108 XXVII. CYPEBACE^. [Pija'eus 



-the damp meadows of Catete with Poli/gaht africana ; Jan. 1857. 

 By wooded marshes near Quilanga and in the prtesidium ; Feb. 1857. 

 No. 6919. 



10. P. melas C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 538. 

 Cyperus onelas Ridl., I.e., p. 127. 



PuNOO Andoxgo. — Marshy places near Lombe, with another robust 

 -deep-reddish Cyperus ; March 1857. No. 6913. Mutollo, Serra de 

 ■Guinga with dwarf Irideas {Fevraria andonge/isis) and Xijrix fiigciciflora ; 

 Jan. 1857. Nos. 6914, 7154. 



HuiLLA. — Lofty pastures of Morro de Lopollo on the way to 

 Empalanca, in places which are flooded in the rainy season ; April 

 1860. No. 6871. 



11. P. polystachyus Beauv. Fl. Owar. ii. p. 48, t. 86, fig. 2 

 (1810-18) ; C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 540. 



Cyperus polystachyus Rottb. Descr. & Ic. p. 39, t. 11, fig. 1 ; 

 Hidl., I.e., p. l'27. 



Prince's Island. — In wet places in the higher part of Pico de 

 Papagaio ; Sept. 1853. No. 7032. 



Ambriz. — Heads yellowish. In marshy wooded places south of the 

 town ; Nov. 1853. No. 7041. 



LoANDA. — By pools and ponds on the island of Cazanga (called also 

 Casanga or Cacanga), south of Loanda ; in a few places with Typha, 

 etc. ; 30 April, 1854. No. 7081. 



GdLUNGO Alto. — Plentiful in damp spongy places on the banks of 

 the stream Quiapose, near Sange ; Jan. 1855. No. 7100. 



PuNGO Andongo. — Growing in marshy meadows with species of 

 Ascolejns. No. 6927- 



Moss.\MEDES. — Marshes near Aguadas not far from Mossamedes ; 

 July 1859. No. 6890. Damp places on the banks of the river Caroca 

 .(vulg. Croque), near Cabo Negro ; Sept. 1859. No. 6891. 



12. P. nitens Nees in Nov. Act. Acad, Nat. Cur. XIX. Suppl. 

 1. p. 53 (1843) ; C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 539. 



Cyjjerus pumilus L. Cent. ii. Plant, p. 6 (1756); Ridl., I.e., p. 129. 



Loanda. — Low growing, obscure, almost cinerascent, cajspitose ; 

 spikelets finely pectinate as in some species of Sphacelaria, e.g. 

 <S. filicina. Rather rare at the dry bottoms of ponds and on their 

 edges ; near Concei9ao at Represa de Maghalaes. Past flowering 

 12 July, 1854. No. 7076. 



PuNGO Andoncu). — Meadows at Catete Jan. 1857. Umbilla, Cuanza ; 

 March 1857. No. 6907 (in part). By wooded marshes in sunny places 

 between the prsesidium and Quilanga ; Dec. 1856 and Feb. 1857. 

 No. 6921. 



Mossamedes. — In damp sands on the banks of the river Bero ; 

 beginning of Aug. 1859. No. 6888. 



HuiLLA. — Too plentiful in fields near Lopollo after a crop of 

 Sorghum ; May 1860. No. 6854. Plentiful in rather damp sandy 

 fields with a clayey subsoil, growing with dwarf Eriocaulacect ; May 

 1860. No. 6879i. 



13. P. cuanzensis C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 536. 

 Cyperus eucmzensis Ridl., I.e., p. 128. 



PuNGO Andoncjo. — Marshy meadows on the river Cuanza near 

 N-biUa : March 1857. No. 6899. 



