384 CLVI. CYPERACEiE (cLARKe). [Mt 



artscus. 



C. viHdis, Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 217 (cfr. Mariscus" viridis^ 

 Hochst. ex Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxvi. 336). 



Nile ]band. Eritrea : Habab, 8000 ft., Hildehrandt, 362 ! Abyssinia : Tigre ; 

 on the top of Mount Sholoda, Schimper, 173 ! Samen ; Mountains of Shoata, 

 Schimper, 578 ! 1363 ! Agow ; mountains near Mawerr, Schimper ^ 184 ; 2292 ! and 

 without precise locality, Schimper, 179 ! 363 ! Somaliland, Mrs. Lort-Phillips ! 

 Miss 'Edith Cole ! 



10. M. inflatus, C. B. Clarke. Glabrous. Boots fibrous. Stems 

 tufted, 2-4 in. long, rather stout, at the top trigonous and smooth, at 

 the base enlarged by much-inflated leaf -sheaths, scarious with numerous 

 chocolate veins and conspicuous withered scarious margins. Leaves 

 green, longer than the stem, J^^ in. broad. Spikes 4-5, cylindric, J by 

 ^ in., most dense with innumerable spikelets, blackish-green, sessile in 

 one head; bracts 4, similar to the leaves, lowest up to 4 in. long. 

 Spikelets when young, oblong-linear, \ in. long, often 2-flowered. 

 Nut-bearing glumes ovate, obtuse, many-ribbed, not keeled. Style 

 3-branched, 



nXozamb. Blst. British Centi*al Africa ; Nyasaland ; Day ! 



11. M. pilosulus, C. B. Clarke in Durand d- Sckinz, ConspecL 

 Fl. Afr. V. 591. Shortly hairy all over. Stems approximate, 12-16 in. 

 long, slender, at the base oblong-thickened by coloured leaf-sheaths, 

 rather densely hairy their entire length. Leaves overtopping the stem, 

 l-J in. broad. Spikes 5-7, sessile, f by J in., dense with cinnamon- 

 straw-coloured spikelets ; bracts 3-5, lowest up to 5 in. long, similar to 

 the leaves, hardly dilated at the base. Spikc4ets J by -}^ in., slender, 

 producing 3-2 nuts ; lower empty glume often with a setaceous arista. 

 Glumes ovate, obtuse, with numerous rather obscure ribs. Nut small, 

 narrowly ellipsoid, trigonous. Style small ; branches 3, linear, short. 

 — Cyperus pilosulus^ K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 122. 



Mozaxnb. Dist. Zanzibar, Taylor ! 



12. M. Taylori, C. B. Clarke in Durand <k /Schinz, Co^ispect. Fl. 

 Afr. V. 594. Bobust, glabrous. Stems approximate, 12-20 in. long, at 

 the top trigonous and smooth, at the base oblong, thickened by red- 

 white basal not fimbriated sheaths. Leaves numerous, as long as the 

 stem, J-i in. broad, flaccid. Bays of umbel up to 2 in. long, carrying 

 3-1 sessile spikes each ; bracts 5-8, similar to the leaves, lowest up to 

 8 in. long. Spikes up to § by J in., cylindric, dense, reddish. Spikelets 

 J by T^^ in., rigid, spreading, usually ripening 3-2 nuts. Glumes ovate, 

 hardly acute. Nut J-f the length of the glume, broadly ellipsoid, tri- 

 gonous; style-branches 3. — C. clarkeanus, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost- 

 Afr. 0. 123. 



Mozamb. Blst. Geinnan East Africa : between the coast and Uyui, Taylor ! 



13. M. psilostachys, C. B. Clarke in Journ. Bot. 1896, 225. Very 

 minutely pubescent all over. Stem 16 in. long, at the base oblong 

 thickened by scarious leaf-sheaths. Leaves J the length of the stem, 

 tV— « in. broad, weak. Umbel-rays 4, 0-1 in. long, each bearing 1-3 



