384 CLVI, CYPERACEH (CLARKE). { Mariseus. 
C. viridis, Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 217 (cfr. Mariscus viridis, 
Hochst. ex Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. 336). 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Habab, 8000 ft., Hildebrandt, 362! Abyssinia: Tigre; 
on the top of Mount Sholoda, Sehimper, 173! Samen; Mountains of Shoata, 
Schimper, 578! 1363! Agow; mountains near Mawerr, Schimper, 184; 2292! and 
without precise locality, Schimper, 179! 363! Somaliland, Mis. Lort-Phillips! 
Miss Edith Cole! 
10. M. inflatus, C. B. Clarke. Glabrous. Roots fibrous. Stems 
tufted, 2-4 in. long, rather stout, at the top trigonous and smooth, at 
the base enlarged by much-inflated leaf-sheaths, scarious with numerous 
chocolate veins and conspicuous withered scarious margins. Leaves 
green, longer than the stem, ,4,in. broad. Spikes 4—5, cylindric, } by 
jin., most dense with innumerable spikelets, blackish-green, sessile in 
one head; bracts 4, similar to the leaves, lowest up to 4 in. long. 
Spikelets when young, oblong-linear, 4 in. long, often 2-flowered. 
Nut-bearing glumes ovate, obtuse, many-ribbed, not keeled. Style 
3-branched. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa; Nyasaland; Day ! 
11. M. pilosulus, (. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. 
Fl. Afr.v.591. Shortly hairy all over. Stems approximate, 12-16 in. 
long, slender, at the base oblong-thickened by coloured leaf-sheaths, 
rather densely hairy their entire length. Leaves overtopping the stem, 
4-4 in. broad. Spikes 5-7, sessile, 3 by }in., dense with cinnamon- 
straw-coloured spikelets ; bracts 3-5, lowest up to 5 in. long, similar to 
the leaves, hardly dilated at the base. Spikelets 4 by 1; in., slender, 
producing 3-2 nuts; lower empty glume often with a setaceous arista. 
Glumes ovate, obtuse, with numerous rather obscure ribs. Nut small, 
narrowly ellipsoid, trigonous. Style small; branches 3, linear, short- 
—Cyperus pilosulus, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 122. 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Taylor! 
12. M. Taylori, (. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl 
Afr, v. 594, Robust, glabrous. Stems approximate, 12-20 in. long, at 
the top trigonous and smooth, at the base oblong, thickened by red- 
white basal not fimbriated sheaths. Leaves numerous, as long as the 
stem, 4-4 in. broad, flaccid. Rays of umbel up to 2 in. long, carrying 
3-1 sessile spikes each; bracts 5-8, similar to the leaves, lowest up to 
8 in.long. Spikes up to 3 by } in., cylindric, dense, reddish. Spikelets 
4 by; in., rigid, spreading, usually ripening 3-2 nuts. Glumes ovate, 
hardly acute. Nut 4-3 the length of the glume, broadly ellipsoid, t" 
gonous; style-branches 3.—C. clarkeanus, K. Schum. in Engl. Pf. Ost- 
Afr. C, 123. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: between the coast and Uyui, 7’ aylor ! 
13. M. psilostachys, C. B. Clarke in Journ. Bot. 1896, 225. Very 
minutely pubescent all over. Stem 16 in. long, at the base oblong 
thickened by scarious: leaf-sheaths. Leaves } the length of the ~~ 
js} in. broad, weak. Umbel-rays 4, 0-1 in. long, each bearing !- 
