Carex.] clyi. cyperace^e (clarke). 523 



dotted by red glandular marks ; beak linear, not 4 the length of the 

 utricle, very narrow, glabrous, with small subentire mouth. — Boott, 

 Carex, ii. 88, t. 259 ; Boeck. in Linnjea, xl. 411 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 

 Trop. Afr. 152; C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 306. C. anomala, 

 Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. ii. 230; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aetjiiop. 295. 

 C. rohustu, Hochst. ex Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. ii. 230. 



irile laand. Abyssinia: Samen ; Demergui (Demerki), 11,000 it., S chimp er, 

 1038 ! Begemeder, Schiniper^ 1299 ! Quartin-Dillon ^ Petit (ex Boott). 



In this species the spikes vary much in thickness, and the female glume.s in 

 length and acuteness. The characteristic feature is the minute subentire beak of 

 the utricle. 



21. C. Fischeri, K. Schum. in Engl. Ffi. Ost-Afr. C. 130. Spikes 

 2J by 4 in. Utricles (beak included) ^ in. long, with numerous slender 

 nerves ; beak J- J the length of the utricle, with 2 lanceolate teeth : 

 otherwise as C. petitiana. 



Mozamb* I>lst< British East Africa : Abori, Fischer, 640 ! 



This has the spi-kes more slender than the slenderest examples of C. petitiana, and 

 the distinctly bifid beak to the utricle distinj^uishes it. It appears to be allied to 

 C. petitiana., but tlie description of K. Schumann is so short, and the example seen 

 so fragmentary, that it is possible it may be nearer C. pendula, Hudson. 



22. C. boryana, Schkuhr, Riedgr^ ii. 43, i. Gggg,fig. 191. Glabrous. 

 Stems 2-3 ft. long, with 6-12 scattered spikes. Leaves 18 by J- J in. 

 Spikes 3i-3 by i-J in., elongate-cylindric, terminal (sometimes 2 or 3 

 terminal), wholly male in nearly all the Tropical African material, some- 

 times terminal spike female at the base, lower spikes always female at 

 the base usually with a few males at the top. Glumes male and 

 female elliptic-lanceolate, acute, hardly bristle-tipped, chestnut or 

 bright brown, green on the back, female rather shorter than the 

 utricle. Utricles (beak included) J-4 in. long, ellipsoid, narrowed 

 gradually into the beak, sessile, plano-convex, smooth, with 5 nerves on 

 the plane and 9 on the convex surface, more or less variegated or dotted 

 with red ; beak about J the length of the utricle, linear-conic or linear, 

 smooth or very sparingly scabrous, with 2 well-marked lanceolate teeth. 

 Nut narrowly ellipsoid, trigonous, dark-brown. — Kunth, Enum. ii. 506 ; 

 Boott, Carex, iii. 110, tt, 345-3-47, and var. minor, t. 348 (which is 

 drawn from G. Mann's plant cited below), and in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 

 22, vii. 225 ; Boeck. in Linnsea, xli. 283 excl. var. y ; Engl. Hochge- 

 birgsfl. Trop. Afr. 153. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po : Clarence Peak, 7500-8500 ft., Mann, 661 ! 



1478! 



Wile Iiand. British East Africa : Ruwenzori; Yeria River, 10,000 ft., Scott - 

 miiot, 7873 ! 



Also in the Mascarene Islands. 



The examples of G. Mann and of Scott-Elliot agree very fairly with some of the 

 small C. horyana .from Bourbon ; and the above description is narrowed down to 

 these. The large Madagascar C. horyana has utricles exceeding \ in. long, with 

 aristate glumes ^ in. long. 



