274 CLVi. CYPERACE^ (clarke). [XyUi7iga» 



8. K. erecta, Schumach. <fh Thonn. Beskr. Guin. PL 42. Rhizome 

 creeping, sometimes 4-8 in. long, jV" J ^^- ^^- diam., with distant stems ; 

 sometimes only 1-3 in. long, thicker, with contiguous (often uniseriate)- 

 stems. Leaves often J the length of the stem, ^ in. broad. Head of 

 1 spike, \-\ in. in diam., ovoid, dense, very commonly (especially 

 when young) showing a golden tinge ; bracts 3-4, lowest 1-3 in. long, 

 similar to the leaves, patent. Spikelets ^-J in. long, each perfecting 

 1 nut. Nut-bearing glume without a wing, usually not scabrous on 

 the keel. Nut J the length of glume, ellipsoid, yellow- brown finally 

 nearly black. — C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 

 528, and in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 152 ; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost- 

 Afr. C. 123 ; Durand & Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 278 ; Rendle in 

 Cat. Afr. PI, Welw. ii. 105. K. aurata, Nees in Linnsea, x. 139 (excl. 

 Nees' citation of himself in Linnsea, vii. 512), ? Nees in Linnsea, ix. 286 ; 

 Kunth, Enum. ii. 137 partly; Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxv. 422, excl. var. y ; 

 Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 146 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 

 Trop. Afr. 146 ; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 123 ; Yolk. Kili- 

 mand. 285. K. consanguinea, Kunth, Enum. ii. 135. K. polyphylla, 

 Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 552 mainly, not of Willd. K. Tnonocephalaf 



Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 552 mainly, not of Rottb. K. Sojauxii, 



Boeck. in Flora, 1879, 515. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : Falaba, Scott- JElliot, 5187b ! Liberia : Bassa 



Cove, Ans ell! Gold Coast: Cape Coast Castle, Don! Guinea, Thonmng ! Niger 



Territory : Nupe, Barter, 1589 ! 



ZTlle ]Land. British East Africa : Jur ; Jur Ghattas, $ch,weinfurth, 2033 ! 



Ruwenzori, 5000-7000 ft., Scott-MUot, 7561! Rabai Hills, near Mombasa,. 



Taylor ! 



Iiower Guinea. Loango : Chinchocbo, Sbyanx, 175 !. Mouth of the Congo, 



Smith! Duchesne, 185! Lower Congo, Hens, 59, 134! Angola: Pungo Andongo ; 



3500 ft., around Lagoa de Quibinda, Welwitsch, 6800 ! in damp thickets near 



Luxillo, Welwitsch, 6808! Huilla ; near Lopollo, 5000 ft., Welwitsch, 6809! in 



meadows by the River Cacolobar, Welwitsch, 6810 ! Loando, 800 ft. ; around ponds 



near Repressa de Luiz Gomes, Welwitsch, 6797 ! 6999 ! Dande ; by Lake Bomba, 



Welwitsch, 6799 ! Benguella ; by the River Caculovar, Newton, 3 ! 



South Central. Congo Free State : Monbuttu ; by the Kibali River, 



Schweinfurth, 3541 ! 



nXozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; at Marangu, 4900 ft., 



Volkens, 239 ! 1396 ! 2102 ! Karagwe ; Bukoba, Stuhlmann, 3304 ! Unyamwezi ; 



XJyui, Taylor ! British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Zomba, 2500-6000 ft., 



Whyte ! near Nsessi River, Scott ! 



Abundant also in South Africa and the Mascarene Islands. 



Any example in which the head has a golden tinge has been usually referred to 



this species, but it i« not a safe character, and the Indir.n plant referred here 



by Boeckler is K. hrevifolia. 



9. K. sphserocephala, Boeck. in Flora, 1875, 258. Rhizome 

 creeping, hardly -^ in. in diam. Stems 1 ft. long, slender, not thickened 

 at the base by sheaths. Leaves J-§ the length of the stem, yV""i ^^- 

 broad. Head of 1 spike, \ in. in diam., globose, dense, pale cinnamon 

 colour ; bracts 2-3, lowest 2 in. long, 2V ^^- broad, patent. Spikelets 



