Cyperus] xxvii. cYPERACEiE. Ill 



5. C. tenax Boeck. in Llnmm xxxv. p. 504 (1867-68) ; C. B, 

 Clarke, I.e., p. 578. 



C. actinostachys Welw. ex Ridl., I.e., p. 140. 



C. sabulicolus Ridl., I.e., p. 136. 



Barro do Bengo. — Forming great sods on low gravelly hills near 

 Cacuaco ; Dec. 1853. No. 7049. 



Amf.kiz. — Low gravelly maritime hills near the town ; Nov. 1853. 

 No. 7038. 



PuNGO Andongo. — Marshes in the pra3sidium ; March 1857. No. 

 6794. In hot sand on the banks of the river Cuanza near Candumba ; 

 30 Jan. 1857. No. 6928. Sandy woods flooded in summer on the 

 right of the river Cuanza ; Dec. 1856. No. 6931. 



HuiLLA. — Dry low hills between Lopollo and Erne ; end of April 

 1860. No. 6866. Open mixed woods of Monino ; end of March 

 1860. No. 6874. 



6. C. andongensis Ridl., I.e., p. 140. ••" 

 C. tenax Boeck. pro parte ex C. B. Clarke, I.e. 



Pungo Axdoxgo. — In hot sand on the banks of the river Cuanza, 

 near Sansamanda ; 7 Feb. 1857. No. 6929. 



7. C. compressus L. Sp. PI. p. 68 (1753); Ptidl., I.e., p. 132; 

 C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 553. 



Sierra Leone. — Wooded swamps at the foot of Sugar Loaf 

 Mountain ; Sept. 1853. No. 7057- 



LoANDA.— In damp poor heibage, Museque de Quicuxe ; March 

 1854. Growing rather sparsely, Cabo Lombo ; April 1854. No. 7021. 

 Sandy sea-shores of the island of Cazanga ; April 1858. No. 7024& 

 (in part). Half dried ponds, near the road to Calumba near Cumano ; 

 growing in the mud ; end of July 1860. No. 7026. On the edge of 

 marshes near Museque de Luiz Gomes, and near Cabo Lombo ; April 

 1854. No. 7045. 



MossAMEUES. — In rather damp places at the Horta da Nagao (public 

 garden) near Mossamedes ; August 1859. No. 6884. 



8. C. dichromenaeformis Kimth Enum, ii. p. 26 (1837). 



Yar, major Boeck. in Flora Ixii. p. 549 (1875); Pddl., I.e., 

 p. 132 ; C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 556. 



GoLUNGo Alto. — A perennial aromatic herb, a span to a foot high ; 

 leaves accurately spreading, culm acutely triangular Avith concave 

 sides, spikelets snow-white, flowers triandrous. Rather rare on the 

 edge of marshes and in shady spongy places on the more lofty heights 

 of Queta. In fl. and fr. middle of Dec. 1855. Smell of the dry root- 

 stock almost that of Antlioxunthnm. In damp places Monte de Queta 

 (Jipepe) end of Dec. 1855. On mountain slopes not far from the 

 river Luinha, on the mountains of Alto Queta. Native name Nsambe ; 

 Jan. 1855. No. 7093. 



Pungo Andongo. — Plentiful in rather damp wooded places on the 

 banks of the river Cuanza between Candumba and Lombe, and also in 

 the river Cuije ; March 1857. No. 6901. Rootstock tuberous, culms 

 triquetrous, leaves deep green and somewhat lax, with a fragrant smell 

 of Antlto.cuidhum when dried. Flower-heads snow-white. By springs 

 on the more lofty rocks of the prtesidium, in very shady places, and even 

 in caverns ; end of Nov. 1856. No. 6902. No. 7149 (no information). 



