Carex.'] clvi. cyperace^ (clakke). 510 



152. C. ramosa, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 129 partly, not 

 of Schkuhr. 



Upper Guinea. Caiueroons : Cameroon Mountain, 7O0O ft., Mann, 1359 ! 

 2106! 



ITlle Xiand. Abyssinia : Tigre ; in open stony places on the upper p;irt of 

 Mount Scholocla, Schimper, 26 ! Adowa, Quartin-DUlon ^ Petit ! Alsega, on moun- 

 tains, 6000 ft., Schimper, 538 ! Begemeder ; Senka Uerr, 81500 ft., Schimper, 1314 1 

 British East Africa : Ruwenzori ; Kivata, 6000-8000 ft., Scott-Mliot, 7579 ! 



Mozamb- 3>ist. German East Africa ; Usanibara ; at Mbaruuia, Hoist, 248-i I 



This is nearly nllied to C. schimper iana, and sorted with it by K. Schumann; it 

 has broader leaves and a more copious inflorescence. 



10. C. nyasensis, C. B. Clarke. Glabrous except the densely 

 and minutely hairy branches of the panicle. Stems ]|-;> ft. long. 

 Leaves 14 by \-^ in. Panicle 8-16 by 2 in., oblong, lower peduncles 

 remote carrying oblong (not pyramidal) partial panicles of 0-15 spikes ; 

 bracts mostly overtopping the inflorescence. Spikes in fruit J by :J ir . 

 (sometimes larger) with about 10 utricles, male at the top, rusty green. 

 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 on the bristle. Utricle (including beak) J-i in. long, ellipsoid, 

 trigonous, narrowed at each end, with about 18 ribs; beak ^ the 

 length of the utricle, scabrous, deeply bifid into 2 long-lanceolate teeth. 

 Nut ovoid-ellipsoid, trigonous, dark-brown, well filling the utricle. 



XMEozamb. Uist. British Central Africa : Nynsaland ; North- Nyasa, Whyte ! 

 Masuku Plateau, 6500-7000 ft., iVhyte ! Zomba Plains, 2500-3000 ft., Whyte ' and 

 without precise locality, Buchanan, 165 ! 534 ! 



11. C. chlorosaccus, C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxiv. 

 298. Nearly glabrous, the panicle branches scabrid, hardly hairy. 

 Stems tufted, perennial, 1-2 ft. long. Leaves 6-15 by \ in. Panicle 

 4-14 by 1-3 in., green ; lower peduncles remote, with oblong (not 

 pyramidal) panicles of 8-20 spikes ; bracts overtopping the inflor- 

 escence. Spikes in fruit J-J by \ in., with 8-10 utricles, male at the 

 top. Female glume (including the bristle) much shorter than the 

 utricle, ovate, acuminate, aristate, greenish-yellow with 3 green nerves 

 on the back, glabrous, the bristle scabrous. Utricle (including the 

 beak) i in. long, narrowly ellipsoid, attenuate into a beak forming f at 

 least of the fruit, very green, glabrous, with 5 strong nerves ; beak 

 linear, smooth, with 2 short lanceolate teeth ; nut oblong, trigonous. — 

 C. loahlenbergiana, Boott in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 225 ; Engl. Hochge- 

 birgsfl. Trop". Afr. 152 ; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Atr. C. 129 partly ; 

 C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 091 partly. 

 C. ramosa, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 129 partly. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po: Clarence Peak, 8000 ft., Mann, 653 ! 

 niozami). I>l8t. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro j Marangu, 7200 ft., 

 Volkens, 1274 ! Johnston ! 



12. C. leptocladus, C. B. Clarke. Glabrous, the panicle-branches 

 thinly scabrous-hairy. Root woody, rugged. Stem (panicle included) 



