Cyperus.'] clvi. cyperace.-e (clarke). :^,:;;; 



:>o. C. flavidus, /?e«c;. Obs. v. 1;1 Annual, living about ;) months. 

 Stems 2-H in. long, tufted, sometimes rather stout but weak, obtusely 

 trigonous (not acutely tt-iquetrous). Leaves generally longer than the 

 stem, often \-\ in. broad, weak. Umbel usually very compound, and 

 denser than that of C. Haspan, when ripe yellow or finally biackenin<' ; 

 bracts usually overtopping the umbel, similar to the leaves. Stamen 

 usually 1 (rarely 2). Nut plano-convex, when ripe marbl«3 white ; 

 otherwise as C. Haspan. — Vahl, Enum. ii. :^)34 ; C. B. Clarke in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xx. 287, xxi. 122, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. COO, and in 

 Durand &Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 568 ; Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc-. 

 ser. 2, Bot. ii. 136 ; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 119 ; Dumnd 

 <fe Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 288 ; Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 

 1 14. C. Haspan, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. 36, t. 6, fig. 2 ; Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 

 66 partly ; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 550 partly ; Oliver in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xxix. 165. C. Haspan, var. a, Boeck. in Linnaea, xxxv. 574 in 

 large part, and in Flora, 1879, 550 partly. C. leptostachys, Nees in 

 ,Linnaea, ix. 285 ; Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. ii. 33. C. pulvinatus, T. Thoms. 

 in Speke, Nile, Append, 653. C. microcarjms, Boeck. in Abhandl. 

 naturw. Ver. Bremen, vii. 37. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, Roger, 38! Heudelot, 325! Adanson, \VA\ 

 Perrottet, Hll \ Senegambia : Richard Tol, DolUnger, 14! Nij^er Territory ; \t)]»e, 

 Barter, 1566 ! 



srile Ziand. British East Africa: Jur ; Jur Ghattas, Schiceinfurlh, ser. iii. 

 194 ! Uiiycro, Speke ^ Grant ! 



lao-wev Guinea. Lower Congo: Lutete, 2000 ft., Eens^ A, 360! An>,'ula : 

 Loanda ; ponds ne;ir Forte de Conceigao, Welwitsch, 7077 ! Pungo Andongo ; ponds 

 near Quisonde, Welwitsch, 6917! Lngoa de Quibinda, Wehcitsch, Q^20\ between 

 Condo and Quisonde, Welwitsch, 6924 ! 



Mozamb. Slst. Zanzibar, Blackburn! Kirk! German East Africa: 

 Usambara; Arabor.i, Hoist, 2676! Nguru ? Wadiboma, Fischer, 628! Mkaiia 

 River, Stuhlmann, 125 ! Portuguese East Africa : Quilimane, Scott ! British 

 Central Africa : Boruma, on the Zambes', Menyharth, 1051 partly ! Nyasaland ; 

 Kondowe to Karong?, 2000-6000 ft., Whyte ! 



Also in the Seychelles, South-east Asia, and North Australia. 



This plant is very unlike the typical laige C. Haspan^ but is'difficuU to se})ai-ate 

 from small tufts of C. Haspan Howering the first season. It may generally l)e dis- 

 tinguished by the long leaves anl bracts which very rarely occur in C Haspan. 



3J:. C. podocarpus, Boeck. in, Flora, 1870, 551. Glabrous. 

 Khizome seen J by yV in., clothed by striate scales. Stems 1<> in. long, 

 tufted, slender, tough, obtusely trigonous. Leaves ^ the length of the 

 stem, ^ in. broad. Umbel simple ; rays 2-4, up to 1 j in. long ; bracts 3, 

 lowest suberect up to 4-8 in. long, similar to the leaves. Spikes of 3-7 

 spikelets, ebracteate. Spikelets | by Jg- in., a little compressed, somewhat 

 turgid, 8-r2-flowered, variegated with red-purple. Glumes ovate, obtu.se. 

 Stamens 3; anthers small, nearly square. Style, including the .3 

 branches, shorter than the nut. Nut J the length of the glume, broad 

 ellipsoid, trigonous but much flattened on the anterior angle, suddenly 

 narrowed into a minute stalk, smooth, black. — C. B. Claike in Durand 

 ct Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 572. 



