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Нар. Alt. 4488 feet, 6" S. lat., Col. Grant! Also at the Cape, Reduced by Dr. Bæckeler 
to С. obtusiflorus, Vahl. 
[Golden-yellow flowers. Grows at 4488 feet, 67 S., 1st January, 1861.—J. А. G.] 
Plate CVIII. А. fig. 1. Flower and subtending glume; fig. 2. Stamens and pistil. 
8. CYPERUS Haspan, L., var. indicus, Boeckel., in Linnæa, xxxv. 574. 
HD 25162186, (0, монан, App. Speke's Journ. 653). А wide-spread species in 
both hemispheres. 
[Grows in tufts in the marshes of Unyoro, Sept. 1862.—Ј. А. G.J 
9. CYPERUS DENUDATUS, Vahl; Bæckel., in Linnea, xxxv. 576; App. Speke’s Journ. 
654. 
Hab. Near Kazeh, 5° 1 В. lat., alt. 8960 feet, Col. Grant! And at the Cape. 
[2 feet high, in bogs about Kazeh, at 5° 1! 5. lat. Common.—J. А. G.] 
10. CYPERUS REDUNCUS, Hochst.; Bæckel., in Linnæa, ххху, 580 (included under С. 
aristatus in App. Speke’s Journ. 658). | 
Hab. Unyoro, іп marshes, Nov. 1862, Col. Grant! Occurs also іп Abyssinia and 
Nigritania. 
11. CYPERUS DIFFORMIS, L.; Kunth, Enum. РІ. ii. 88; App. Speke’s Journ. 653. 
Hab, Madi, Dec. 1862, Col. Grant! Common in the Old-World tropics. 
[6 inches high, moist ground, rocky heights of Madi, Dec. 1869; and 18 inches at Khartoom, 15° to 
16° N. lat.—J. A. G.] 
12. CYPERUS ARTICULATUS, L.; Boeckel., in Linnea, xxxvi. 274; App. Speke's Journ. 
653. 
Hab. By the Nile, 2° N. lat., Col. Grant! Widely spread in both hemispheres. 
[3 to 3 feet high, Nile edges; in flower Nov. at 2° М. lat.—J. A. G.] 
13. CYPERUS LoNGUS, L.; Bockel. in Linnea, xxxvi. 279; App. Speke's Journ. 653. 
Hab. By the Nile, 16° N. lat., April 1868, Со. Grant! Widely spread in temperate 
and subtropical regions of the Old World. 
[3 feet high, collected at 16° М. lat. on the Nile, at the Gherri cataract. It grows profusely upon 
the rocks of the river about Wady Chumar, Bagære, &c. ; also in the rocky Assua river, 3° 40’ N. lat. 
Our camels, after crossing the desert, devoured it greedily.—J. A. G.J 
14. CYPERUS ROTUNDUS, L.; Bæckel., in Linnea, xxxvi. 283; App. Speke’s Јошт. 653. 
Hab. Alt. 3800 feet, 5° 6’ S. lat., 30° E. long., Col. Grant! Generally dispersed through 
warm countries. 
15. CYPERUS PAPYRUS, L.; Kunth, Enum. РІ. ii. . 64.— Papyrus antiquorum, App. 
Speke’s Journ. 654. 
Hab. Morasses, Zanzibar Island; the shallow borders of lakes Victoria and Winder- 
mere are thickets of this rush, growing to 15 feet in height; Nile banks 4^ 56' N. lat. ; 
not so much of it further north, Col. Grant ! 
[Uses.—The terminal tufts are eaten by the water-boc, and нийг into soft bedding at 1° 40! S. lat. ; 
the stem is made into screens ; strips from the bark make beautiful fish-cruives ; and at Unyoro a bundle 
of pith cut into long strips forms a wrapper or covers a jar.—J. A. G.] 
I have not seen Col. Grant’s specimens of this plant. 
