492 CLVI. CYPERACE& (CLARKE). [ Mapania. 
(lamina) 5-7 by 1-2 in., 3-nerved, obtuse, or very rapidly narrowed 
at the tip, suddenly narrowed at the base into quasi-petioles 1-4 by } 
in. Head 2-1} in. in diam., of 10-20 spikes, pale brown; bracts 3, 
dilated at the base, the lowest 3 in. long, lanceolate, much narrowed 
just over the ovate base. Spikes 2 in. long, ellipsoid or oblong. Bracts 
to the spikelets } in. long, oblong or lanceolate. Glumes of the 2 
lower male flowers boat-shaped, 2 the length of the bract, ciliate at the 
top of the keel. Barren glumes about 3, nearly as long as the male 
glumes. Style 2-branched. Nut very small, obovoid, or orbicular, 
dusky brown, smooth or obscurely wrinkled. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Rio del Rey, Johnston ! Efulen, Bates, 292! 
Var. elliptica, C. B. Clarke in Durand and Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 667. 
Basal leaves (lamina) up to 3 in, broad, quasi-petiole up to 8 by 3 in. Scape 12 10. 
long, stout. Head 1} in, in diam., obscurely subecompound. Bracts to the spikelets 
4-4 in. long, narrowly oblong. 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Sierra del Crystal, Mann, 1641! 
Imperfectly known species. 
8. M. amplivaginata, K. Schum. in Notisbl. Kénigl. Bot. Gat. 
Berlin, iii. 105. Leaves with large sheaths, 8-10 by 1 in., 3-nerved ; 
margins not scabrid; petioles 2-4 in. long. Scape 8-10 in. long. 
Head #? in. in diam., enclosed by two large keeled bracts. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Barombi, Preuss, 484. 
9. M. secans, K.Schum. in Notisbl. Kinigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, 
iii, 105. Leaves 3 ft. long by 1 in. broad, 3-nerved; margins very 
scabrid nearly to the leaf-base, cutting the hand. Scape 6-8 in. long. 
Bract solitary, tubular, obliquely truncate. Head }-2 in. in diam., 
of 25 spikes. Boat-shaped male glumes connate nearly to the top. 
Stigmas 2. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Lolodorf, Staudt, 266. 
‘At first sight resembles VW. africana, Boeck.” 
10. M. dolichostachya, K. Schwm. in Notisbl. Kénigl. Bot. Gart. 
Berlin, iii, 106. Leaves up to 2 ft. long by 14 in. broad, 3-nerved, spinu- 
lose on the margins and keel beneath, quasi-petiole 24 in. long. Scape 
8 in. long. Bracts several, the longest less than # in. long. Head of 
5-20 yellowish spikes, each }-2 in. long. Stigmas 3. 
Ee ete Guinea. Cameroons: Batanga, Dinklage, 1420; Bipinde, Zenker, 
11. M. Deistelii, X. Schum. in Notisbl. Kinigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, 
iii. 106. Leaves up to 3 ft. long by 2 in. broad, 3-nerved, smooth, 
glabrous. Scape 1 foot long, at the top } in. thick. Bracts 3, the 
lowest as large as the leaf. Head small. Style 2-fid. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Buea, 4000 ft., Deistel, 132. 
* Allied to M, Soyauzii, Boeck., and M. ferruginea, Ridley.” 
