Cy penis.'] CLvi. cyperace^ (clarke). 'Mil 



102. C. nuerensis, i?oec^. in Flora, 1870, 555. Glabrous. Stem 

 18 in. long, rather stout, at the top trigonous and smooth. Leaves § 

 the length of the stem, J in. broad. Umbel compound, G in. in diam. ; 

 bracts 5-6, similar to the leaves, lowest 5 in. long. Spikes numerous, 

 of 5-8 spikelets. Spikelets f by Jg- in., compressed, highly coloured, 

 rigid, 30- flowered ; wings of the rhachilla very narrow. Glumes 

 oblong, boat-shaped, obtuse, brown with a green keel, approximate on 

 the rhachilla. Nut J-| the length of the glume, broad-oblong, brown. 

 Style f the length of the nut ; branches 3, as long as the undivided part 

 of the style. C. neuerensis — C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. 

 Fl. Afr. V. 570. 



xrile ]Land. British East Africa : Gazelle River, at the Nuer Villages, Schtvein- 

 furih, 1172 ! 



Rhizome nqt seen. 



103. C. rigidifolius, Steud. in Flora, 1842, 593. Glabrous. 

 Stolons hardening into rhizomes 8 in. long, J in. in diam. Stems 8-20 

 in, long, rather stout, at the base not or slightly bulbous, at the top 

 trigonous and smooth. Leaves J-§ the length of the stem, -J- J in. 

 broad. Umbel 6-8 in. in diam. or often less (sometimes reduced to a 

 head) ; primary rays 3-7, the secondary rays at the head of each corym- 

 bose and contracted nearly into a head ; bracts 3-5, similar to the 

 leaves, overtopping the umbel. Spikes of 3-5 chestnut-brown or nearly 

 black spikelets. Spikelets f by yV in., compressed, rigid, 8-16- 

 flowered, suberect ; wings of rhachilla ovate-lanceolate, prominent. 

 Glumes obtuse, on the back 5-nerved, yellow-green, on the sides nearly 

 nerveless reddish-black ; otherwise nearly as C. roiundus. — Steud. Syn. 

 PI. Glum. ii. 30; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 486 ; Boeck. in Linn^a, 

 XXXV. 528 ; C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 573 ; 

 K. Schum. in Engl'. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C, 118. C. adoensis, Hochst. in Flora, 

 1841, i. Intell. 20, name only; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 484. 

 C. lo7igus, var. adoensis, Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxvi. 281 ; Engl. Hochge- 

 birgsfl. Trop. Afr. 142. C. atrosanguineus, Hochst. ex Steud. Syn. 

 PI. Glum. ii. 30 ; Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxv. 527; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 

 Trop. Afr. 140. 



irile Ikand. Abyssinia : near Adowa, Schimper, 186 ! near Enjedcap, Schimper, 

 991 ! near Magdala, Steudner, 901 ! Eegemeder ; Jan Meda, Schimper, 1290 ! Gaf at, 

 Schimper, 1247 ! and without precise locality, Schimper, 229 ! British East Africa : 

 marshes by Lake Nakuro, Scott-Elliot, 6842 ! Mpororo district, Scoff-Elliot, 8042 ! 

 Ndoro, on Mount Kenia, Gregory, 78 ! 



XMEozamb' Dlst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 5000-6000 ft., J'olkens, 

 662 ! 1397 ! 1467 ! Taylor/ Kanesse, west of Lake Victoria, Stuhlmann, 940! 



104. C. Taylori, C. B. Clarke in Durand (L- Schinz, Conspect. Fl. 

 Afr. v. 578. Woody rhizome long, bearing tubers. Stem "-^-^^f ft, 

 long, covered J its length by slieaths. Leaves as long as the stem, 

 i in. broad. Umbel contracted into a dense compound head 1-2 J in. 

 in diam. ; bracts up to 1 ft. long. Spikelets 1 by y^^ in., resembling 

 those of large examples of C. rotundvs. Nut J the length of the glume, 



