49C cLvi. CYPERACE^. (clarke). [Mapciniu. 



Leaves suddenly nnrrowed at the base into a long 



quasi-petiole less than ^ in. broad. 

 Lowest bract 6-10 in. long, on a quasi-petiole ^-2 



in. lon<r . . . . . . . . Q. M. Mannii. 



Lowest bract 1-3 in. long, on a quasi-petiole hardly 



\ in. long . . . . . . .7. M. ohlonga. 



1. M. scaberrima, C. B. Clarke in Durand d- Schinz, Conspect. 

 Fl. Afr. V, 667. Glabrous. Rhizome thick, short, oblique. Basal 

 leaves numerous, 8 ft. by | in., 3-nerved, margins scabrid. Scapes 

 axillary, 12-15 in. long, with scales only near the base, at the top 

 scabrid. Head J in. in diam., of 40-60 spikes; bracts hardly any. 

 Spikes 4-^ in. long, ellipsoid or oblong, dusky brown. Bracts to the 

 numerous spikelets scarcely ^ in. long, ovate, obtuse. Glumes to the 

 2 lowest male flowers opposite, boat-shaped, oblong, ciliate on the keel ; 

 empty glumes about 4, shorter than the male glumes. Style with 2 

 long branches. — Hypolytrurti scaberrimuTn, Boeck. in Flora, 1882, 26. 



3bower Guinea. Gaboon : Sibange Farm, Soyaux, 1o3b ! 



2. M. africana, jSoec^-. in Linna^a, xxxvii. 137. Glabrous. Boots 

 very thick, tough. Basal leaves numerous, 3 ft. by 1 J in., 3-nerved, 

 quasi-petioled. Scapes numerous, axillary, 2-3i in. long, slender. 

 Head \-\ in. in diam., of 3-8 spikes, brown; bracts ovate, hardly as 

 long as the head. Bracts to the spikelets \ in. long, ovate, obtuse. 

 Glumes to the 2 male flowers nearly as long as the bract, boat-shaped, 

 ciliate on the keel. Sterile glumes, between the male glumes and the 

 pistil, a^bout 3, shorter than the male glumes. Style-branches 3, long. 

 Nut very small, obovoid, obscurely 3-gonous, wrinkled, black. — C. B. 

 Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 667. 



"ItO'wer Guinea. Spanish Gaboon : Mount John on the River Kongui, Mann, 

 1873 1 



3. M. ferruginea, Ridley in Bolet Soc. Brot. v. 209, t. F,fig. B. 

 Glabrous, robust. Basal leaves 2-3 ft. by \-^\ in., 3-nerved, tapering 

 at the base into a short quasi-petiole more than \ in. bread. Scapes 

 8-16 in. long, triquetrous at the top. Head |— 1 in. in diam., of 25 

 spikes, a rich brown ; bracts 3, the lowest up to 12 by 1 in., leaf-like, 

 narrowed at the base into a short broad quasi-petiole. Spikes \-\ in. 

 long, ellipsoid or broad -oblong. Bracts to the spikelets i in. long, 

 elliptic, obtuse. Two lowest male glumes boat-shaped, § the length of 

 the bract, ciliate on the keel. Empty glumes 4, nearly as long as the 

 male glumes. Style-branches 2. Nut very small, obovoid, margined, 

 shining black-chestnut, more or less wrinkled or almost tvibercled. — 

 C. B. Clarke in Durand ct Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 667. Hypoly- 

 trum Soyauxii and H. aschersonianum, Boeck. in Flora, 1882, 25, 26. 



Upper Guinea* Cameroons: Ef ulen, -Bo^e*, 450 ! 



laO'weT Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, Mann ! Gaboon : Munda ; Sibange 

 Farm, Sot/aux, 153c ! Sierra del Crystal, Mann I 



4. M. subcomposita, C. B. Clarke. Head Ih by 1| in., made 

 up of 6 heads imperfectly fused together, a fine brown. Bracts to the 



