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MR. Н. М. RIDLEY ON THE WEST-AFRICAN 
Huilla, in pascuis editis ad Empalanca locis tempore pluviali inundatis, socialis cum 
Ayrideis, &c., no. 6963. 
Occurs also in Gallabat, the Cape, and India. 
Н. sUBSQUARROSA, Nees, Сур. Bras. p. 61. 
Loanda, in arenoso-argillaceis ad margines stagnorum prope Congeiao, at non frequens, 
jam deflorata Jul. 12, 1854, nos. 6981, 6996. 
A native of North and Tropical South America. 
LIPOCARPHA SPHACELATA, Kunth, Enum. ii. 267. 
Pungo Andongo, in pratis udis subarenosis prope Mopopo, ad flumen Cuanza, April. 
1857, et Lombe, no. 6776. 
Occurs also in Senegal, India, Central and South America. 
L. ATRA, n. sp. Glabra, rhizomate subrepente, radicibus crassiusculis, rufis; culmis 
pluribus erectis rigidis subpedalibus, obtuse triquetris canaliculatis; foliis rigidis 
linearibus obtusis, culmis multo brevioribus; vaginis integris ore membranaceis 
truncatis purpureo-punctatis; involucralibus 2, uno longissimo 1-11-роШе., altero 
spiculas subzquante, linearibus obtusis rigidis, basi dilatatis; spiculis 4-5 confertis 
divergentibus cylindrico-conicis aterrimis; squamis imbricatis obovatis, cuneatis 
breviter mucronatis atro-sanguineis; rhacheola crassiuscula, basi dilatata, foveolis 
minimis; stamine uno; squamulis interioribus 2, tenuissimis ; stylo 3-fido, gracili 
brevi rufo; caryopsi oblongo-lancvolata (immatura). 
Huilla, in uliginosis juxta ripas fluminis Cacolovar, prope lacum Ivantala, non 
frequens, Feb. 1869, postea etiam prope Humpata, in arenosis, no. 6961. | 
Allied to the preceding, but differing in the stouter habit, rigid leaves, longer and more 
cylindrical black spikelets, and smaller flowers. The leaves are about one third of the 
culms in length, the culms 6-8 inches high, the spikelets one fourth of an inch in length, 
with the small glumes closely imbricated. 
L. PULCHERRIMA, n. sp. Czespitosa, glaucescens, radicibus pluribus; culmis gracilibus, 
subteretibus, vix triquetris striatis, 39—10-pollicaribus ; foliis angustissime linearibus 
acutis striatis eulmo duplo brevioribus, vaginis fissis striatis purpurascentibus ; 
involueralibus 2, uno longissimo (fere triunciali), altero breviore, patentibus, basi 
vix dilatata; spiculis 3-4 glomeratis, lanceolatis, subcylindricis; rhacheola cylin- 
drica, foveolis minutis; squamis cuneatis striolatis lateribus atro-purpureis, dorso 
mucroneque luteis, mucrone longo excurvo; squamulis interioribus 2, oblongis 
lanceolatis tenuissimis, 5-nerviis ; caryopsi ovali-oblonga rufescente minute punctata. 
Pungo Andongo, Catete, nos. 6774, 6785 (pars); ad paludes apricas Preesidii et prope 
Quilanga, Feb. 1857, no. 6774. : 
Наша, in arvis arenoso-argillaceis post Sorght plantationes frequentissima, et cum 
multis aliis scirpoideis et eriocauloneis sociata, dense pulvinata, April.-Maio, 1860, по. 
6775. 
