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518 CLVi. CYPERACE^ (clarke). [Carex. 



the base, some male at the top. Female glumes |^ in. long, ovate, acute, 

 in fruit pale brown and very thin. X^tricle |^ in. long, sessile, ovoid- 

 lanceolate, plano-convex, with 7-1) thin nerves on the convex face, 

 hlack-green, smooth ; beak lanceolate, slightly scabrous on the margins. 

 Style -branches 2, long. 



nSozamb. Sist. German East Africa: Usambara; Heboma, Hoist, 2554! 

 Kwa Mshuza, Hoist, 8971 ! 



K. "Scbumann justly compares tbis ppecies witb C. vulptna, Linn., from wbich it 

 differs but little ; tbe leaves arc ratber broader, wbile tlie utricle is smaller, less 

 elongate, and gets very black when ripe. 



8. C» schimperiana, Boeck. in Linncea, xl. 373. Green, nearly 

 glabrous. Khizome short, woody, slender. Stems 8-24 in. long, 

 slender. Leaves 8-12 by yV^i ^^- Inflorescence 8-14 by J-lJ in., 

 very thin, lower peduncles remote with only 2-G spikes. Spikes J- J 

 by \-\ in., upjiermost with 3-5 utricles and a small oblong scarious- 

 yellow male termination. Female glumes (including bristle) about as 

 long as the utricle, ovate, § the length of the utricle, scarious white, 



labrous, the green keel excurrent in a rough bristle. Utricle yV in. 

 long, ellipsoid, trigonous, glabrous, green, finally black -brown, with 

 about 24 well-marked nerves ; beak about \ the length of the utricle, 

 smooth; nut ellipsoid, trigonous, quite filling the utricle. — C. B. Clarke 

 in Durand & Schin?;, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 690 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 

 Trop. Afr. 152. C. ramosa, K. Schum. in Engl. Pii. Ost-Afr. C. 129 

 partly, not of Schkiihr. 



irile Iiand. Abyssinia: Begemeder ; near Debra- Tabor, 8500 ft., Schim^er^ 

 1318 ! Britisb East Africa : Ruwenzori, 6000-8000 ft., Scott-Mliof, 7455 ! 



TCozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Usainbara ; Kwa Msliuza, Hoist, 

 8953 : 



9. C. echinochloe, Kunze, Suppl. Schkuhr's Riedgr. 47, t. 12. 

 Glabrous except the densel}'' and minutely hairy branches of the panicle. 

 Lateral basal offshoots equivalent to short stolons. Stems lJ-3 ft. 

 long. Leaves 14 by J in. Panicle 6-14 by 2. in., oblong, lower peduncles 

 remote, carrying oblong (not pyramidal) loose partial panicles of 

 6-30 spikes, bracts overtopping the panicles, or rather shorter. 

 Spikes in fruit \-\ by \ in., greenish -yellow, with about 5-8 utricles, 

 male at the top ; lowest empty glume bract-like, often caudate with a 

 bristle \ in. long (whence the specific name); but sometimes on the 

 type specimens the bristle is obsolete. Female glume as long as the 

 utricle, acuminate, shortly aristate, from a broad ovate base, several- 

 nerved in the middle of the back, smooth, scabrous only on the bristle. 

 Utricle (including beak) ^ in. long, iDroadly ellipsoid, trigonous, 

 narrowed at each end, glabrous, with about 18 well-marked ribs ; beak 

 scarcely J the length of the utricle, scabrid, shortly 2-toothed. Nut 

 ellipsoid, trigonous, dark-brown, not closely filling tKe utricle. — A. Rich. 

 Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 513; Boott, Carex, i. Q2, t. 166, and in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. vii. 226 ; Boeck. in Linnsea, xl. 340 ; C. B. Clarke in Durand 

 & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 683; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop.' Afr. 



