116 XXVII. CYPERACES. [Cyperus 
arrangement of the spikelets is quite different, as are also the leaf- 
sheaths on the culm. Here and there in marshy meadows by the 
banks of the river Cocolovar. A few specimens in flower Feb. 1860. 
No.1675. Heads white. In lofty spongy mountainous places at Hum- 
pata growing with Ericacez ; Serra de Oiahoia ; April 1860. No. 6783. 
27. C. eleusinoides Kunth Enum. ii. p. 39 (1837); Ridl., dc., 
p. 187. 
C. nutans CO. B. Clarke, Z.¢., p. 570 (non Vahl). 
Punco ANDONGO.—Aix to eight feet high, culms obtusely trigonous, 
branches of the panicle or umbel 1 to 2 ft. Native name, N-téle, 
Iintédle. Gregarious, but not in many places, on the banks of the 
stream near Quilanga. Used by the negroes for making mats. 
Feb. 1857. No. 6941. 
28. C. nutans Vahl, J.c., p. 363; C. B. Clarke, ic. p. 570. 
C. distans Ridl., Jc, p. 138 (non Linn. f.). 
Punco Anponeo.—Damp meadows on the banks of the river 
Lombe, in the district of Condo ; March 1857. No. 6935. 
29. C. distans Linn. f. Suppl. Pl. p. 103 (1781); Ridl, dc, 
p. 138 pro parte; C. B. Clarke, l.c., p. 558. ; 
Prince’s Isuanp.—Sandy places on the sea-shore near Port de 
8. Antonio; Sept. 1853. No. 70330. 
Loanpa.—Marshes at the Represas pequenas (small ponds or 
reservoirs) of Sr. Ricardo; end of April 1854. No. 7047. Represa. 
de Luiz Gomes to the rear of Alto das Cruzes; Dec. 1853 and Feb. 
1854. No. 7048. Represa de Quicuxe; May 1854. No. 7054. 
Ampaca.—At lake Canguéle-Canganga, but not plentiful; June 
1855. No. 7095. 
30. C. longus L. Sp. Pl. p. 45 (1753). 
Var. tenuiflorus Boeck. in Linnea xxxvi. p. 281 (1869-70) ; 
C. B. Clarke, f.c., p. 567. 
C. longus Dumont D’Urville Enum. Pl. Or. p. 6 (1822); RidL, 
i¢., (non L.). 
MossaMEDES.—Plentiful in damp places on the borders of sugar 
plantations; July 1859. No. 6886. 
31. C. rotundus L., Z.c.; C, B. Clarke, lc, p. 574. 
Var. elongatus Ridl., /.c., (non Boeck.). 
Benco.—Plentiful in marshy places on the river Bengo, near 
8. Antonio ; Dec. 1853. No. 7023. 
Loanpa.—At the lake, Quicuxe ; April 1854. No. 7053. 
GoLuNGo AtTo.—A bulbous-tuberculous plant infesting the fields, 
and almost impossible to extirpate when it has once got a hold. This 
species and another besides with yellowish spikelets but without 
tubers, form twice a year, after each rainy season, green grass-plots. 
Plentiful round the villages of the negroes and on the waysides. 
Sange; April 1855. No. 7102 (in part). 
32. C. corymbosus Rottb. Deser. & Icon. Pl. p. 42, t, vii. fig. 4 
(1773); C. B. Clarke, lc, p. 554. 
C. articulatus forma haud articulata, Ridl., J.c., p. 141 (non L.). 
Pungo Axponco.—Near C. articulatus, but jointed culms were 
