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FLOSCOPA GLOMERATA, Hassk. Commel. Ind. p. 166. 
Hab. Zomba, Sept. ; S. Africa, from Cape Colony to the Zambesi; Angola, Madagascar. 
EnrocAULON SONDERIANUM, Korn. in Linnea, xxvii. p. 669. 
Hab. Milanji, 6000 ft., Oct. (no. 115); Cape of Good Hope. 
PYCREUS SPISSIFLORUS, C. B. Clarke, sp. n. Mediocris, umbella simplici aut in caput 
unieum contracta; spiculis spicatis, lanceolatis, compressis, multifloris, fusce luteo- 
rubescentibus; glumis spisse sitis, ovatis obtusis; stylo 2-fido. 
Culms about 12 in. long; rhizome woody, lower sheaths blackened and torn. Leaves 
3 the length of the culm, 1} line broad. Radii of the umbel sometimes reaching 14 in. 
in length, more often short or almost absent; bracts 3-5, reaching a length of 24-8 in., 
spreading like the leaves. Spikelets resembling those of P. lanceus, C. B. Clarke, in 
shape and size, but with as many as 16-20 flowers. Nut immature. 
Near P. lanceus, C. B. Clarke, from which it differs in having the glumes much more 
crowded and a darker colour. The immature spikelets recall those of P. capillaris, Nees, 
but the inflorescence is different, resembling that of P. lanceus. 
Hab. Milanji, Sept. 
PYCREUS NIGRICANS, C. B. Clarke, ined.; Cyperus nigricans, Steud. in Flora, 1842, p. 584. 
Hab. Milanji, 6000 ft., Oct. ; Abyssinia, Intschatkak (Schimper, ii. no. 1373); Gafat, 
8700 ft. (Schimper, no. 1286). | 
CYPERUS OCHROCEPHALUS, C. B. Clarke, ined. ; Rhynchospora ochrocephala, Boeck. in 
Flora, 1879, p. 568. 
Hab. Milanji, Sept.; Tropical Africa, Madagascar, and S. Africa (C. spherocephalus, 
Vahl). 
CYPERUS ZAMBESIENSIS, C. B. Clarke, ined., in Herb. Kew. 
Hab. Milanji, Oct.; Buchanan, Nyasa-land (no. 647). 
Maniscus cf. DACTYLIFORMIS, C. B. Clarke, ined.; Cyperus dactyliformis, Boeck. Cyperac. 
p. 275. ; 
Hab. Milanji, Oct.; Cape of Good Hope. 
The specimens are too young for more definite naming. 
MARISCUS SIEBERIANUS, Nees, var. e. POLYPHYLLA, C. B. Clarke, ined., in Herb. Kew. 
(M. polyphyllus, Steud.) 
Hab. Milanji, Oct. ; Abyssinia (Schimper, no. 1124); E. Africa, between Zanzibar and 
Uyui (Rev. W. E. Taylor, Herb. Mus. Brit.). 
This species is widely distributed through India, Malaya to Hong-kong, Formosa, and 
the Philippine Is., and occurs also in the Mascarene Is. and at the Cape of Good Hope. 
Varieties are found in St. Helena and Samoa. 
