272 CLvi. CYPERACE^ (clarke). [KylUnga. 



Rendle in Cat. Afr. PL Welw. ii. 105. K. cristata, Kunth, Enum. ii. 

 13C. K. cartilaginea, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 123. 



xrile 3^and. British East Africa : Rabai H'Us, near Mombasa, Taylor I 



taOVf^v Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; 5000 ft., in the drier pastures of Empalanca, 

 Welwitsch, 6805 ! in the iiigh pastures of Morro de Monino, Welwitsch, 6806 ! in 

 the drier thicket-grown pastures of Catumba, Welwitsch, 6812 ! German South-west 

 Africa : Amboland, ScJdnz, 364 ! Damaraland, JEen, Hereroland, Dinter, 487 ! 



HEozaznb. Sist. Zanzibar, Boivin ! German East Africa : Usambara ; Tanga, 

 Hoist, 2082 ! Unyarawezi ; Uyui, Taylor ! Portuguese East Africa : Mozambique, 

 Zimmermann ! Zambesi Delta ; mouth of the Konsrone River, Kirk ! Lower 

 Zambesi ; between Lupata and Tete, Kirk ! near Morambala Mountain, Kirk ! 

 British Central Africa : banks of the Zambesi, Holub ! Upper Zambesi, Ficalho ! 

 Livingstone! Ngamiland; Kwebe Hills, Lugard, 67 1 Nyasaland ; near Zomba, 

 250a-3500 ft., Whyte ! 



Common in South Africa, 



Var. /3 alata, C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 526, in 

 Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. Append, iii. 28, and in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 151. Stem scabrous 

 hairy under the bracts. Heads greenish-golden. Nut-bearing glume with a broad 

 wing on keel, crested. — K. alata, Nees in Linnsea, ix. 286; Kunth, Enum. ii. 136; 

 Boeck. in Linnaea, xxxv. 430. 



Xiower Cruinea. German South-west Africa: Hereroland, Fleck, 164a! 

 Amboland, Nels, 14 ! Schinz, 365, 366 ! 



Common in South Africa. 



4. K. nigritana, C. B. Clarke. Roots fibrous. Stems csespitose, 

 7—10 in. long. Leaves somewhat shorter than the stem, ^-J in. broad. 

 Head globose, of 1 spike, J in. in diam ,pale cinnamon-coloured ; bracts 

 3-4, lowest 2-3 in. long, resembling the leaves, suberect, obscurely- 

 dilated saccate at the base. Spikelets numerous, J-4 in. long, broadly 

 ovate, strongly compressed, in fruit erect (not stellately spreading as in 

 K. alha), each perfecting 1 nut. Nut-bearing glume with a broad wing 

 on the keel. Nut ^ as long as the glume, brown when ripe. 



Upper Guinea. Niger Territory : Nupe, Barter ! 

 laO'wer duinea. Lower Congo : Kimuenza, Gillet, 1624 ! 



5. K. monocephala, Rotib. Descr. et Ic. 13, t. 4:, Jig. 4, excl. certain 

 syns. Rhizome creeping, of ten 4-10 in. long. Stems distant or contiguous. 

 Leaves often as long as the stem, ^-J in. broad. Head of 3-1 green or 

 green-white spikes, the middle one ovoid 4- J in. in diam. ; bracts 3, 

 lowest 2-5 in. long, resembling the leaves, patent. Spikelets numerous, 

 Yo^-J in. long, each perfecting 1 nut. Nut-bearing glume broadly- 

 winged on the upper part of the keel ; wing gland-dotted. Nut ^ as 

 long as glume, obovoid, yellow finally brown. — Linn. f. Suppl. 104; 

 Vahl, Enum. ii. 379 ; Kunth, Enum. ii. 129 ; Boeck. in Linnsga, xxxv. 

 427 ; Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser, 2, Bot. ii. 147 ; C. B. Clarke in 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Tnd. vi. 588, and in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. 

 V. 530 ; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 123 ; Rendle in Cat. Afr. 

 PI. Welw. ii. 105- 



Ziower Cruineai Princes Island : Welwitsch, 6988 ! 



