114 XXVII. cypERACE^. [Cyperus 



on the sides. Spikes a dull green, the secondary capitula forming a 

 dense white primary head. Very plentiful throughout the dry sandy 

 coasts of Loanda. Ilha de Loanda ; May 1854 ; in fl. Jan. 1858. 

 No. 7044. In gravelly soil above Loanda ; Alto das Cruzes. Growing 

 with Commelhia ; April 1854. No. 7050. 



Var. crassipes C. B. Clarke, I.e. 

 C. crassipes Vahl, I.e., p. 299. 



St. Vincent's Island, Cape Verde Islands. — Past flowering 

 Sandy sea-shore of Praia da Gale ; Jan. 1861. No. 7106. 



18. C. flabelliformis Rottb. Descr. and Icon. PI. p. 42, t. 12, 

 fig. 2 ; Pddl., I.e., p. 135 ; C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 562. 



C. Ginge Welw. Apout. p. 586. No. 37 (1859). 



GoLUNGO Baixo. — One of the plants the stalks of which are used by 

 the negroes for wickerwork. Plentiful by all the streams from the 

 Mongolo mountains to Canguerasange in Golungo Alto, covering all 

 the marshy meadows as if with dwarf palms ; Sept. and Oct. 1854. 

 No. 7103. 



GoLUXGO Alto. — Cyperus Ginge Welw. Called by the negroes 

 Nginge, Jiginge. A very elegant plant plentiful everywhere by the 

 marshes. Used for making mats ; in f r. Aug. 1857. Coll. Carp. 1066. 

 Varzea do Sange ; July 1857. Coll. Carp. 1067. 



Moss.\MEDES. — Lakes at the mouth of the river Giraul ; 18 July, 

 1859. No. 6882. 



19. C. marginatus Thunb. Prodr. PI. Cap. p. 18 (1794); Ridl., I.e., 

 p. 136; C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 568. 



Bengcella. — A perennial salt-loving herb, differing in its mode of 

 growth from the rest of the genus. In rather damp sandy maritime 

 places to the south of the citv, and near the banks of the river Bero ; 

 June and July 1859. No. 6859. 



20. C. Haspan L. Sp. PI. p. 45 (1753) ; Pddl., I.e., p. 136 ; C. B. 

 Clarke, I.e., p. 564. 



Ambriz.— Very rare in marshes near the town of Ambriz, growing 

 csespitosely with Flagelluria r/uhieensis Schum., etc. Ponta d'Ambriz ; 

 Nov. 1853. Nos. 7035, 7035/^ 



Ambaca. — Widely cfespitose in partly dried marshes between the 

 river Caringa and lake Canguele-Canganga ; June 1855. No. 7097. 



Golungo Alto. — Culms trigonous, weak and flaccid, almost scan- 

 dent. Spongy places at a ferruginous spring near Bango, but seen 

 nowhere else ; 27 April, 1856. No. 7086. A depauperated form ? 

 Spongy thickets on the banks of the Cuango ; a unique specimen ; 

 Jan. 1856. Xo. 71026. 



PuNGO Andongo. — In the deeper forest-marshes of the presidium ; 

 Feb. 1857. Also at Lombe. No. 6908- Damp meadows near Muta 

 Lucala, but somewhat rare, and Candumba on the river Cuanza ; 

 Mar. 1857. No. 6932. 



21. C. flavidus Retz. Obs. v. p. 13 (1789); Ridl., I.e.; C. B. 

 Clarke, I.e., p. 563. 



Loanda. — Prostrate, csespitose, with weak filiform culms, small 

 heads, and very small spikelets. Here and there on the clay of dried- 

 up ponds near Forte de Concei^ao ; 12 July, 1854. No. 7077. 



PuNGO Andon(;(). — Ponds near Quisonde ; Mar. 1857. No. 6917. 

 Lagoa de Quibinda. No. 6920. Damp wooded meadows between 



