516 CLVI, CYPERACEE (CLARKE). [ Carex. 
Boott says the style is sometimes 3-fid; I find all 2-fid in Boott’s examples; the 
utricle is pressed so very flat (as is the nut) that I am surprised to find a 3-fid 
style even by accident. The name of Kunze has priority ; but, as his description 
may be esteemed insufficient, it is more convenient not to unearth his name. 
2. C. runssoroensis, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 129. 
Stem terete, smooth with very many striations. Uppermost leaf # in. 
long, not green. Utricle (without beak) + in. long, oblong, much 
flattened, with 6 nerves on the convex face, reddish, beak scarcely } the 
length of the utricle, otherwise as C’. monostachya. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Ruwenzori, 12,400 ft., Stuhlmann, 2454! 
This species is exceedingly near C. monostachya, A. Rich.; the one stem at Kew 
appears almost a scape; the utricle is less obovoid and much less beaked than the 
utricle of any example of C. monostachya. A rudiment of the male spikelet is in 
the utricle. 
3. C. conferta, Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii.512. Glabrous. 
Rhizome creeping, divided, up to 6 in. long in dried examples. Stems 
1-3 ft. long, medium-sized, triquetrous, rough on the angles. Leaves 
nearly as long as the stem, } in. broad. Inflorescence 2 by 3 im., a 
dense little-interrupted oblong panicle; lowest bract shorter than the 
panicle, often only } in. long, not sheathing. Spikes } by 4 in., dense, 
female at the base, some male at the top. Female glumes ,', in. long. 
ovate-triangular, not acuminate, a rich brown, keel yellow. Utricle 3'5 in. 
long, sessile, ovoid-triangular, hardly beaked, plano-convex, glabrous, 
straw-yellow, without nerves on the plane face, obscurely 2—3-nerved 
on the convex face; beak deeply split on the convex face, margins 
scabrous ; style-branches 2, linear.—Boctt, Carex, ii. 76, t. 208; Boeck. 
in Linnea, xxxix. 91; Engi. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 151; C. B. Clarke 
in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 681. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Samen; by streams near Enjedcap, Schimper, 576! 
near Debra Eski, Schimper, 931! Begemeder; near Gafat, Schimper, 1323 ! 
Compared by Boott with C. vulpina, Linn., of which it has the habit and 
characters, but a less beaked and less ribbed utriele. It is equally near the corre- 
sponding group in South America, of which C, bracteosa, Kunze, is a representative. 
4. C. leptosaccus, (. B. Clarke. Inflorescence ovoid, 24 by 
1 in., dense, compound, straw-brown; lowest bract as long as the 
panicle. Spikes }-} by 1in., female at the base, a few male at the 
top. Female glumes +}, in. long, elliptic-lanceolate, hardly mucronate, 
ferrugineous, keel green. Utricle 4 in. long, hardly stalked, elliptic- 
lanceolate, beaked, plano-convex, glabrous (a very few hairs on the 
margins), white, very thin, without nerves on the plane face, obscurely 
3-nerved on the convex face; beak lanceolate, 1-4 the length of whole 
utricle, deeply split on the convex face; style-branches 2, linear very 
long, brown-red. Nut ellipsoid, plano-convex, dark brown. 
Mozamb, Dist. (ierman East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 10,000 ft., Thomson ! 
De, Cy Koestlini, Hochst. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. ii. 199. 
Glabrous. Rhizome 4-4 in. in diam., whence descend thick smooth 
