104 XXVII. CYPERACE^. [/{j/Ilhiga 



end of Feb. /So?. No. 6787. Dec. 185G. No. 6787^. Rhizome 

 creeping, culms c^spitose, strictly erect, with a slightly bulbous base ; 

 heads greenish. Damp pastures near Catete ; Nov. 1856. Spongy 

 marshy places on the higher rocks towards the south of the prsesidium ; 

 middle of Dec. 1S5G. Catete, with Pobjgald africwia. Chodat ; be- 

 ginning of Jan. 1857. No. 6791. Rhizome slightly bulbous ; heads 

 greenish ; culms strictly erect, scai'cely cpespitose. Spongy wet places 

 on the higher rocks with bulbous Liliacese ; end of Nov. 1856. No. 7160. 



Var. ciliata Boeck. in Linnaja xxxv. p. 414 (18G7-68) ; C. B. 

 Clarke, I.e. 



K. ccespifosa Eidl., I.e., pro parte (non Nees). 



K. triceps Ridl, I.e. (non Bottb.). 



K. Welwitschii Eidl., I.e., p. 147. 



Loan DA. — Caespitose. Rather damp littoral places at Zamba Grande, 

 but not often found ; end of April 1854. No. 6793. Plentiful in 

 pastures with short herbage between Loanda and Penedo, not far from 

 the sea ; March 1858. No. 6995. CiBspitose ; leaves somewhat flat, 

 erect, with a hispidulous, distantly ciliate margin ; heads whitish. 

 Short grassed places, between Penedo and Concei^'ao ; beginning of 

 May 1858. No. 69996. 



PuNGO Andoxco.— On the banks of the Cuanza near Calemba ; 

 Calemba Islands ; March 1857. No. 6779. Muta Lucala, March 1857. 

 No. 6790 (in part). Between Lombe and Muta Lucala ; March 1857. 

 No. 6796 (in part). Damp forest-meadows between Bumba and Condo, 

 plentiful but immature : March 1857. No. 6798. 



Benguella. — Plentiful but seen in one locality only in rather damp 

 places grown with short herbage south of the city of Benguella, near 

 the banks of a pond now almost dry. Beginning of June 1859. 

 No. 6792. 



4. K. cylindrica Nees in Wight, Contrib. Bot. Ind. p. 91 

 (1834) ; Ridl., I.e., p. 146 ; C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 528. 



K. trieeps Rottb. var. ohtusiflora Boeck. I.e. ; Ridl., I.e., p. 145. 

 Var. longis2)icata Ridl., I.e., p. 146. 



Sierra Leone. — Plentiful among herbage near Freetown ; Sept. 

 1853. No. 6989. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — On rather damp slopes and in palm-groves, Monte 

 de Queta ; Nov. 1855. No. 7005. 



PuNGo Andongo. — In damp rocky pastures by the 'river Casalalfe ; 

 middle of Jan. 1857. No. 6789. 



HuiLLA. — On wet slopes near streams in Morro de Lopollo on the 

 way to Empalanca, but not plentiful ; heads green. Almost past 

 flowering ; middle of May 1860. No. 6795- Near Humpata ; April 

 and May 1860. Coll. Carp 1080. 



5. K. pungens Link Hort. Berol. i. p. 326 (1827); C. B. 

 Clarke, I.e., p. 532. 



K. ohtusata Presl Rel. Haenk. i. p. 183 (1828); Ridl., I.e. 

 PuNGO Andongo. — In wet often flooded places on the Calemba 

 Islands in the river Cuanza near Condo ; March 1857. No. 6800 (in part). 



6. K. elatior Kunth Enum. PI. ii. p. 135 (1837) ; 0. B. Clarke, 

 I.e., p. 528. 



K. aromatiea Ridl., I.e. 

 Loan DA. -No. 6996. 



