Carex. | CLYI. CYPERACEE (CLARKE). 523 
dotted by red glandular marks; beak linear, not 1 the length of the 
utricle, very narrow, glabrous, with small subentire mouth.—Boott, 
Carex, ii. 88, t. 259 ; Boeck. in Linnea, xl. 411; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 
Trop. Afr. 152; C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 306. C. anomala, 
Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. ii. 230; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 295. 
C’. robusta, Hochst. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. ii. 230. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Samen; Demergui (Demerki), 11,000 ft., Schimper, 
1038 ! Begemeder, Schimper, 1299! Quartin-Dillon & Petit (ex Boott). 
In this species the spikes vary much in thickness, and the female glumes in 
length and acuteness. The characteristic feature is the minute subentire beak of 
the utricle. 
21. C. Fischeri, A. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C.130. Spikes 
2} by tin. Utricles (beak included) } in. long, with numerous slender 
nerves ; beak 4-3 the length of the utricle, with 2 lanceolate teeth : 
otherwise as C. petitiana. 
Mozamb. Dist. British East Africa: Abori, Fischer, 640! 
This has the spikes more slender than the slenderest examples of C. petitiana, and 
the distinctly bifid beak to the utricle distinguishes it. It appears to be allied to 
C. petitiana, but the description of K. Schumann is so short, and the example seen 
so fragmentary, that it is possible it may be nearer C. pendula, Hudson. 
22. ©. boryana, Schkuhr, Riedgr, ii. 43, t. ggg, fig. 191. Glabrous. 
Stems 2-3 ft. long, with 6-12 scattered spikes. Leaves 18 by }—-} in. 
Spikes 14-3 by 1-1} in., elongate-cylindric, terminal (sometimes 2 or 3 
terminal), wholly male in nearly all the Tropical African material, some- 
times terminal spike female at the base, lower spikes always female at 
the base usually with a few males at the top. Glumes male and 
female elliptic-lanceolate, acute, hardly bristle-tipped, chestnut or 
bright brown, green on the back, female rather shorter than the 
utricle. Utricles (beak included) }-} in. long, ellipsoid, narrowed 
gradually into the beak, sessile, plano-convex, smooth, with 5 nerves on 
the plane and 9 on the convex surface, more or less variegated or dotted 
with red ; beak about 4+ the length of the utricle, linear-conic or linear, 
smooth or very sparingly scabrous, with 2 well-marked lanceolate teeth. 
Nut narrowly ellipsoid, trigonous, dark-brown.—Kunth, Enum. ii. 506 ; 
Boott, Carex, iii. 110, tt. 345-347, and var. minor, t. 348 (which is 
drawn from G. Mann’s plant cited below), and in Journ. Linn. Soe. vi. 
22, vii. 225; Boeck. in Linnea, xli. 283 excl. var. y; Engl. Hochge- 
birgsfl. Trop. Afr. 153. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po: Clarence Peak, 7500-8500 ft., Mann, 661! 
1478 ! 
Wile Land. British East Africa : Ruwenzori; Yeria River, 10,000 ft., Scodt- 
Elliot, 7873 ! 
Also in the Mascarene Islands. 
The examples of G. Mann and of Scott-Elliot agree very fairly with some of the 
small C, boryana from Bourbon ; and the above description is narrowed down to 
these. The large Madagascar C. boryana has utricles exceeding ; in. long, with 
aristate glumes 4 in. long. 
