368 CLVi. CYPERACE.E (clarke). [Cyjjerits. 



obovoid ; otherwise as C. rotundus. — K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. 



0. 121. 



ITile Itand. British East Africa : Rabai Hills, uear Mombasa, Taylor / 

 This is very near C. rotundus ; the broad nut differs, also the very long flaccid 



leaves. 



10."), C. fenzeliauus, Steucl. Syn. PI. Glum. ii. 33. Tall. Stolons 

 long, thick. Leaves and bracts long. Umbel open. Spikelets white 

 or straw-coloured, becoming in age dusky straw-coloured, w*ith very- 

 little or no red about them ; otherwise as C. rotundus. — Boeck. in 

 Linniea, xxxvi. 297; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 615, 

 and in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 562. C. pallescens, 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 37{) ; Aschers. k Schweinf. 111. Fl. Egypte, 157, 

 not of Desfont. C. ochreoides, Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. ii. 34. C. tenui- 

 Jiorus, Balf. f. in Trans. Roy, Soc. Edin. xxxi. 305, not of Bottb. 

 C. longus^ veLV.pallidus, Boeck. in Linnaea, xxxvi. 280 excl. syn. C. mitisy 

 not of Boiss. C. longus, var. jmllescens, C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. xxi. 164. C. rotundivs, Boeck. in Flora, 1879, 554. C lamarck- 

 ianus ?, Hochst. in Kotschy, Exsicc. 222, not of Schultz. C. olivaceus, 

 Fenzl ex Steudel, I.e. C. Volkensii, K. Schum. in Yolkens. Exsicc, 

 1675. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal : at Lake Guier, Hoger ! Richard Toll, DolUnger, 

 22 ! Cameroons : Bipindi, Zenker, 898 ! 



ITile l&and. Nubia: Sedab, between Berber and Khartoom, Schweinfurth, 

 525 ! Sennar, Kotschy, 171 ! Kordofan : around ponds at Kohn Mountain, Kotschy, 

 222 ! and without precise locality, Pfund, 608 ! Somaliland, 700-2500 ft., TeleU ! 

 British East Africa : Witu ; Chegory ! 



Mozamba X>l8t> German East Africa : Usambara, Hoist, 2032 ! Karagwe ; 

 Kafuro, 4500 ft., Stuhlmann, 1839 ! 1889 ! Kagera River, Stuhlmann, 1949 ! River 

 Sanju, 3000-3500 ft., Volkens, 1675 ! 



Also in North Africa, Arabia, Persia and India. 



This species is hardly distinguishable from C. rotundus but by its large size, 

 flaccid habit, and absence of red in the spikelets. 



106. C. fissus, Steitd. in Flora, 1842, 593. Stems about 6 in. 

 long. Umbel contracted nearly into a head, of few spikelets. Con- 

 nective of the anthers produced in a narrow triangle, so that the 

 anthers may be called crested ; otherwise as C. rotundus. — Steud. Syn. 

 PI. Glum. ii. 30 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 487 ; Boeck. in Linn^a, 

 XXXV. 526 ; C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v, 

 562 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 140. 



xrile ]Land. Abyssinia : Samen ; in mountain meadows at Gessgessa, Schimper, 

 992 ! and without precise locality, Quartin-Dillon Sf Petit ! British East Africa : 

 Sabaki River, Gregory, 102 ! 



This is another species separated on slight groxmds (the cresting of the connec- 

 tive) from C. rotundus. The 3 collections known all agree, however, in the small 

 size, contracted umbel, and strongly- coloured spikelets. 



107. C. tuberosus, Rotth. Des<yi\ et Ic. 28, t. 7, fig. 1. A 

 large plant, with large open umbel. Rays of umbel slender (in the 



