Carex. | CLVI. CYPERACEE (CLARKE). 521 
oblong, dark-brown on a long yellow stalk.—C. B. Clarke in Durand & 
Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 690, and in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxiv. 297. 
C. wahlenbergiana, var. 6, Boott, Carex, ii. 102, t. 304. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Samen; Mount Silke, 9000—10,000 ft., Schimper, 545 ! 
near Demerki, 11,000 ft., Schimper, 1088! Begemeder Province, Schimper, 1559 ! 
See remarks under C. chlorosaccus above. 
15, ©. condensata, Vees in Wight, Contrib. 123. Axillary 
peduncled panicles oblong, dense, ferrugineous or chestnut-red. Spikes 
usually with 1—4 utricles at the base and several males above. Female 
glumes (in the Mlanji example) with minute suberect hairs on the 
upper part; otherwise nearly as C. spicato-paniculata.—Boott, Carex, 
ii. 86, tt. 247, 248; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 716, and 
in Dyer, FI. Cap. vii. 305. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Mount Mlanji, Whyte ! 
16. ©. Johnstonii, Boeck. in Lngl. Jahrb. vii. 278. Stems 2-3 ft. 
high, robust. Leaves up to 2 ft. by 4 in., nearly glabrous, but when 
young minutely scabrous hairy on some of the numerous nerves. 
Panicle 10-16 by 1-2 in., the lower peduncles long but erect; partial 
panicles very narrow; whole number of spikes 20—40, green, ferrugineous- 
brown-marked. Spikes 1-14 by scarcely } in., linear, with large distant 
suberect utricles, male at the top. Female glumes lanceolate, not 
aristate, pale hyaline, shorter than the utricle. Utricle ;°; in. long, 
linear-lanceolate, pallid with few obscure nerves, thinly hairy nearly to 
the base; beak hardly } the length of the utricle with 2 lanceolate 
teeth ; style-branches 3, red-brown, long exserted ; nut oblong, trigonous. 
—Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 853; C. B. Clarke in 
Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 686; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 
Trop. Afr. 151; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr.C. 129. C. Volkensti, 
K, Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 130. 
Nile Land. British East Africa : Ruwenzori; Kivata, Scott-Elliot, 7778 ! 
Mozamb. Dist. (erman East Africa : Kilimanjaro; above Marangu, Volkens, 
1124! Johnston ! 
17. C. Vallis-Rosetto, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-A/r. C. 130. 
Glabrous, or nearly so. Stems 2 ft. (at least) long, robust. Leaves as 
long as the stems, }—} in. broad. Panicle 8-12 in. long, of 6-12 loosely 
scattered spikes; bracts as long as the panicle. Spikes 1-3} by {- 
4 in., rusty-brown, male at the top. Female glumes as long as the 
utricle, ovate, glabrous, rusty-brown, the 1—3-nerved green keel ex- 
current as a mucro or short bristle. Utricles {-} in. long (beak 
included), ellipsoid, trigonous, green, glabrous, very irregularly nerved, 
contracted into a beak less than } their length, smooth or nearly so, 
with 2 rather small lanceolate teeth. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Marangu, 6500 ft., 
Volkens, 1291! and at the foot of Kifiniki Voleano, 8800 ft., Volkens, 1342! 
The spikes in 1291 are 1 in. long, in 1842 are 3 in. long; but by K. Schumann 
considered (I think correctly) conspecific. A curious feature in this species is 
