122 XXVII. CYPERACE^. [Ekochciris 



natives as a remedy for chest diseases, and everywhere cultivated 

 by them. Cultivated specimens without flower picked at Sensala on 

 the journey to Muxaula ; Dec. 1854. No. 7013. 



HuiLLA. — At wooded ponds by the river Cacolovar near lake 

 Ivantala, but not yet well developed ; end of Feb. 1860. No. 6968. 



7. FIMBRISTYLIS Vahl ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL iii. 

 p. 1048, pro parte. 



1. F. monostachya Hassk. PL Jav. Par. p. 61 (1848); Eidl. in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2. ii. p. 149; C. B. Clarke in Durand & 

 Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 607. 



Ahildgaardia monostachya Vahl Enum. ii. p. 296. 



HuiLLA. — Spikes white. Sandy clayey meadows among short herbage 

 between Monino and Erne, plentiful in a single locality ; beginning of 

 AprillSGO. No. 6839. 



2. F. squarrosa Vahl, I.e., p. 289 ; RidL, I.e. ; C. B. Clarke, I.e., 

 p. 609. 



Dande. — A densely caespitose annual, culms erect, the lateral 

 spreading, 4 to 5 in. high, angled, fairly rigid for the size of the plant. 

 The whole plant of a bright green when alive, appearing hoary when 

 dried from the white hairs by which it is covered on all sides. Seen 

 in one place only but plentiful there, on the banks of the larger lake 

 near Bombo ; in fl. end of Sept. 1858. No. 6997. 



3. F. diphylla Vahl, I.e. ; C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 603. 



F. communis Kunth Enum. ii. p. 234 (1837j ; RidL, I.e., p. 150. 



Sierra Leone.— Sept. 1853. No. 6991. 



Ambriz. — Damjigrassyplaces south of the town; Nov. 1853. No. 7002. 



Ambaca. — Widely ctespitose, 1 to 1§ ft. high. Rather plentiful in 

 spongy places on the left of the river Caringa ; June 1855. No. 7018. 



GoLUNOo Alto. — Damp palm-groves on the river Cuanga ; Nov. 

 1855. No.7017. PasturesofQuilombo-Quiacatubia; Jan. 1855. No.7019. 



PuxGO AxDONGO.— Lake of Quibinda ; March 1857. No. 6823i. 

 Here and there in wet places near Cazellas, 6 Jan., Sansamanda, Feb., 

 Manghe-Candumba and Umbilla on the Cuanza, March 1857. No. 6827 

 (in part). Muta Lucala ; March 1857. No. 6830c. Perennial 2 to 2^ ft. 

 high, culm polished, leaves with long scattered hairs. Here and there 

 on banks of streams near Quilanga ; Feb. 1857. No. 6830'/. Quitage 

 on the Cuije. No. 6832. Plentiful on marshy banks of the river 

 Cuanza near Sansamanda ; 6 Feb. 1857. No. 6834. Ctespitose with 

 erect more or less hairy culms, and rigidulous glaucescent leaves. 

 Cultivated ground on the stream Midge near Caghuy ; end of Feb. 1857. 

 No.' 6835^. No. 7169 (no information). 



4. F. pilosa Vahl, I.e., p. 290; C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 608. 

 F. communis RidL, I.e. (non Kunth). 



PuNGO Andongo. — Pedras de Guinga ; Jan. 1857. No. 6827 (in part). 



5. F. ferruginea Vahl, U-., p. 291; RidL, I.e., p. 149; C. B. 

 Clarke, I.e., p. 606. 



MossAMEDES. — Dried-up lakes on the banks of the river Caroca, but 

 not plentiful ; Sept. 1859. No. 6970- 



Var. graminea RidL, Ic. 



St. James' Island.— Plentiful ; Jan. 18G1. No. 7105. 



