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Pungo Andongo, in paludosis prope Luxillo, no. 6823 (pars), no. 6822; Calunda, по. 
6828 (pars). 
Huilla, in collinis siccis breviter dumetosis inter Nene et Ferrao da Sola, no. 6954. 
Var. EGREGIA.  Culmis ssepius paucioribus brevioribus, umbella magis decomposita ; 
spiculis pluribus et majoribus, semiuncialibus. 
Huilla, in eultis neglectis circa Sonsala do Monino, no. 6957, nune ad finem Aprilis 
fere ubique communis, Lopollo, Februario 1860. 
Pungo Andongo, Lombe, cum Gentianeis, Martio 1857, no. 6833. 
` This species was described from specimens collected by Hildebrandt in Zanzibar, and, 
as far as І am aware, has not been gathered since. It seems, however, to be common in 
Angola. The variety egregie is a shorter and more compact form, with larger and more 
numerous spikelets. 
Е. wEGASTACHYS, n. sp. Czespitosa, glabra, bipedalis et ultra, rhizomate vix repente ; 
culmis validulis, strictis, obscure triquetris canaliculatis; foliis copiosis triuncialibus 
setaceis glaucis rigidis minute cancellatis, vaginis ferrugineis; involucralibus 4 
brevissimis glumaceis mucronatis; radiis шоре 4, rarius 2 vel 3, subæqualibus ; 
spieulis oblongis obtusis magnis, una sessili, 4-2 pedunculatis; squamis oblongis 
obtusis hispidis, marginibus ciliatis carinatis trinerviis sanguineis, carina pallidiore ; 
stylo breviter trifido elongato exserto rufo; caryopsi ovata trigona transversim 
rugosa alba, angulis costatis, quam squama duplo breviore, tuberculo grandiusculo. 
Huilla, in collinis siecioribus ad oram sylvarum prope Catumba, frequens, ad finem 
Martii et initium Maii 1860, no. 6952. Cæspitem fingens simulantem “тете. 
Closely allied to the preceding, but distinguished by the large oblong many-flowered 
spikelets, the oblong blunt glumes, absence of cilia on the vagin: and glumaceous 
involucral bracts. 
SCIRPUS FLUITANS, L. Sp. pl. 48. 
Huilla, ad ripas arenoso-argillaceas rivi Quipumpunhine, Sobata Humpata, frequenter 
longas plagas virore amcenissimo decorans, Oct. 1859, nunc erecta in limosis late-czespi- 
tosa, nune maximis ceespitibus in rivi aquis fluitans, no. 6965 ; in rivulis in planitie Hum- 
patensi frequens, 3-5-pedali, Mart. 24, 1860, no. 6966 [a very long slender form] in palu- 
dibus rivulosis prope Mumpulla cum Of£eliis, Xyridibus, Juncisque, Oct. 1859, no. 6967 
[a long trailing form apparently rooting at the nodes]. 
This plant is distributed over the whole of this hemisphere from Scandinavia to 
S. SPADICEUS, Boeckeler, Linnza, xxxvi. p. 493. Nemum spadiceum, Desv. Ham. Prodr. 13. 
Schenus spadiceus, Vahl, Enum. ii. 210, Eriocaulon spadiceum, Lam. Ill. i. p. 214. 
Var.cILIATUS. Spiculis minoribus ovatis szepius 2, rarius 3; squamis “jam in vivo fere 
nigris, halitu purpureo-fusco," marginibus capillis albis ciliatis ; caryopsi nigra nitida. 
Pungo Andongo, in summis Pedra Sangue, locis paludosis, April. 1857; in pascuis 
