166 COL. GRANT— BOTANY OF THE 5РЕКЕ AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
16. CYPERUS ALOPECUROIDES, Rottb.; Bæckel., in Linnæa, xxxvi. 321; App. Speke’s 
Journ. 658. 
Hab. Karagué, March 1862, Col. Grant. Extending across Africa and eastwards 
through India. 
ГА rush, 8 feet high in the Windermere lake, Karagué ; alt. 4000 feet. Used as a thatch to dwellings; 
and I think it is from this that the Wahia make their inferior salt ; our men call it “ magadee,” or snuff : 
March 18, 1862.—J. А. G.J 
17. CYPERUS HEMISPHÆRICUS, Bæckel., in Linnea, xxxvi. 345. 
Hab. East of the coast range, Oct. 1860 (Mariscus по. 2, App. Speke’s Journ. 654). 
Collected by Peters and Hildebrandt in Eastern Africa. 
18. MARISCUS UMBELLATUS, Vahl; Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. 118; App. Speke’s Journ. 
654. 
Hab. Karagué, Dec. 1861, and Uganda, July 1862, Col. Grant! А wide-spread 
species. 
I prefer to leave this plant as determined in the Speke Supplement; but our specimens require careful 
revision by the light of Dr. Bæckeler”s study of the group. 
[Growing at 5500 feet alt. in lat. 1° 40' S., Dec. 1861; also Uganda plantain-groves, July 1862, and 
the marshes of Unyoro. Salt prepared from its ashes.—J. A. G.] 
19. KYLLINGIA MELANOSPERMA, Nees; Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. 131; Boeckel., in Linnæa, 
ххху. 419. | 
Hab. Madi, Dec. 1862 ( K. macrocephala, App. Speke’s Journ. 654), Col. Grant ! 
[Native name “keelolo,” 18 to 24 inches in height by a rocky burn, Madi, December 15, 1862. Roots 
creeping and purplish, the whole plant sweetly perfumed ; the stems have three distinct angles, and also 
a rib between each of the large angles. The roots are pounded by Wezee women and rubbed as a scent 
on their bodies.—J. А. G.] 
20. KYLLINGIA LEUCOCEPHALA, Bockel, MSS. in hb. Kew.  Pluriculmis, haud stoloni- 
fera; radice fibrosa; culmis (8-12 poll.) gracilibus triangulis, suleato-striatis, basin versus 
paucifoliatis ; foliis rigidulis linearibus acuminatis, 3-5 poll. longis; capitulo subgloboso, 
š poll. diam., involuero 2—4-phyllo, phyllis longioribus reflexis, 1-3 poll. longis ; spiculis 
numerosissimis, dense congestis, 9-floris; floribus inferioribus 2 v. 1 fertilibus, squamis 
albidis concoloribus obtusiuscule apiculatis, margine hyalinis levibus, carina exalata, 
floralibus subsexnerviis, basi decurrentibus ; stylo pertenui bifido. 
-Hab. 6^ 4 S. lat., alt. 4068 feet, Dec. 1860 (K. aurea, App. Speke's Journ. 654), Col. 
Grant. 
[Common in moist woods at the * Bass rock," alt. 4068 feet, December 28, 1860, lat. 6° 4! $. Grows 
from 14 to 16 inches high.—J. A. G.J i 
21. KYLLINGIA SPHÆROCEPHALA, Bockel, MSS. in hb. Kew. Stolonifera; culmis soli- 
tariis, elongatis, filiformibus, 9-12 poll. longis, infirmis, suleato-striatis, basi foliatis ; foliis 
culmo multo brevioribus, 75—7% poll. latis; capitulo globoso perdenso, 1 poll. diam. ; in- 
volucri phyllis (2-3) patentibus perangustis, 1-2 poll. longis; spiculis densissime imbri- 
catis, valde compressis, 1-floris ; squamis floralibus tenuissime membranaceis concoloribus 
alutaceis, apice rectis, carina acuta exalata lævi, squama inferiore minore 10-nervia, 
vacua, superiore fertili subsexnervia ; stylo vix exserto, complanato, breviter bifido. 
