392 CLVi. CYPERACE^ (clarke). [Marisciis, 



green. Spikelets in fruit spreading, up to ^ by yV i^-» terete, maturing 3 

 nuts. Nut h the length of the glume, broadly oblong.— Rendle in Cat. 

 Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 120. Cyperus Myrmecias, Ridley in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 144. 



:Lo\(rer Guinea. Anc^ola : Huilla ; between Lopollo and Monino, Wehvifsch, 

 7059 ! woods of Monino, Welioitsck, 70G0 ! 



30. M. toniaiopliylluSy C. B. Clarke in Durand d- Schinzy 

 Conspect. Ft. Afr. v. 594. Stem ] -3 ft. long, stouter, at the top \-}^ in. in 

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

 broad ; margins cutting the hand. Umbel simple ; rays 7, up to J in. 

 long; bracts 6, similar to the leaves, lowest up to 7 in. long. Spikes 

 1 J by J in., exceedingly dense with very numerous spikelets. Spikelets 

 a greenish straw-colour, perfecting 3 nuts, almost comose from the 

 long-exserted cinnamon-coloured styles. Nut \ the length of the 

 glume, ohXon^.-^Cyperus tomaiophyllus^ K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost- 

 Afr. C. 122. 



Mozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 5000-9000 ft., Meyer 

 272 ! Volkens^ 854 ! 1010 ! 



Also in Madagascar. 



This resembles M. JiemisphcBric^is ; and, according to K. Scliuraann, differs 

 chiefly by the cutting edges of the leaves. The spikelets have fewer nuts than those 

 of M. hemisphcBricus. 



31. M. macer, Kunth, Enum. ii. 121. Spikes 4-7, sessile or 

 shortly peduncled, cylindric-oblong. Spikelets 1-flowered, in fruit 

 spreading at right angles; lower empty glume mucronate or scarcely 

 aristate ; rhachilla of spikelet winged, simulating a glume, terminated 

 by the rudiment (hardly distinguishable) of the sterile uppermost 

 glume. Nut oblong, nearly as long as the glume ; otherwise as M. 

 sieherianus. — C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Cdp. vii. 190. M. pseudoflavus^ 

 C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 591. Cyperus 

 cylindrostachys, Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxvi. 383 partly. C. umbellahiSf 

 Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. H5G partly. C. siebeHaoiics^ K. Schum. 

 in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 122 partly. C. macer, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. 

 Ost-Afr. C. 122. C. pseudojlavus, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost- 

 Afr. C. 123. 



Upper Guinea. Dnhomey, Netoton, 11 ! 



Wile Xiand. British East Africa : Unyoro, 2500 ft., Speke ^ Grant ! 

 SSozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; Mai-angu, 5000 ft., 

 Volkenf, 2289 ! Johnston ! 

 Also in Natal. 



32. M. Kersteniiy C. B. Clarke. Lower leaf-sheaths stout, 

 coarsely striate. Spikes condensed into an ovoid compound head, dark- 

 purple. Spikelets maturing 2-4 nuts. Glumes at the top lanceolate ; 

 otherwise as M. sieherianus. — Cyperus Kerstenii^ Boeck. in Linnsea, 

 xxxvi. 373, arid jn Decken, Reisen Ost-Afr. Bot. 72 ; C. B. Clarke in 



