Cyperus | XXVII, CYPERACER, 119 
44. C. radiatus Vahl,l.c.,p. 369; Ridl., le; C. B.Clarke, l.c., p. 573. 
Barra Do Danpse.—A sparsely ceespitose annual, culms erect, 2 ft. 
high, triquetrous, firm, deep purple towards the apex and on the base 
of the involucre ; young spikes cylindrical, adult and seed-bearing 
more or less swollen and distorted, in the young and flowering stage 
green, when old a dull brown. Nut triquetrous. Habit of Mariscus. 
In wet sandy clayey places round the lake on the right of the river 
Dande near Bombo ; end of Sept. 1858. No. 7036. 
IcoLo & Benco.—Annual, 1 ft. high, laxly czespitose, culms ascend- 
ing, spikes cylindrical, greenish, dilated, distorted and dull brown 
when in fruit, spikelets bifariously compressed. On the banks of a 
lake near Folo, but not plentiful; Sept. 1857. No. 7080. 
45. C. exaltatus Retz. Obs. v., p. 11 (1789). 
Var. dives C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. p. 187 
(1884); in Durand & Schinz, ic, p. 561. 
C. dives Delil. Fl. d’Egypt. p. 149, t. 4. fig. 3 (1812); Ridl., Ze. 
GoLtunco ALTo.—A fine plant 4 to 7 ft. high, with an obtusely 
trigonous polished culm. Plentiful by the Cuango and Quiaposa 
streams near Sange ; Nov. 1854. No. 7091. 
Punco ANDONGO.—Between Condo and Quisonde in wooded marshy 
places ; March 1857. No. 6939. 
46. C. callistus Ridl., Zc, p. 143; C. B. Clarke, Zc, p. 551. 
Loanpa.—A noble plant 4 to 5 feet high with beautiful and striking 
tawny-gold flower panicles ; fibres of root-stock bulbiferous, bulbs 
with chestnut-coloured tunics, ovate-acute. Grows sparsely among 
herbage by ponds near Quicuxe ; March 1854. No. 7079. 
Material insufficient for determination. 
Sr. VincENT, Carpe VERDE IsLanDs.—Growing in very thick tufts, 
but not yet well-developed. Shore near Porto de Mindello ; August 
1853. No. 7022. 
Loanpa.—Sandy mud near Cabo Lombe; Apr. 1858. No. 70246 (in 
part). 
Huiitia.—Dried up swamps near Nene; May 1860. No. 6878. 
C. Amnicola RidL, l.c., p. 131 (non Kunth). 
5. MARISCUS Gaertn. Fruct. i. p. 11 (1788). 
Cyperus L.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 1043, pro parte. 
1. M. durus C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr v. 
p. 587. 
Cyperus durus Kunth Enum. ii. p. 76 (1837). 
C. letus Ridl. in Trans, Linn, Soc. Ser. 2, ii. p. 138 (1884) 
(non Presl.). 
Hviitta.— Wet wooded places now almost dried up near Eme, on 
the way to lake Ivantala ; beginning of May 1860. No. 6860. 
2. M. rufus'H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. i. p. 216. t. 67 (1815) ; 
C. B. Clarke, U.c., p. 592. 
Cyperus ligularis L, Amoen. Acad. v. p. 391 (1760) ; Ridl., 4c, 
p. 142. 
PrINCcE’s IsLanD.—Rather rare in somewhat damp places on the 
edges of woods in the ascent of Pico de Papagaio ; Sept. 1853. 
No. 7037. Apparently a viviparous form found at the same place and 
even.in the same tuft; Sept. 1853. No. 70370. 
