Pi/creus.] CLvi. CYPERACEiE (clarke). 301 



Leaves as long as the stem, capillary or nearly so. Head 1, lateral, of 

 4-18 spikelets; bracts 2, the lower 1-2 J in. long, as tliough continuing 

 the stem. Spikelets J-J by yVi^-j 10-30-flowered, pale yellow. Glumes 

 ovate, inflated, hardly acute. Nut J the length of the glume, oh>ovoid, 

 black, smooth, without longitudinal cells or transverse niurication. — 

 Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI, Welw. ii. 107. Cypei-us capillifolius, A. Rich. 

 Tent. Fl. Abyss; il 475 ; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 117. 

 C, Afzelii, Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxv. 475, and in Flora, 1879, 547 (var. 

 capillifolia, partly) ; C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. 62; Ridley 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 127. C. /lavescens, T. Thorns, in 

 Speke, Nile, Append. 653 ; Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 164. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! 



Xrile ILand. Abyssinia: Sliireh ; Koiiaieta (Kuayata), Quart in- Dillon ! 

 British East Africa: Jur ; Jur Ghattas, Sehweinfurth, 1948! slopes of Madi rocks, 

 SpeJce Sc Grant ! 



Itower Guinea. Angola ; Welwitsch, 6907 partly ! Pungo Andongo, 3500 ft., 

 Welwitsch, 6919 ! 



23. P. smithianuSy C. B. Cla/rke in Bur and d- SchinZj Conapect. Fl. 

 Afr. V. 542. Rhizome sometimes 8 in. long. Stems 1 ft. long, tough, 

 with a bulb \-\ in. in diam. at the base. Leaves as long as the stem, 

 •J-J in. broad, rather stiff. Inflorescence of 30-40 white spikelets 

 nearly condensed into a head 1 J in. in diam. ; rays hardly attaining \ 

 in. in length, bracts 4-5, lowest 6 in. long and similar to the leaves. 

 Spikelets closely spicate, J by y^^j- in., compressed,- 14-22-flowered. 

 Glumes ovate, obtuse, one-coloured, not rigid. Nut \ the length of 

 the glume, obovoid, apiculato, brown, smooth. — Durand & De Wild, in 

 Comptes-rendus Soc. bot. Belg. xxxvi. 88 ; Durand ck Schinz, Etudes Fl. 

 Congo, i. 282. Cyperus smithianus, Ridley in Journ. Bot. 1884, 15; 

 K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 117. 



jBOvrer Guinea. Mouth of the Congo, Smith ! Lower Congo : near the mouth 

 of the River Kwa, 1000 ft.. Hens, C, 116 ! Dewevre, 706 ! Stanley Pool, Luja, 56 ! 

 Kinshassa, Luja, 184 ! 



Mozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : Karagwej Bukoha, Stuhlmann, 1593, 

 3960 1 



24. P. cuanzensiSy C. B. Clarke in Durand dc Schinz^ Conspect. 

 Fl, Afr. V. 536. Stem 15 in. long, at the base decumbent, not at all 

 thickened, with lax brown shining sheaths. Leaves greatly exceeding 

 the stem in length, \-\ in. broad, flaccid. Inflorescence of 30-40 white 

 spikelets nearly condensed into a head IJ in. high; rays 0-J in. long; 

 bracts 4-5, lowest attaining 10 in. or more. Spikelets undistinguish- 

 able from those of P. swi^Amrii^.— Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 

 108. Cyperus cuanzensis, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, liot. ii. 

 128. 



X7pper Guinea. Caraeroons : Batanga, among rocks by the Rirer Lohe, left 

 bare by low water, Bates, 323 ! Bipinde, Zenker, 1935 ! 



Xiower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo ; marshy mendows by the lliver 

 Cuanza, near Nbllla, 3500 ft., Welwitsch, 6899 ! 



