120 XXVII. CYPERACE^. [Mccvisciis 



3. M. Dregeanus Kunth, I.e., p. 120; C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 586. 

 Cyperus duhius Boeck. in Linnjea xxxvi. p. 336 (1869-70) ; 



Ridl., I.e., p. 133, pro parte (non Rottb.) 



Loan DA. — Heads whitish, fleshy. Grassy herb-grown places in sandy 

 soil near Penedo, but rare ; May 1854 ; No. 6807- 



4. M. coloratus Nees in Linnsea ix. p. 286 (1834) ; C. B. Clarke, 

 I.e., p. 585. 



(Jyperus duhius Boeck. I.e., Ridl., I.e., pro maxima parte (non 

 Rottb.). 



PuNGO Andongo. — On wooded rocks near Quilanga growing with 

 Ophioglossum vittatum ; Dec. 1856. No. 6802. A succulent plant ; 

 culms bulbous at the base, leaves shining coriaceous-rigid, heads white, 

 glumes subfleshy. Plentiful on the rocks of the presidium in places 

 rich in humus, e.g. near Cazella at the washerwomen's brook ; in fl. 

 Dec. and Feb. 1856-7. No. 7162. No. 7148 (no information). 



HuiLLA. — Wooded pastures at Monino ; end of Jan. 1860. No. 6804. 



5. M. ferax C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 587. 



Cyperus ferax L. Rich, in Act. Soc. d'Hist. Nat. Paris, i. p, 106 

 (1792); Ridl., I.e., p. 142 (excluding obs. of Welwitsch). 



Prince's Island. — Spikelets yellowish green, more rarely reddish. 

 Culms sometimes 6 feet high. On the damp sandy shore at Porto San 

 Antonio, but rather rare ; Sept, 1853. No. 7033.' 



IcoLO E Bengo.— Csespitose in wet places together with Pistia 

 stratiotes var. ohcordata (Herb. Welw. No. 214), on the edges of the 

 lake of Quilunda ; 5 Sept. 1857. No. 7062. 



HuiLLA. — Damp fields among Sorghum plantations near Monino ; 

 Feb. 1860. No. 6880. 



6. M. eurystachys C. B. Clarke, I.e. 

 Cyperus eurystachys Ridl., I.e. 



HuiLLA. — Growing sporadically among herbage in rather damp 

 places in mixed woods along with species of Gladiolus ; end of April 

 1860. No. 7061. 



7. M. tanyphyllus C. B, Clarke, I.e., p. 594. 

 Cyperus tanyphyllus Ridl., I.e. 



Golungo Alto. — Rather poor thicket-grown places near Sange ; 

 Dec. 1854. Here and there in lofty wooded places near Banza de 

 Quilombo ; Jan. 1855. No. 7010. Growing caespitosely in primseval 

 woods, Sobato Quilombo-Quiacatubia ; Feb. 1865. No. 7171^. Prim- 

 aeval woods of Quibanga ; Dec. 1855. No. 70066. 



8. M. macrocarpus Kunth, I.e. ; C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 589. 

 Cyperus Jlavus Ridl., I.e., p. 144 (non Boeck.) 



PuNGO Andongo. — Candumba ; Jan. 1857. Calemba Island, Cuanza; 

 and Condo, Quisonde ; Mar. 1857. No. 7009. 



9. M. Myrmecias C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 590. 

 Cyperus Myrmecias Ridl., I.e. 



HuiLLA. — Widely caespitose. Plentiful on sandy ant-hills in wooded 

 meadows between LopoUo and Monino ; March and May 1860. 



