Mariscus. | CLVI. CYPERACEX (CLARKE). 393 
Durand and Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 565; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 
Trop. Afr. 144; K. Schum. in Engl. PA. Ost-Afr. C. 122. C. 
vaginatissimus, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. v. 121. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 8000-10,000 ft., Kersten ! 
Volkens, 794! 8604! 1827! 1516! 1562! 
33. M.. macrocarpus, Kunth, Enum. ii. 120. Spikes ovoid or 
short-cylindric, usually 4 in. wide, all subsessile or very shortly 
‘peduncled. Spikelets maturing 2-3 nuts; lowest empty glume 
mucronate or scarcely aristate. Nut } the length of the glume, 
broadly oblong; otherwise as M. sieberianus (large forms).—C. B. 
Clarke in Dyer, FI. Cap. vii. 190; Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 
120. M. polyphyllus, Steud. in Flora, 1842, 596, and Syn. Pl. Glum. 
ii. 65; A. Rich. Tent. FI. Abyss. ii. 489. MZ. siebertanus, var. 
polyphyllus, C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. 
Vv. 093, and in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 53. Md. wmbellatus, 
Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 166 partly. Cyperus macrocarpus, 
Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. 380; K. Schum. in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 
122. C. steudelianus, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. 382. C. sieberianus, 
var. polyphylla, C. B. Clarke ex K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 122 
partly. C. paniceus, Boeck. in Flora, 1879, 557 ; Oliver in Trans. Linn. 
Soe, Ser. 2, Bot. ii. 353 partly ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. Append. 
u. £9 (at least as to his n. 1989), 104?; K. Schum. in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. 
a. 129. C. flavus, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soe. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 144. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Samen; Enderder, Schimper, 1124! Amhara, Steudner, 
908! British East Africa : Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1989! Uganda, Speke 
§ Grant ! Stuhlmann, 1279! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, 7009 partly! 
Mozamb. Dist. Zauzibar, Taylor! German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 
5000 ft., Johnston ! Karagwe; Kafuro, Stuhlmann, 1785! 1884! Bukoba, 
Stuhlmann, 3893! on hill tops, Speke § Grant, 412! Mwanza, on Lake Victoria, 
Stuhlmann, 4548 ! 
Also in Natal. 
This might be united with 1. flavus, Vahl; but the Indian I. paniceus differs 
much by its slender stolons and rhizome. 
_, 34. M. flavus, Vahl, var. humilis, (. 2B. Clarke in Durand & 
Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 588. Spikes 3 by } in. Spikelets } by 
ye 1., maturing 2-5 nuts; lowest empty glume reduced to a bristle 
In. long, slightly widened and lanceolate at the base. 
wet Guinea. Lower Congo: Lutete, 2000 ft., Hens, 189! Kisantu, Gillet, 
Both type and variety are common in Tropical America, and the typical form 
4ls0 occurs in the Sandwich Islands. 
35. M. Soyauxii, C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. FI. 
4fr.v. 593. Glabrous. Stems tufted, 10-14 in. long, slender, at the 
