Cyperus] xxvii. cyperace^. 117 



never observed in this species. Root slightly aromatic. Very 

 plentiful in thicket-grown marshes on the banks of the river Lombe, 

 near Lombe ; end of March 1857. No. 6937. 



33. C. articulatus L., I.e., p. 44; Ridl., I.e., pro parte; C. B. Clarke, 

 I.e., p. 548. 



Congo.— Edges of lakes, Quizembo ; Nov. 1853. No. 7034. 



ICOLO K Benco. — Culms more or less tuberously thickened at the 

 base, woody and very hard. Plentiful at Lagoa da Funda, near 

 Funda ; beginning of Sept. 1857. No. 7051. Plentiful at the edges 

 of the lake Lagoa da Funda growing with [/nnnophytun ohtuH/folium 

 {Welw. Herb. No. 3010) ; Sept. 1854. No. 7089. 



PuNcio Andoxgo. — Root-tubers pleasantly aromatic fragrant, often 

 used by the negroes for colic. Growing gregariously on the marshy 

 banks of the river Cuanza, near Sansamanda and Mopopo with Phomix 

 sjnnosa ; 6 Feb. 1857. No. 6936. 



34. C. Zollingeri Steud. in Zoll. Syst. A^erz. Ind. Arch. p. 62 

 {1854) : C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 581. 



C. Uochstetteri Ridl., I.e., p. 126, pro parte (errore, non Nees). 

 C lucidulus C B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. p. 99 (1884) 

 pro parte; Eidl., I.e., p. 139, pro parte (non Klein). 



C. sphacelatus Ridl., I.e., pro parte (non Rottb.). 



SiERKA Leoxe. — Gathered together with other white-headed 

 Cyperacese during a heavy rain, in pleasantly green meadows, between 

 Preetown and the neighbouring mountains, close up to the city ; 

 Sept. 1853. No. 7058. 



PuNGO Andoxgo. — Three, more rarely 4 ft. high, with a bulbous 

 tuberous aromatic root smelling like Jcorux Calanim^ culms erect or 

 oblique, umbel with few rays, spikes nodding or even pendulous. Plen- 

 tiful in thickets between the river Cuanza and Caghuy ; 15 Jan. 1857. 

 No. 6940 (in part). 



35. C. Schweinfurthianus Boeck. in Flora, Ixii. p. 553 (1879); 

 C. B. Clarke in Durand & Scliinz, I.e., p. 576. 



C. Hochstetteri Ridl., I.e., p. 126, pro parte (errore, non Nees). 

 6'. lueidulus C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn, Soc, I.e., pro parte ; 

 Ridl., I.e., p. 139, pro parte (non Klein). 



PuNGO AxDONGO.— Quitage on the Cuije ; Mar. 1857. No. 6940 (in 

 part). 



Very near to the last species. 



36. C. sphacelatus Rottb. Descr. & Icon. PI. p. 26 ; Ridl., I.e., 

 p. 139, pro parte ; C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 577. 



C. pustulatus Ridl., I.e., p. 138 (non Vahl). 



Sierra Leone. — Near a stream in the city of Freetown, not far 

 from the ocean, almost damped by the sea-water ; Sept. 1853. No. 7056. 



LoAXDA. — No. 7102 (in part). 



GcjLUNGO Alto. — Widely and densely caespitose, annual. On 

 sandy flooded ground at the foot of Mt. Cungulungulo, but rare ; 

 end of Jan. 1855. No. 7070. Grassy places near Sr. Rodrigo's 

 house, but rare ; Feb. 1855. No. 7090. 



37. C. esculentus L., I.e., p. 45 ; Ridl, I.e. ; C. B. Clarke, I.e., 

 p. 559. 



GoLUXGO Alto.— Gravelly places at the foot of Mt. Cungulungulo, 



