41)2 CLVi. cvPKRACE.i-: (clarke). [Mupaoda. 



(lamina) r>-7 by ]-2 in., ^J-nerved, obtuse, or very rapidly narrowed 

 at the tip, suddenly narrowed at the base into quasi-petioles 1-4 by ^ 

 in. Head |-1 J in. in diam., of 10-20 spikes, pale brown; bracts o, 

 dilated at the base, the lowest '^ in. long, lanceolate, much narrowed 

 just over the ovate base. Spikes r in. long, ellipsoid .or oblong. Bracts 

 to the spikelets J in. long, oblong or lanceolate. Glumes of the 2 

 lower male flowers boat-shaped, f the length of the bract, ciliate at the 

 top of the keel. Barren glumes about o, nearly a,s long as the male 

 glumes. Style 2-bianched. Nut very small, obovoid, or orbicular, 

 dusky brown, smooth or obscurely wrinkled. 



IXpper Guinea. Ciimeroous : llio de\ Hey, Johnston .' Fjixxlen, Hates, 292 \ 

 Var. ellijjtica, C. B. Clarke in Durand and Scbinz, Cons])ect. Fl. Afr. v. 667. 

 Basal leaves (lamina) up to 3 in. broad, (junsi-petiole up to 8 by ^ in. Scape 12 in. 

 long, stout. Held 1^ in. in diam., obsnurely subcompound. Bracts to the spikelets 

 l--^ in. long, narrowly oblong. 



Ko'wer Guinea. Gaboon : Sierra del Crystal, Mann, 1641 .' 



Imperfectly hnovni species. 



8. M. ampliva^nata, K. Schum. in Notishl. Kdnigl. Bot. Gart. 

 Berlin^ iii. 10.3. Leaves with large sheaths, 8-10 by 1 in., 8-nerved ; 

 margins not scabrid ; petioles 2-4 in. long. Scape 8-10 in. long. 

 Head | in. in diam., enclosed by two large keeled bracts. 



Upper Guinea. Caraeroons : Barombi, Preuss, 484'. 



9. M. secauSy K. Schum. in Xotishl. Kbnigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, 

 iii. 105. Leaves o ft. long by 1 in. broad, o-nerved ; margins very 

 scabrid nearly to the leaf-base, cutting the hand. Scape 6-8 in. long. 

 Bract solitary, tubular^ obliquely truncate. Head ^-| in. in diam., 

 of 25 spikes. Boat-shaped male glumes connate nearly to the top. 

 Stigmas 2. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Lolodorf, Stauclt, 266. 

 " At first sight resembles M. africana, Boeck." 



10. M. dolichostachya, K. Schum. in Kotishl. KUnigl. Bot. Gart. 

 Berlin, iii. lOG. Leaves up to 2 ft. long by 1 J in. broad, o-nerved, spinu- 

 lose on the margins and keel beneath, quasi-petiole 2 J in. long. Scape 

 8 in. long.. Bracts several, the longest less than J in. long. Head of 

 5-20 yellowish spikes, each J-| in. long. Stigmas o. 



Upper Guinea. Caraeroons : Batanga, DinTclage, 1420 ; Bipinde, ZenJcer, 

 2104. 



11. M, Deistelii, K. Schum. in Notishl. Konigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, 

 iii. 106. Leaves up to 3 ft. long by 2 in. broad, 3-nerved, smooth, 

 glabrous. Scape 1 foot long, at the top J in. thick. Bracts 3, the 

 lowest as large as the leaf. Head small. Style 2-fid. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Buea, 4000 ft., Delstel, 132. 

 " Allied to M. Soyauxii, Boeck., and M.ferrugmea, Ridley.'* 



