Scirpus] XXVII. CYPERACE/E. 127 



Ajibaca. — Leafless, 3 ft. high, rhizome creeping, sterile culms 

 subulate. By pools near the right bank of the river Lucala ; 17 Oct. 

 1856. No. 6846. 



Cazengo. — 6 to 10 ft. high. Principally u.sed in the manufacture of 

 matting. Byand in mountain streams near Palmira ; Dec. 18o4. No. 7015. 



GolungoAlto. — Varzeadolsidro, nearSange; Feb.lSoG. No.7015i. 



PuNGO Andoxgo. — Marshes between Condo and Quisonde, not far 

 from the river Cuanza ; Mar. 1857. No. 6849. 



HuiLLA. — On the banks of Lake Ivantala growing with species of 

 Polygonum and floating Commelineas ; end of Feb. 18(30. No. 6976. 

 Plentiful in marshes by the river of Catumba towards Hay, growing 

 with Typha and near species of Ottclia; beginning of May 1860. No. 6977- 



5. S. litoraUs Schrad. Flor. Germ. i. p. 142 (180G).; C. B. Clarke, 

 I.e., p. 625. 



.S'. suhidatus Vahl Enum. PI. ii. p. 268 (1806) ; Ridl., I.e. 



PuNGO AxDONGo. — Rush-like, leafless, 4 ft. and higher ; rhizome 

 tuberous, stoloniferous. Salinas do Dungo, near Quitage. Marshy 

 meadows on the river Cuanza, near N-billa ; Mar. 1857. No. 6847- 



MossAMEDES. — 8 to 9 ft. and even higher, rhizome horizontal 

 creeping, culms erect cylindrical, as thick as the middle finger, very 

 glaucous. Deep ponds, both brackish and fresh, near Aguadas ; 

 beginning of July 1859. No. 6973. 



6. S. maritimus L., I.e., p. 51; Ridl., I.e. (including vars.); 

 C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 626. 



CuNGG.— Damp thickets near Quizembo, far from the sea and even 

 from the river Quizembo, growing with species of Kyllinga and a 

 species of Convolvulaceae ; Nov. 1853. No. 6992. Lagoa de Quizembo ; 

 Nov. 1853. No. 7003. 



IcoLO E Bengo. — 2 to 3 ft. high, root tuberous. Plentiful at Lagoa 

 da Funda, near Funda ; beginning of Dec. 1857. No. 6980. Flooded 

 marshes on thelef tof the river Bengo, near Funda ; Sept. 1854. No. 7011. 



MossA.MEDES. — One of the most troublesome weeds in the cotton 

 fields ; July 1859. No. 6972. Marshy ground not far from the 

 Atlantic, near Giraiil ; July 1859. No. 6974. 



Var. nobilis, C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 627. 

 *S'. nobilis Ridl., I.e., p. 159. 



MosSAMEDES. — 6 to 12 ft. high, plentiful on the banks of the river 

 Maiombo, where it forms very dense small forests ; Oct. 1859. No. 6975. 



7. S. cubensis Poepp. & Kunth ex Kunth Enum. ii. p. 172 

 (1837); Ridl, I.e., p. 157; C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 620. 



Barra do Dande. — A foot high, obscurely green, rhizome creeping, 

 culm ascending covered at the base by the broad lax distichous leaf- 

 sheaths. Heads yellowish, very compact with a dark purple shining 

 involucre. Rather rare (seen only in one locality), in damp ground 

 on the right bank of the river Dande, after the retreat of the flood, 

 near Bombo ; Sept. 1858. No. 6994. 



PuNGO Andonoo. — Growing with a species of Phrynium in marshes 

 neaj Umbilla, on the river Cuanza, Quisonde ; Mar. 1857. No. 6848. 



8. S. Hystrix Thunb. Prodr. PI. Capeiis. p. 17 (1794); C. B. 

 Clarke, I.e., p. 623. 



>S'. Rehmanni Rid]., I.e., p. 159. 



