 5000 ft., 
Welwitsch, 6864 ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 5000-6000 ft., Johnston ! 
Volkens, 1417! 2277! Usambara; Heboma, Holst, 2555! British Central Africa: 
Nyasaland ; Mount Zomba, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte ! 
Also in Madagascar and Yunnan. 
31. C. phzeorhizus, K. Schum. in Engl. PA. Ost-Afr. C. 119. 
Glabrous. Rhizome creeping, slender. Stems 1 ft. long, approximate, 
slender, at the top triquetrous. Leaves often as long as the stem, 4-4 
in, broad. Umbel compound; rays 4-5 up to 2} in. long ; bracts 
overtopping the umbel, similar to the leaves. Spikelets 2-5 together, 
digitate, 1} in. long, 10-flowered, chestnut-coloured. Glumes obtuse, 
hardly mucronate, chestnut with 3 green nerves on the keel. Style 
short; branches 3, scarcely exserted. Nut } as long as the glume, 
obovoid, truncate, whitish—C. haspanoides, C. B. Clarke in Durand & 
