472 CLVI, CYPERACE® (CLARKE). | Lipocarpha. 
yellow ; otherwise as L. albiceps.—C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, 
Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 650; Rendie in Cat. Afr. Pfl. Welw. ii. 129. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in pastures near Humpata, Welwitsch, 
6784! 
This must be very close to L. albiceps, Ridley, and is possibly a mere form 
thereof. The examples of Welwitsch’s 6784 are too young to form a decided 
opinion upon. 
7. L. atra, Ridley .in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 162. 
Glabrous. Rhizome hardly any. Stems tufted, 4-8 in. long, slender. 
Leaves }—} the length of the stem, linear. Head of 5-1 spikelets; 
bracts 2, lower 1} in. long, linear. Spikelets 1-1 by } in., cylindric, 
obtuse, black, appearing minutely hispid from the very short glume- 
tips. Glumes very small, obovate, suddenly acuminated into a lanceo- 
late-linear tip } the length of the glume, nearly black, the tip a brown- 
black. Hyaline scales nearly as long as the glume (without its tip) ; 
lower narrowly elliptic; upper oblong. Nut minute, $ the length of 
the hyaline scale, oblong-ellipsoid, trigonous, smooth, brown-black. 
Style less than 4 the length of the nut, linear; branches 3, short.— 
C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 650; Rendle in 
Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 129. 
Lower Guinea, Ango!a: Huilla; banks of the River Cacolovar, near Lake 
Ivantala, Welwitsch, 6961! 
8. L. multibracteata, (. B. Clarke in Durand &: Schinz, Conspett. 
Fl. Afr. v. 650. Glabrous. Stems annual, tufted, }—3 in. long, bear- 
ing 1 spikelet. Leaves up to 1} in. long, linear. Bracts 9, 3-5 
long, suberect, linear from a narrow lanceolate base. Spikelets '~é 
in. long, ellipsoid, subacute, densely flowered. Glumes about 3'5 1. 
long, oblong, tip triangular or lanceolate, scarious, spotted with dark 
red. Hyaline scales as long as the glume (without its tip) ; lower 
broadly obovate, truncate, 7-nerved; upper elliptic, 3-nerved. eee 
nearly as long as the scales, very narrowly-oblong or almost linear, 
round-trigonous, smooth, brown-biack. Style 0 or hardly any; 
branches 3, minute, linear, hardly exserted.—Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. 
Welw. ii. 130. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in Sorghum fields, Welwitsch, 6773! 
9. L. Barteri, (. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. I. Afr 
v. 650. Glabrous. Rhizome short. Stems approximate, 12-20 pail 
long, robust for the genus. Leaves } the length of the stem, linear, 
terete, leaf-sheaths brown-red, split down on one side, truncate ab TOE 
Head of 5-1 spikelets ; bracts 3-2, lowest up to 2 in. long, spreading, 
linear. Spikelets 1-1 by 1 in. dense, cylindric, obtuse, somewhat 
squarrose, dusky brown-red. Glumes broadly obovate, striate, 
suddenly narrowed into a lanceolate-linear tip } the length of the glume. 
Hyaline scales nearly as long as the glume (without its tip); aah 
broadly-elliptic; upper narrowly-elliptic. Nut nearly as long as ses 
scales, oblong or narrow-ellipsoid, unequally trigonous, smooth, black: 
