Mariscus] xxvii. cyperace^. 121 



No. 7059. Among herbage in the clearer mixed woods of Monino. 

 Scarcely csespitose ; April 1860. No. 7060. 



10. K. umbellatus Vahl Enum. ii. p. 376 (1806) ; C. B. Clarke, 

 I.e., p. 595. 



Cyperus umbellatios C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. See. xx. p. 296 

 (1883); Ridl, I.e. (non Benth.). 



Sierra Leone. — Mountain woods above Freetown ; Sept. 1853. 

 No. 7062. 



Prince's Island. — Heads green spiciform almost sessile or unequally 

 stalked. Plentiful in sparsely grassed woods near Porto San Antonio ; 

 Sept. 1853. No. 7063. An erect perennial, spikes green, stalked, 

 leaves grass-like, rigidulous, shining, tough. Plentiful in rather dry 

 woods in the lower regions. Porto San Antonio; Sept. 1853. No.7064. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Primitive forest of Quibanga; Dec. 1855. No. 7006. 



PuNGO Andongo.^ — A yellowish-green herb, shining, rigiduloup. 

 Bracts with palm-like arrangement, heads greenish. Shady places at 

 the Cataract of Calunda on the prjesidium ; Nov. 1856. No. 7009. 

 Nos. 7159, 7165 (no information). 



In palm-groves ; Oct. Nos. 7008, 7008& (without locality). 



Material insufficient for determination. 



Ambriz. — Gravelly places near Ambriz. Part flowering ; Nov. 1853. 

 No. 7040. 



Tribe ii. SCIRPE.K 

 6. ELEOCHARIS R. Br.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 1047. 



1. E. chsetaria Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. ii. p. 154 (1817); 

 Ridl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2. ii. p. IAS (IIeIeocha7'is) ; C. B. 

 Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 597. 



HuiLLA. — Lofty pastures of Morro do Monino, in sandy places 

 grown with short herbage and flooded in the rainy season ; growing 

 intermingled with other glumaceous plants ; April 1860. No. 6964. 



2. E. anceps Ridl, I.e. (Ileleocharis) ; C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 596. 

 PuNGO Andongo. — A densely ctespitose herb, with erect two-edged 



flattened culms, and linear many-furrowed glaucescent leaves. Damp 

 sandy places near Condo on the wooded banks of the river Cuanza ; 

 beginning of March 1857. No. 6817. A small annual laxly csespitose 

 plant, with spreading culms and leaves. Damp grassy woods between 

 Mopopo and Sansamanda ; in fr. 1 May 1857. No. 7170- 



3. E. fistulosa Link Jahrb. Gewachsk. i. Heft 3. p. 78 (1820); 

 C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 598. 



Ileleocharis 2)lantagi7iea Ridl., I.e. ; p. 149 pro parte (non R.Br.). 

 Ambaca. — Fairly plentiful at lake Cangufele-Canganga, not far from 

 the river Caringa ; June 1855. No. 6842. 



4. E. palustris R. Br. Prodr. Fl. N. Holl. p. 224(1810); Ridl., 

 I.e. (Heleocharis) ; C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 600. 



HuiLLA. — Style said by Welwitsch to be trifid but this is not borne 

 out by examination of the specimens. Damp sandy places on the 

 river in the Lopollo district growing with many other ScirpoidejB ; in 

 fl. and fr. Apr. 1860. No. 6969. 



5. E. plantaginea R. Br., I.e. ; Ridl., I.e., pro parte (Ileleocharis) ; 

 C. B. Clarke, I.e. 



Cazengo. — Rhizome tuberous, aromatic, highly esteemed by the 



