116 XXVII. CYPERACE^. \C>jperii$ 



arrangement of the spikelets is quite different, as are also the leaf- 

 sheaths on the culm. Here and there in marshy meadows by the 

 banks of the river Cocolovar. A few specimens in flower Feb. 1860. 

 No.1675. Heads white. In lofty spongy mountainous places at Hum- 

 pata growing with Ericaceae ; Serra de Oiahoia ; April 1860. No. 6783. 



27. C. eleusinoides Kunth Enum. ii. p. 39 (1837) ; Ridl., I.e., 

 p. 137. 



C. nutans C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 570 (non Vahl). 



PuxGO Andoxgo. — Six to eight feet high, culms obtusely trigonous, 

 branches of the panicle or umbel 1 to 2 ft. Native name, N-t61e, 

 lintdle. Gregarious, but not in many places, on the banks of the 

 stream near Quilanga. Used by the negroes for making mats. 

 Feb. 1857. No. 6941. 



28. C. nutans Vahl, I.e., p. 363 ; C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 570. 

 C. distans Ridl., I.e., p. 138 (non Linn. f.). 



PuxGO Andoxgo. — Damp meadows on the banks of the river 

 Lombe, in the district of Condo ; March 1857. No. 6935. 



29. C. distans Linn. f. Suppl. PI. p. 103 (1781); Pddl., I.e., 

 p. 138 pro parte; C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 558. 



Ppax( e's Island. — Sandy places on the sea-shore near Port de 

 S. Antonio ; Sept. 1853. No. 7033/^. 



LoAXDA. — Marshes at the Represas pequenas (small ponds or 

 reservoirs) of Sr. Ricardo ; end of April 1854. No. 7047. Represa 

 de Luiz Gomes to the rear of Alto das Cruzes ; Dec. 1853 and Feb. 



1854. No. 7048. Represa de Quicuxe ; May 1854. No. 7054. 

 Ambaca. — At lake Canguele-Canganga, but not plentiful ; June 



1855. No. 7095. 



30. C. longus L. Sp. PI. p. 45 (1753). 



Var. tenuiflorus Boeck. in Linna^a xxxvi. p. 281 (1869-70) ; 

 C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 567. 



C. lom/us Dumont D'Urville Enum. PI. Or. p. 6 (1822) ; Ridl., 

 I.e., (non L.). 



MossAMEDES. — Plentiful in damp places on the borders of sugar 

 plantations ; July 1859. No. 6886. 



31. C. rotundus L., I.e.; C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 574. 

 Var. elongatus Ridl., I.e., (non Boeck.). 



Bexgo. — Plentiful in marshy places on the river Bengo, near 

 S. Antonio ; Dec. 1853. No. 7023. 



LoANDA. — At the lake, Quicuxe ; April 1854. No. 7053. 



GoLUXGO Alto. — A bulbous-tuberculous plant infesting the fields, 

 and almost impossible to extirpate when it has once got a hold. This 

 species and another besides with yellowish spikelets but without 

 tubers, form twice a year, after each rainy season, green grass-plots. 

 Plentiful round the villages of the negroes and on the waysides. 

 Sange ; April 1855. No. 7102 (in part). 



32. C. corymbosus Rottb. Descr. & Icon. PI. p. 42, t. vii. fig. 4 

 (1773) ; C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 554. 



C. articulatus forma hand articnlata, Ridl., I.e., p. 141 (non L.). 

 PuxGO AxDOXGO. — Near C. articulatus, but jointed culms were 



