Pycreus] XXVII. CYPEKACEiE. 109' 



14. P. pelophilus C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 540. 

 Cyperus peloijhilus PJdl., I.e., p. 129. 



LoAXDA. — In sandy places which have been flooded and are now 

 drying up near Bemposta ; July 1858. By dried-up ponds on the 

 road to Calumba near Cumano ; beginning of July 18G0. Xo. 7025- 

 Remarkable for its falcately curved spikelets. Fairly plentiful on the 

 clay soil of dried-up ponds near Forte de Concei(;ao ; 12 July, 1854. 

 No. 7082. 



MossAMEDES. — Here and there in sandy-clayey marshes near Giraiil ; 

 July 1859. No. 6887. 



15. P. sethiops 0. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 534. 

 Cyperus (cthiops Welw. ex Ridl., I.e., p. 129. 



HuiLLA. — Plentiful enough in a single locality in wet pastures 

 between Ferrao da Sola ; Jan. and April 18(30. No. 6875- 



3. JUNCELLITS C. B. Clarke in Duraiid & Schinz, Consp, 

 Fl. Afr. V. p. 543. 



Cyperus L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 1043 (pro parte). 



1. J. laevigatus C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 545. 



Cyperus Icevigatus L. Mant. p. 179 (1771) ; Ridl. in Trans. Linn. 

 Sec. ser. 2. ii. p. 128 (1884). 



IsLAXD OF St. Vincent, Cape Verde Is.— Monte Verde at about 

 1000 ft. by partly dried-up streams; end of Aug. 1853. No. 7075. 



MossAMEDES. — Sandy places on the banks of the river Caraco, Cabo 

 Negro ; Sept. 1859. No. 6855. Near Cavalheiros, in sandy places on 

 the river Bero ; July 1859. No. 6856. In rather saline places near 

 Os Cazados (arimo do Eugenio) ; Aug. 1859. No. 6857. Marshy 

 ground near Aguadas, not far from Mossamedes ; beginning of July 

 1859. No. 6858. 



2. J. pustulatus C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 546. 



Cyperics jmstulatus Vahl Enum. ii. p. 341 (1806) ; Ptidl., I.e., 

 p. 128. 



PuxGO ANDONfiO. — In rather shallow marshes between the prfe- 

 sidium and Quilanga ; Feb. 1857. On the banks of the Casalale : Jan. 

 1857. No. 6918. No. 7156 (no information). 



4. CYPERUS L.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 1043 (pro 

 parte). 



1. C. amabilis Vahl Enum. ii. p. 318 (1806); Ridl. in Trans. 

 Linn. See. ser. 2. ii. p. 130; C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, 

 Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 547. 



Barra do Bengo. — Gravelly places flooded in the rainy season near 

 Quifandongo, and not far from Cacuaco ; May 1854. No. 7084. 



LoANDA. — An annual ; culms ctespitose erect, spikelets a reddish 

 chestnut colour, of very variable length. Sandy places, which are 

 flooded in summer, near Represa de Luiz Gomes ; Feb. 1858. No. 7024. 

 Low sand-hills near Imbondeiro dos Lobos ; beginning of April 1854. 

 No. 7083. An annual a span high with a several-rayed umbel, and 

 tawny-gold spikelets arranged starwise. Abandoned fields near Quicuxe ; 

 April 1854. Cor.E. Cart. 1070. A very elegant dwarf species with 



