Mariscus.] clvi. cyperace.^ (clarke). 3.^7 



rather larger, very acute. Glumes at the top lanceolate, acuminate, 

 acute ; otherwise as M. balbocaidis. — C. B. Clarke in Durand Sl Schinz, 

 Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 591. J/, btdboccmlis, forma, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 

 Abyss, ii. 490. 3f. Schlmperi, var. compactior, Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 

 102. Ci/perics variegatus, Boeck. in Linnaea, xxxvi. 337, excl. var. /3 

 partly; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 143 partly. 



irile Kand. Abyssinia : Sainon ; mounfain sides near Shoata, Schimper, 

 588! Begemeder; Debra Tabor, 9000 ft., Schimper I 



Tiie larger acute spikelets do not match M. hulhocaulis, but the two species are 

 very close. 



19. M. circutnclusus, C. B. Clarke in Durand <k Schinz, Conspect. 

 Fl. Afr. V. 585. Spike 1, surrounded by the dilated bracts, which in fruit 

 are suberect. Spikelets J in. long, narrow. Nut ^^ in. long,''linear- 

 oblong ; otherwise as M. balbocaidis. — Ci/perus circumchcsics, Schweinf 

 in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. Append, ii. 103. 



xrile Iiand. Abyssinia: Begemeder; Senka Berr, 6800 ft., Schimper, 

 1300! 



20. M. moUipes, C. B. Clarke in Durand d- Schinz, Conspect. Fl. 

 Afr. V. 590. B.isal sheaths torn into many soft fibres, enveloping the 

 thickened base of the stems. Bracts spreading, divaricated, at the base 

 scarcely dilated. Nut linear-oblong ; otherwise as M. bulhocaulis. — 

 Rhynchospora bulbocaidis, Boeck. in Flora, 1879, 5G7. Cyperus avionio- 

 dorus and C. moUipes, K. Schum. in En^l. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 122. 



Nile Ziand. Britisli East Africa : Jur ; Mayob, Schioeinfurth, 1547 ! 



XWozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Karagwe ; at Kavingo, on the River 

 K;igera, Stuhlmann, 1950 ! 



The spikelets and nut are as those of M. circumclusus ; the bracts entirely 

 want the ddated striated base seen in those of that species. As to the soft fibres into 

 which the" leaf-sheaths break up, such may have been present in the examples of 

 M. circumclusus, but were not secured by the collector. 



21. M. globifer, C. B. Clarke in Journ. Bot. 1896, 22i). Glabrous. 

 Stem 13 in. long, somewhat robust, at the top trigonous and smooth, 

 at the base greatly ovoid-thickened by many brown leaf-sheaths with 

 scarious margins. Leaves 6 by yV in., weak. Head 1, globose, dense, 

 J in. in diam., greenish-yellow ; bracts 4, pendent, similar to the leaves, 

 lowest 4 in. long. Spikelets when young \ in. long, linear-oblong, 

 very slender, 2-flowered ; upper flower male. Glumes oblong, rounded 

 on the backj very thin, without ribs. Stamens 3 ; anthers linear- 

 oblong, not crested. Style slender, moderately long; branches 3, very 

 long, slender, exserted. 



irile Iiandr British East Africa : Athi, Gregory^ 30 ! 



Mozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : between the coast and Uyui, Taylor ! 



22. M. alboxnarginatus, C. B. Clarke in Durand d- Schiiiz, 

 Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 584. Glabrous. Stolons 0. Stems C-lGin. long, 

 .slender, at the top trigonous and smooth, at the base oblong-thickened 



