490 CLVI. CYPERACEE (CLARKE). | Mapania. 
Leaves suddenly narrowed at the base into a long 
quasi-petiole less than 2 in. broad. 
Lowest bract 6-10 in. long, on a quasi-petiole 5-2 
in. long . ; : : : ; : . 6. M. Manni. 
Lowest bract 1-3 in. long, on a quasi-petiole hardly 
3 in. long : : : : : : . 7. M. oblonga. 
1. M. scaberrima, (. 2B. Clarke in Durand d: Schinz, Conspect. 
Fl. Afr. v. 667. Glabrous. Rhizome thick, short, oblique. Basal 
leaves numerous, 3 ft. by 3 in., 3-nerved, margins scabrid. Scapes 
axillary, 12-15 in. long, with scales only near the base, at the top 
scabrid. Head #? in. in diam., of 40-60 spikes; bracts hardly any. 
Spikes 1—} in. long, ellipsoid or oblong, dusky brown. Bracts to the 
numerous spikelets scarcely } in. long, ovate, obtuse. Glumes to the 
2 lowest male flowers opposite, boat-shaped, oblong, ciliate on the keel ; 
empty glumes about 4, shorter than the male glumes. Style with 2 
long branches.—Hypolytrum scaberrimum, Boeck. in Flora, 1882, 26. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Sibange Farm, Soyaux, 1538! 
2. M. africana, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. 137. Glabrous. Roots 
very thick, tough. Basal leaves numerous, 3 ft. by 14 in., 3-nerved, 
quasi-petioled. Scapes numerous, axillary, 2-34 in. long, slender. 
Head 4-1} in. in diam., of 3-8 spikes, brown; bracts ovate, hardly as 
long as the head. Bracts to the spikelets 4 in. long, ovate, obtuse. 
Glumes to the 2 male flowers nearly as long as the bract, boat-shaped, 
ciliate on the keel. Sterile glumes, between the male glumes and the 
pistil, about 3, shorter than the male glumes. Style-branches 3, long. 
Nut very small, obovoid, obscurely 3-gonous, wrinkled, black.—C. B. 
Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 667. 
Saviadany Guinea. Spanish Gaboon: Mount John on the River Kongui, Mann, 
1873! 
3. M. ferruginea, Ridley in Bolet. Soc. Brot. v. 209, t. Py Ag ie 
Glabrous, robust. Basal leaves 2-3 ft. by $1} in., 3-nerved, tapering 
at the base into a short quasi-petiole more than } in. broad. Scapes 
8-16 in. long, triquetrous at the top. Head 3-1 in. in diam., of 29 
spikes, a rich brown; bracts 3, the lowest up to 12 by 1 in., leaf-like, 
narrowed at the base into a short broad quasi-petiole. Spikes 4-4 in. 
long, ellipsoid or broad-oblong. Bracts to the spikelets 4 in. Jong, 
elliptic, obtuse. Two lowest male glumes boat-shaped, % the length of 
the bract, ciliate on the keel. Empty glumes 4, nearly as long as the 
male glumes. Style-branches 2. Nut very small, obovoid, margined, 
shining black-chestnut, more or less wrinkled or almost tubercled.— 
C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 667. Hypoly- 
trum Soyausii and H. aschersonianum, Boeck. in Flora, 1882, 29, 26. 
Upper Guinea, Cameroons: Efulen, Bates, 450! 
Lower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, Mann ! Gaboon : Munda ; Sibange 
Farm, Soyaux, 158c! Sierra del Crystal, Mann! 
4. M. subcomposita, (. B. Clarke. Head 14 by 1j in, made 
up of 6 heads imperfectly fused together, a fine brown. Bracts to the 
