OyperiCS.] CLVI. CYPERACE^ (CLARKE). A'Jl 



this and C. compact us type. The colour sometim.'!*, as in (Ji-aiit's i-x:nni.!e. i> 

 golden-yellow; but tliort; is a complete series from this into .stnnv-<-ol<.in- hmiI int.. 

 brown. 



Var. tenerior, C. H. Clarke in Durand & Schin/, Consjiect. Fl. Afr. v. 552. 

 Much slenderer with smaller spikelets and nuts. — Rcndle in Cat. Afr IM Wrlw ii 

 112. 



Upper Guinea. Iliver Niger, Baikle ! 



Iiower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in the ])astures of Kmpulanca. 6000 ft 

 Welwitsch, 6803 ! 



This variety was founded on Welwitsch, 6803 ; Baikie's (which has no rhizomr) 

 may prove to be different. There may be 1 (or 2) new s]).'cif3 latent hen-. 



12. C. angolensis, Boeck. in Flora, ]H8(), 4:;."). Kliizonie oblique, 

 ^ '^y i-G i^-j clothed by stout ovate acute striate pale b)-own scjiIhs h-r^ 

 in. long. Stem solitary on the rhizome, 4-12 in. long. Leaves oft-en a« 

 long as the stem, -J in. broad. Bracts and head as of C. compactvs, Lim. 

 — Durand & Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 28o. C. ochrocephahui, 

 C. B, Clarke in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. h'A ; Rendle in Cat. 

 Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 112; not Ryncospora ochrocephalci, Boeck, 



IiOwer Guinea. Lower Congo: Kimnenza, Gillef, 1740! Angola: Hiiill;i ; 

 on dry hills near Lake Ivantala, 5000 ft., Weliritsch, 6838 ! Golungo Alto ; Sol):it<) 

 de Bumba, Welwitsch, 6813! marshy banks of the River Quianoze, Welwitsch, '7ii\ W 

 Malan^e, Mechow, 182! 



South Central. Congo Free State; Zenze, Laurent ! Mukenge, Poqqe, ](J()1 \ 

 1605! ^1])a\i\, Descamps, 10! Wba KiOD^a, Dupuis ! Mission Caha, Ziliuami, 14! 

 and without precise locality, Dewevre, 27 o ! 



IMEozamb. I>ist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Mlanji, Whyte ! 

 Mount Zomba, 3000-60(X) ft., Whyte! Mount Malosa. 4000-6000 It., U'htjte ! 



I cannot distinguish this species from C. compactus unless I have the rhizome. 

 The spikelets are many-tlowered ; a>id my naming it (I.e.) in 1894 C. ochforeph'iliis 

 (which species has 3-2-f1owered spikelets) was an error. The style is alw.ivs 3-tid 

 with me. 



13. C. margaritaceus, VaM, Enum. ii. 307. Glabrous. Stems 

 ()-24 in. long, thickened at the base by leaf -sheaths, contiguous, 

 rhizome very short or 0. Leaves | the length of the stem, ,\,-^, in. 

 broad. Head I, of 3-() spikelets; bracts 3, lowest up to 2-4 in. long, 

 similar to tiie leaves. Spikelets up to \ by \-\ in., much HatteiuMl. 

 white, straw-e(. loured or pale brown, 2()-flow'ered. Glumes up to \ in. 

 long, very close-packed, muticous, with numerous strong striations. 

 Nut \-'i the length of the glume, ellipsoid, tri(iuetrous witli concave 

 faces. — Schumach. it Thonn. Beskr. Guin. PI. :'.;'»; Kinith, Enuin. ii. 

 46; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. ooO ; Jardin, Herbor. 1:'.; Boeck. in 

 Linnjiea, XXXV. [rl\) \ C. B. Clarke in Joui-n. J^inr. Soc. xxi. I 10, in 

 Durand it Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 5(1^^, in Bull. Herb, lioi.^s. iv. 

 Append, iii. 30, and in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 16!) ; Ridley in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 133; Ficalho et Hiern in Trans. Linn. Soc. sei-. 2, 

 Bot.ii. 26 ; K. Schum. in Engl Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 11'.); Durand A- Schinz. 

 Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 21)0; Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. WeUv. ii. 111'. 

 (J.ehurneus, Thonning ex Kuuth, Enum. ii. 46. 



