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AmpBaca.—Leafless, 3 ft. high, rhizome creeping, sterile culms 
subulate. By pools near the right bank of the river Lucala ; 17 Oct. 
1856. No. 6846. 
Cazenco.—6 to 10 ft. high. Principally used in the manufacture of 
matting. By and in mountainstreamsnear Palmira; Dec. 1854. No. 7015. 
Go.uneo ALTO.—Varzea do Isidro, nearSange; Feb.1856. No.'70150. 
Pungo ANDONGO.—Marshes between Condo and Quisonde, not far 
from the river Cuanza; Mar. 1857. No. 6849. 
Houiiisa.—On the banks of Lake Ivantaila growing with species of 
Polygonum and floating Commelinee ; end of Feb. 1860. No. 6976. 
Plentiful in marshes by the river of Catumba towards Hay, growing 
with Typha and near species of Ottelia; beginning of May1860. No. 6977. 
5. S. litoralis Schrad. Flor. Germ. i. p. 142 (1806); C. B. Clarke, 
lc, p. 625. 
S. subulatus Vahl Enum. Pl. ii. p. 268 (1806) ; Ridl., dc. 
Puneo ANnDoNGo.—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., Jc, p. 51; Ridl., Ze. (including vars.) ; 
C. B. Clarke, l.c., p. 626. 
Conego.—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 theleftof theriver Bengo, near Funda; Sept.1854. No. 7011. 
MossaMEDEs.—One of the most troublesome weeds in the cotton 
fields; July 1859. No. 6972. Marshy ground not far from the 
Atlantic, near Girafl; July 1859. No. 6974. 
Var. nobilis, C, B. Clarke, .c., p. 627. 
S. nobilis RidL, lc. 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., 2c, p. 157; C. B. Clarke, lc, p. 620. 
Barra Do Danpg.—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. 
Puneo ANDONGO.—Growing with a species of Phryniwm in marshes 
near Umbilla, on the river Cuanza, Quisonde ; Mar. 1857. No. 6848. 
8. 8. Hystrix Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Capens. p. 17 (1794); ©. B. 
Clarke, lc., p. 623. 
S. Rehmanni Ridl., lc, p. 159. 
