Cyperus.^ clvi. CYPERACEiE (clarke). :'.;n 



Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Atr. v. oG9. C. Afzelii, var. mpilli/oliiui, 

 Boeck. in Flora, 1870, 547 partly. 



Upper Guinea. Niger Territory : Jeba, on the Niger, Barter ! 



Wile Ziand. British E.ist Africa: Bongo; Gir, Svhweinfurth, 219ol .Jtir; 

 Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth^ 2328 I 



This might be treated as a variety of C. dtffbrmis, Linn. 



30. C. dichroostachyus, Hochst. in Flora, 1841, JnteU. iM. 

 Glabrous, stout. Rhizome 4-8 in. long, V in. diani., with chestnut 

 scales. Stems l^-^^ft. long, subsolitary, at the top \ in. in diatu., 

 acutely triquetrous or almost ^-winged. Leaves i-| the lengtli of the 

 stem, \-^ (sometimes \) in. broad. Umbel lateral, 2-0 in. in diam., 

 compound ; bracts 3-4, lowest up to iS-S by J in., as though a continua- 

 tion of the stem. Spikes of 3-5 spikelets, digitate, numerous, bractk-ss. 

 Spikelets whitish with chestnut spots, j by it\-iV ^"j tjompressed, 

 6-14-flowered. Glumes closely packed, boat-shaped, 1 -nerved, obtuse. 

 Stamens usually 2; anthers short-oblong, hardly exserted. Style very 

 short; braoches 3, linear, hardly exserted. Nub | the length of the 

 glume, trigonous, ellipsoid, pyramidal at both ends, smooth, yellow- 

 brown. — A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 481 ; Boeck. in Linnfea, xxxv. 

 587 ; Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 352 ; Ridley in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 137, and in Journ. Bot. 1884, 16 in Obs. ; 

 C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 550 ; K. Schum. 

 in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. 0. 120; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 141 ; 

 Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. Append, ii. 103; Rendle in 

 Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 115. C. Andschoa, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, 

 ii. 481. C. scirpoides, R. Br. in Salt, Abyss., Append. 63, name only ; 

 Fresenius in Abhandl. Mus. Senckenb. ii. 149, not of Presl. f^. 

 Fresenii, Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, i. 469. 



Wile ]Land. Abyssinia: Tigre ; Debra-Eski, Schimper, 238! at the foot 

 of Mount Scholoda, Schimper, 273 ! 391 ! Anadehr, 7800 ft., Schimper, 844 ! 

 Mettgalo, 9840 ft., Schimper, 857 ! and without precise locality, Schimper, 953 ! 

 Salt! Quart in- Dillon ^ Petit! British East Africa : Kariandusi River, 6000 ft., 

 Scott-Elliot, 6632 ! Gregory ! 



l^ovrer Guinea. Angola: Huilla ; near the River Mupanda, 5000 ft., 

 Welwitsch, 6864 ! 



.-. nZozaml). Bist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 5000-GOOO fi., John.yton / 

 Volkens, 1417 ! 2277 ! Usambara; Heboma, Hoist, 2555 ! British CVntnil Africa: 

 Nyasaland ; Mount Zomba, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte ! 



Also in Madagascar and Yunnan. 



31. C. phseorhizus, K. Schum. in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 119. 

 Glabrous. Rhizome creeping, slender. Stems 1 ft. long, approximate, 

 slender, at the top triquetrous. Leaves often r^s long as tl^e stem, J ! 

 in. broad. Umbel compound ; rays 4-5 up to 2 J in. long ; bracts 

 overtopping the umbel, similar to the leaves. Spikelets '2--^ togetlier, 

 digitate, \~\ in. long, 10-flowered, chestnut-coloured. Glumes obtu.se, 

 hardly mucronate, chestnut with 3 green nerves on the keel. Style 

 «hort; branches 3, scarcely exserted. Nut \ as long as the glume, 

 obovoid, truncate, whitish. — C. haspanoides, C. B. Clarke in Duran«l i^- 



