MaiHscus.'] CLvi. CYPERACE^ (clarke). 393 



Durancl and Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 565 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 

 Trop. Afr. 144; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 122. 6'. 

 vaginatissimits, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. v. 121. 



nXozamb. Blst, (xerman East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 8000-10,000 ft., Kersten ! 

 Volkens, 794. ! 860a ! 1327 ! 1516 ! 1562 ! 



33. M. macrocarpus, Kunth, Enum. ii. 120. Spikes ovoid or 

 short-cylindric, usually J in. wide, all subsessile or very shortly 

 peduncled. Spikelets maturing 2-3 nuts ; lowest empty glume 

 mucronate or scarcely aristate. Nut J the length of the glume, 

 broadly oblong ; otherwise as M. sieberianus (large forms). — C. B. 

 Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 190; Kendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 

 120. M. polyjyhyllas, Steud. in Flora, 1842, oDG, and Syn. PI. Glum, 

 ii. G5 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 489. M. sieberianus, var. 

 polyphyllus, C. B. Clarke in Durand k, Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. 

 V. 593, and in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 53. M. umhellatuSy 

 Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 16C partly. Cyperus macrocarpuSy 

 Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxvi. 380; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 

 122. C. steudelianuSf Boeck. in Linnaea, xxxvi. 382. C. sieberianiiSy 

 var. polyphylla, C. B. Clarke ex K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 122 

 partly. C. paniceus, Boeck. in Flora, 1879, 557 ; Oliver in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 358 partly ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. Append. 

 ii. 49 (at least as to his n. 1989), 104 ? ; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. 

 C. 122. C.jlavusy Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 144. 



irile ::Land. Abyssinia : Samen ; Enderder, Schimper, 1124 ! Arnhnra, Steudner, 

 SOS ! British East Africa : Jur ; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1989 ! Uganda, SpeTce 

 ^ Grant I Stuhlmann, 1279 ! 



liower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo, Welioitsch, 7009 partly ! 



Mozamb. Dlst. Zanzibar, Taylor ! German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 

 6000 ft., Johnston! Karagwe; Kafnro, Stuhlmann, 1785! 1884! Bukoba, 

 Stuhlmann, 3893 ! on hill tops, Speke ^^ Grant, -112 ! Mwanza, on Lake Victoria, 

 Stuhlmann, 4548 ! 



Also in Natal. 



This might be united with J!f^^«rM.9, Vahl; but the Indian M. paniceus dixS^en 

 tnuch by its slender stolons and rhizome. 



34. M. flavus, Vahl, var. humilis, C. B. Clarke in Durand <& 

 Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 588. Spikes f by J in. Spikelets \ by 

 y\- in., maturing 2-5 nuts ; lowest empty glume reduced to a bristle 

 J in. long, slightly widened and lanceolate at the base. 



Xiow^er Guinea. Lower Congo: Lutete, 2000 ft., ^e«*, 189 ! Kisantu, (??7Ze<, 

 297! 



Both type and variety are common in Tropical America, and the typical form 

 also occurs in the Sandwich Islands. 



85. M. Soyauxii, C. B. Clarke in Dtirand d: Schhiz, Conspect. Fl. 

 Afr. V. 508. Glabrous. Stems tufted, 10-14 in. long, slender, at the 



