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14. P. pelophilus C. B. Clarke, i.c., p. 540. 
Cyperus pelophilus Ridl., i.c., p. 129. 
Loanpa.—In sandy places which have been flooded and are now 
drying up near Bemposta; July 1858. By dried-up ponds on the 
road to Calumba near Cumano ; beginning of July 1860. No. 7025. 
Remarkable for its falcately curved spikelets. Fairly plentiful on the 
elay soil of dried-up ponds near Forte de Concei¢ao ; 12 July, 1854. 
No. 7082. 
MossaMEDES.—Here and there in sandy-clayey marshes near Girafil 
July 1859. No. 6887. 
15. P. ethiops C. B. Clarke, Jc, p. 534. 
Cyperus cethiops Welw. ex Ridl., lc., p. 129. 
Houiriia.—Plentiful enough in a single locality in wet pastures 
between Ferrio da Sola; Jan. and April 1860, No. 6875. 
3. JUNCELLUS C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Consp. 
Fl. Afr. v. p. 543. 
Cyperus L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 1043 (pro parte). 
1. J. levigatus C. B. Clarke, J.c., p. 545. 
Cyperus levigatus L. Mant. p. 179 (1771) ; Ridl. in Trans. Linn. 
Soc. ser. 2. ii. p. 128 (1884). 
IsnanD oF Sr. VINCENT, CAPE VERDE Is.—Monte Verde at about 
1000 ft. by partly dried-up streams; end of Aug. 1853. No. 7075. 
MossaMEDES.—Sandy places on the banks of the river Caraco, Cabo 
Negro ; Sept. 1859. No. 6855. Near Cavalheiros, in sandy places on 
the river Bero ; July 1859. No. 6856. In rather saline places near 
Os Cazados (arimo do Eugenio); Aug. 1859. No. 6857. Marshy 
ground near Aguadas, not far from Mossamedes; beginning of July 
1859. No. 6858. 
2. J. pustulatus C. B. Clarke, lc., p. 546. 
Cyperus pustulatus Vahl Enum. ii. p. 341 (1806); Ridl., dc, 
p. 128. 
Punco ANpDoNGO.—In rather shallow marshes between the pra- 
sidium and Quilanga; Feb. 1857. On the banksof the Casalalé ; Jan. 
1857. No. 6918. No. 7156 (no information). 
4, CYPERUS L.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 1043 (pro 
parte). 
1. GC. amabilis Vahl Enum. ii. p. 318 (1806); Ridl. in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. ser. 2. ii. p. 130; C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, 
Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 547. 
Barra DO Benco.—Gravelly places flooded in the rainy season near 
Quifandongo, and not far from Cacuaco ; May 1854. No. 7084. 
Loanps.—An annual; culms cespitose erect, spikelets a reddish 
chestnut colour, of very variable length. Sandy places, which are 
flooded in summer, near Represa de Luiz Gomes; Feb. 1858. No. 7024. 
Low sand-hills near Imbondeiro dos Lobos ; beginning of April 1854. 
No. 7083. An annual a span high with a several-rayed umbel, and 
tawny-gold spikelets arranged starwise. Abandoned fields near Quicuxe ; 
April 1854. Cow. Carp. 1070. <A very elegant dwarf species with 
