Carex. | CLVI. CYPERACEH (CLARKE). 519 
152. C. ramosa, K. Schum, in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 129 partly, not 
of Schkuhr. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons; Cameroon Mountain, 7000 ft., Mann, 1359! 
2106! 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre; in open stony places on the upper part of 
Mount Scholoda, Schimper, 26! Adowa, Quartin-Dillon &§ Petit ! Alsega, on moun- 
tains, 6000 ft., Schimper, 538! Begemeder ; Senka Berr, 8200 ft., Schimper, 1314! 
British East Africa: Ruwenzori; Kivata, 6000-8000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 7579! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa; Usambara; at Mbaruma, Holst, 2484! 
This is nearly allied to C. schimperiana, and sorted with it by K. Schumann; it 
has broader leaves and a more copious inflorescence. 
10. C. nyasensis, (. B. Clarke. Glabrous except the densely 
and minutely hairy branches of the panicle. Stems 14-3 ft. long. 
Leaves 14 by }-+ in. Panicle 8-16 by 2 in., oblong, lower peduncles 
remote carrying oblong (not pyramidal) partial panicles of 6-15 spikes ; 
bracts mostly overtopping the inflorescence. Spikes in fruit $ by } ir. 
(sometimes larger) with about 10 utricles, male at the top, rusty green. 
Female glume as long as the utricle, acuminate, shortly aristate, from 
a broad ovate base, several-nerved in the middle of the back, smooth, 
scabrous on the bristle. Utricle (including beak) }—} in. long, ellipsoid, 
trigonous, narrowed at each end, with about 18 ribs; beak 4 the 
length of the utricle, scabrous, deeply bifid into 2 long-lanceolate teeth. 
Nut ovoid-ellipsoid, trigonous, dark-brown, well filling the utricle. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; North Nyasa, Whyte / 
Masuku Plateau, 6500-7000 f{t., Whyte! Zomba Plains, 2500-3000 ft., Whyte! and 
without precise locality, Buchanan, 165! 584! 
11. ©. chlorosaccus, (. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxiv. 
298. Nearly glabrous, the panicle branches scabrid, hardly hairy. 
Stems tufted, perennial, 1-2 ft. long. Leaves 6-15 by } in. Panicle 
4-14 by 1-3 in.. green; lower peduncles remote, with oblong (not 
pyramidal) panicles of 8-20 spikes; bracts overtopping the inflor- 
escence. Spikes in fruit 4-1 by } in., with 8-10 utricles, male at the 
top. Female glume (including the bristle) much shorter than the 
utricle, ovate, acuminate, aristate, greenish-yellow with 3 green nerves 
on the back, glabrous, the bristle scabrous. Utricle (including the 
beak) + in. long, narrowly ellipsoid, attenuate into a beak forming % at 
least of the fruit, very green, glabrous, with 5 strong nerves ; beak 
linear, smooth, with 2 short lanceolate teeth; nut oblong, trigonous.— 
C. wahlenbergiana, Boott in Journ. Linn. Soc, vii. 225 ; Engl. Hochge- 
birgsfl. Trop. Afr. 152; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 129 partly ; 
C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. FI. Afr. v. 691 partly. 
C. ramosa, K, Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 129 partly. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po: Clarence Peak, 8000 ft., Mann, 653 ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Marangu, 7200 ft., 
Volkens, 1274! Johuston! 
12. C. leptocladus, (. B. Clarke. Glabrous, the panicle-branches 
thinly scabrous-hairy. Root woody, rugged. Stem (panicle included) 
