Cyperus.'] clyi. cyperace^e (clarke). 3G5 



and in J)yer, Fl. Cap. vii. 182 ; Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. 

 ii. 138; Ficalho & Hiern in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 27; 

 Henriques in Bolet. Soc. Brot. v. 208 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 

 142; Durand & Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 292; K. Schum. in Engl. 

 Pfl. Ost-Afr. 120 ; Duri^nd *& De Wild, in Comptes-rendus Soc. bot. 

 Belg. xxxvi. 89 ; Urban, Symb. Antill. ii. 34 ; Rendle, Cat. Afr. PL 

 Welw. ii. 116. C. hexastachyos, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. 28, t. 14, fig. 2. 

 C. tetrastachyos, Desfont. Fl. Atlant. i. 45, t. 8. C. esculentiis, Desfont. 

 Fl. Atlant. i. 43; Zarb in Cat. Spec. Bot. Pfund, 39, not of Linn. 

 C. stoloniferuSj var. 2^ctllidus, Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxv. 490, not of Betz. 

 C. p'oteinolepis, Boeck. in Flora, 1879, 549, not of Stend. 0. longus^ 

 Boeck. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 104 ; Zarb in Cat. Spec. Bot. Pfund, 

 39, not of Linn. 



Upper Guinea. Cape Verd Islands, Bolle ! Cardoso, 192 I Lowe ! Senegal, 

 Roger, 70 I Lecard, 130 ! Seneganibia, Heudelot, 523 ! 545 ! Galani, Heudelot, 315 ! 

 390 ! Sierra Leone, Vogel, 76 ! Niger Territory : Kiver Niger, Vogel, 62 ! Nupe, 

 Barter, 853 ! 



STile Xiand. Red Sea, Lord ! Nubia : near Abu-Gerad, Kotschy, 28 ! Wady 

 Laemeb, SchweinfurtJi, ser. iii. 188! Wady 0-Mareg, Schioeinfurth,4f)b\ at the 6th 

 cataract of the Nile, Schweinfurth, 470 ! Wady Arab, Schtoeinfurth, 500 ! Egedeh, 

 ISchioeinfarth, 530 ! Ben Naga, Schweinfurth, 754 ! between Berber and Khartoom, 

 Schioei7ifilrth, 525 ! 614 ! Khartoom, Petherick ! White Nile, at W/jd Schellai, 

 Schtoeinfurth, 945! Sennar; banks of the Nile, Kotschy, 351 ! Ethiopia, Kotschy, 

 190! Kordofan: Debach, Pfund, 493! Obeid, Pfund, 30! 628! Abou Haraza, 

 Pfund, 123 ! and without precise locality, Pfxuid, 615 ! 624 ! Gallabat : region of 

 Matamma, Schweinfurth^ 2026 ! Eritrea : Marhabe Valley, 6500 ft., Schioein- 

 furth, 1350 ! Keren, Steudner, 903 ! Abyssinia, Hildehrandt, 364 partly ! British 

 East Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfirth, 1822 ! Lake Losuguta, Gregory, 53! 

 Kamasia, Gregory, QZ ! MwachiBiver, Gregory, 3 ! Sabaki Kivei-, Gregory, 11 ! Ribe, 

 near Mombasa, Wakefield ! 



ILower Guinea. Princes Island, Mann, 3487 ! Island of St. Thomas, Moller 

 in Fl. Afr. Exsicc. Conimbric, 119! Lower Congo, 700 ft., Hens, 244! Demeuse, 

 121 ! Zambi, Dupuis ! Angola : by the River Bengo, Welwitsch, 7023 ! Loanda ; 

 Quicuxe, by the lake, Wehoitsch, 7053 ! Golungo Alto, in fields, Welivitsch^ 7102 

 partly ! Benguela, Anchieta, 1003 ! 



South Central. Congo Free State, Dewhvre, 5 ! 10 ! 



nXozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Taylor! Kuntze, 213! 300! German East 

 Africa : Mafia Island, Frere ! Usambara ; Tanga, Hoist, 2699 ! Kilimanjaro, 5000 

 ft., Taylor ! Tanganyika region, near the River Malagarazi, Speke ^ Grant ! 

 Portuguese East Africa : Lower Zambesi ; Shupanga, Kirk ! Zambesia, Stewart I 

 Lower Shire, Kirk ! British Central Africa : Boruma, on the Zambesi, Menyharthy 

 537! 1066! 



A noxious rice-field weed, everywhere. 



Var. laxata, C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. 172. A large plant, with a 

 large open umbel. Glumes long, subremote, in fruit hardly imbricate. Nut only 

 ^-^ the length of the glume. — C Rudioi, Boeck. in Flora, 1882, 12. 



Upper Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, Moller, 13 ! 16! Niger, Marshall; 



Also near Rio Janeiro. 



Whether this be esteemed a species, a variety, or a trifling form, the plant 

 of Moller matches very well the Rio Janeiro examples. 



Var. platystachys, Bojer ex C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl, 

 Afr. V. 575. 



