Lipocarpha.] clvi. cyperace^ (clarke). 471 



Oonspect. FI. Afr. v. G50, incl. var. ft Barteri \ Kendle in Cat. 

 Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 120. Hypmlyptum sphacelatum, Vahl, Enum. ii. 288. 

 Tunga triceps, Roxb. FJ. Ind. i. 183. Kyllinga triceps, Lam. 111. i. 148, 

 t. 38, fig. 2. 



Upper Urulnea. Senegal, Schotte ! Liberia : Cai)e Palina«, Ansel! ! Niger 

 Territory : Nupe, Barter, 344 ! 786 ! 



lUo-wer Cruinea. Lower Congo : Stahley Pool, Liija, 6o ! Angola : Pungo 

 Aiulongo : near Mopopo, on the River Cuanza, WelwitscJi, 6776 ! 



Also in India and Tropical America. 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State : Kasai River, Litja, 225 ! 



This species was sorted from L. argenfea (the white-headed) by its deep purple- 

 spotted (sphacelate) heads ; but the character is not a safe one any more than the 

 number of spikelets {triceps). The length of the style draws a strong line between the 

 two; L. triceps differs little. from L. jiliformis except in being more robu-t. 



4. L, prieiiriaxia, Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. ii. 130. Glume.s broadly 

 obovate, very obtuse. Lower hyaline scale ovate, almost orbicular, 5- 

 nerved. Nut obo void-globose ; otherwise as L. triceps. — C. B. Clarke 

 in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. G50. L. schvmnfurthiana, 

 Boeck. in Flora, 1879, 567. 



Upper Cruluea. Senegal, Leprieur ! Perrottet ! 199 ! 



TTile liaad. British East Africa : Jur; Jur Ghattas, «SV/i««et>?/V?V//, scr. iii. 

 197! 



5. Ij. albicepSy Eidley in Trans. Linn. i^oc. ser. 2, Hot. ii. 16ik 

 Glabrous. Stolons slender, clothed by small ovate-lanceolate scales. 

 Stems 8-16 in. long, slender. Leaves 2-8 in. long, linear. Head of 

 7-1 spikelets; bracts 3-2, spreading, lowest 2 in. long, linear. Spike- 

 lets i by J in., ovoid, white or cinnamon-coloured, dense, appearing 

 hispid from the suberect points of the glumes. Glumes oblong-obovate 

 suddenly acuminated into a linear tip | the length of the glume. 

 Hyaline scales nearly as long as the glume (without its tip) ; the lower 

 quadra\}e-elliptic, 7-nerved ; the upper elliptic, 3-nerved. Stamens 2. 

 Nut ^ the length of the hyaline scale, oblong-obovoid, unequally trigon- 

 ous, brown-black, smooth. Style more than J the length of the nut, 

 linear ; branches 3, linear, exserted. — C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, 

 Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 649; Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 120. 

 HyjKdyptimi alhicejys, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 127. 



XiOMb'er Cruinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; by the River Cuanza, at Muia 

 Lucala, Welwitsch, 6782 ! s])ongy slopes of the Prsesidinm, Welwifsch, 6785 jiailly 

 near Catete and Sansamanda", Welwitsch, 6786 ! 



Mozamb. Sist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mandala, Scotl-EUioft 

 H462 ! Shire Highlands, Buchanan, C ! Namasi, Cameron.^ 10 ! 



0. Ij. purpureolutea, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 

 103. Stolons rather stout, hardening into a rhizome J in. in diam., on 

 which stand culms j in. apart. Glumes black-red, the backs and tips 



