Cyperus | XXVII. CYPERACES. 117 
never observed in this species. Root slightly aromatic. Very 
plentiful in thicket-grown marshes on the banks of the river Lombe, 
near Lombe ; end of March 1857. No. 6937. 
33. C, articulatus L., /.c., p. 44; Ridl., Zc, pro parte; C. B. Clarke, 
dc., p. 548. 
Conco.—Edges of lakes, Quizembo ; Nov. 1853. No. 7034. 
IcoLo £ Benco.—Culms more or less tuberously thickened at the 
base, woody and very hard. Plentiful at Lagoa da Funda, near 
Funda ; beginning of Sept. 1857. No. 7051. Plentiful at the edges 
of the lake Lagoa da Funda growing with Limnophyton obtusifolium 
(Welw. Herb. No. 3010); Sept. 1854. No. 7089. 
Punco ANDONGO.—Root-tubers pleasantly aromatic fragrant, often 
used bythe negroes for colic. Growing gregariously on the marshy 
banks of the river Cuanza, near Sansamanda and Mopopo with Pheniz 
-spinosa ; 6 Feb. 1857. No. 6936. 
34, C. Zollingeri Steud. in Zoll. Syst. Verz. Ind. Arch. p, 62 
(1854): C. B. Clarke, ic. p. 581. 
C. Hochstettert Ridl., i.c., p. 126, pro parte (errore, non Nees). 
C. lucidulus C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. p. 99 (1884) 
pro parte; Ridl., Zc., p. 139, pro parte (non Klein). 
C. sphacelatus Ridl., J.c., pro parte (non Rottb.). 
.Srerra Leone.—Gathered together with other white-headed 
-Cyperacese during a heavy rain, in pleasantly green meadows, between 
Freetown and the neighbouring mountains, close up to the city ; 
Sept. 1853. No. 7058. 
Punco ANDonGo.—Three, more rarely 4 ft. high, with a bulbous 
‘tuberous aromatic root smelling like Acorus Calamus, culms erect or 
oblique, umbel with few rays, spikes nodding or even pendulous. Plen- 
tiful in thickets between the river Cuanza and Caghuy ; 15 Jan. 1857. 
No. 6940 (in part). 
35. C. Schweinfurthianus Boeck. in Flora, lxii. p. 553 (1879) ; 
‘C. B, Clarke in Durand & Schinz, U.c., p. 576. 
C. Hochstettert Ridl., l.c., p. 126, pro parte (errore, non Nees). 
‘C. lucidulus C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc., /.c., pro parte ; 
Ridl., 7.c., p. 139, pro parte (non Klein). 
Pungo ANDONGO.—Quitage on the Cuije; Mar.1857. No. 6940 (in 
art). 
Vocy near to the last species. 
36. C. sphacelatus Rottb. Deser. & Icon. Pl. p. 26; Ridl., Le., 
p. 139, pro parte; C. B, Clarke in Durand & Schinz, /.c., p. 577. 
C. pustulatus Ridl., l.c., p. 138 (non Vahl). 
S1erRA LEONE.—Near a stream in the city of Freetown, not far 
from the ocean, almost damped by the sea-water ; Sept. 1853. No. 7056. 
Loanpa.—No. 7102 (in part). 
GoLtunco ALTo.—Widely and densely czspitose, annual. On 
sandy flooded ground at the foot of Mt. Cungulungulo, but rare ; 
-end of Jan. 1855. No. 7070. Grassy places near Sr. Rodrigo’s 
house, but rare; Feb. 1855. No. 7090. 
37. C. esculentus L., i.c., p. 45; Ridl., le; C. B. Clarke, dc., 
p. 559. 
Gotunco ALTo.—Gravelly places at the foot of Mt. Cungulungulo, 
