Ca7'ex.] CLVi. CYPERACE^ (clarke). 521 



oblong, dark-brown on a long yellow stalk. — C. B. Clarke in Durand tt 

 Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 690, and in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxiv. 207. 

 C. wahlenbergiana, var. h, Boott, Carex, ii. 102, t. 304. 



M-ile Xiand. Abyssinia : Samen ; Mount Silke, 9000-10,000 ft., Schimper, 545 ! 

 near Demerki, 11,000 ft., Schimper, 1038 ! Begeraeder Province, Schimper, 1551) ! 



See remarks under C. chlorosaccus above. 



15. C. condensata, iVees in Wightj Contrih. 123. Axillary 

 peduncled panicles oblong, dense, ferrugineous or chestnut-red. Spikes 

 usually with 1-4 utricles at the base and several males above. Female 

 glumes (in the Mlanji example) with minute suberect hairs on the 

 upper part ; otherwise nearly as C. spicato-paniculata. — Boott, Carex, 

 ii. 86, tt. 247, 248; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 716, and 

 in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 305. 



IKilozamb. Ulst. British Central Africa : Nyasalaud ; Mount Mlanji, Whyte ! 



16. C. Johnstonii, Boeck. in Ungl. Jahrh. vii. 278. Stems 2-3 ft. 

 high, robust. Leaves up to 2 ft. by ^^ in., nearly glabrous, but when 

 young minutely scabrous hairy on some of the numerous nerves. 

 Panicle 10-16 by 1-2 in., the lower peduncles long but erect; partial 

 panicles very narrow ; whole number of spikes 20-40, green, ferrugineous- 

 brown-marked. Spikes 1-1 J by scarcely \ in., linear, with large distant 

 suberect utricles, male at the top. Female glumes lanceolate, not 

 aristate, pale hyaline, shorter than the utricle. Utricle -^^ in. long, 

 linear-lanceolate, pallid with few obscure nerves, thinly hairy nearly to 

 the base ; beak hardly | the length of the utricle with 2 lanceolate 

 teeth ; style-branches 3, red-brown, long exaerted ; nut oblong, trigonous. 

 —Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 353 ; C. B. Clarke in 

 Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 686 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 

 Trop. Afr. 151 ; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 129. C. Volkensii, 

 K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 130. 



wile Xiaud. liritish East Africa : Kuwenzori; Kivata, Scott- HJlliot, 7778 ! 

 XKHozamb. I>l8t. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; above Maiangu, Volkens, 

 1124! Johnston! 



17. C. Vallis-Rosetto, K . Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 130. 

 Glabrous, or nearly so. Stems 2 ft. (at least) long, robust. Leaves as 

 long as the stems, J- J in. broad. Panicle 8-12 in. long, of 6-12 loosely 

 scattered spikes ; bracts as long as the panicle. Spikes 1-3J by \- 

 \ in., rusty-brown, male at the top. Female glumes as long as the 

 utricle, ovate, glabrous, rusty-brown, the 1-3-nerved green keel ex- 

 current as a mucro or short bristle. Utricles J-J in. long (beak 

 included), ellipsoid, trigonous, green, glabrous, very irregularly nerved, 

 <3ontracted into a beak less than J their length, smooth or nearly so, 

 with 2 rather small lanceolate teeth. 



Mozaznb. 5>ist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro; Marangu, 6500 ft., 

 Volkens, 1291 ! and at the foot of Kifiniki Volcano, 8800 ft., Volkens, 1342 ! 



The spikes in 1291 are 1 in. long, in 1342 are 3 in. long ; but by K. Schumann 

 considered (I think correctly) conspecific. A curious feature in this species is 



