128 XXVII, CYPERACEAE. [Scirpus 
Hvitta.—Heads green, very plentiful in damp clayey-sandy fields 
round Lopollo after corn harvest ; end of May 1860, No. 6771. 
9. S. Isolepis Boeck., dc, p. 498. 
Hemicarpha Isolepis Nees in Edinb. N. Phil. Journ. xvii. p. 263 
(1834); Ridl., Zc., p. 161. 
Punco ANDoNGo.—Sansamanda ; Apr. 1857. No. 6814. Growing 
in marshy places, Lombe ; Mar. 1857. No. 6815. Wooded meadows 
between Condo and Quisonde ; Mar. 1857. No. 6818. 
Hvitia.—Growing with Xyridez etc., in places flooded in the rainy 
season in the short-grassed lofty meadows of Empalanca ; beginning 
of May 1860. No. 6963. 
10. S. micranthus Vahl, Jc, p. 254; C. B. Clarke, .c., p. 627. 
Hemicarpha subsquarrosa Nees in Mart. Fl. Bras. i. Pt. 1. 
p. 61 (1842); RidL, Zc, p. 162. 
Loanpa.—Sandy-clayey places on the margins of ponds near 
Conceigao, but not plentiful. Almost past flowering ; 12 July 1854. 
No. 6981. No. 6996 (no notes). 
10. FUIRENA Rottb.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 1053. 
1. F. chlorocarpa Rid]. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2. ii. p. 159 ; 
C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 649. 
Hv1Ltia.—Marshy places on the edges of fields in Lopollo ; Colonel 
Kneissmann’s garden ; beginning of April 1860. No. 7113. 
2. F. Welwitschii Ridl., J.c., p. 161; C. B. Clarke, dc. p. 649. 
Pungo ANnpdonco.—Very slender erect with creeping perennial 
root-stock and greyish spikes. Marshes near Quibanga; Jan. 1857. 
No. 7108. 
HvuiLtLa.—Wooded pastures of Monino, and rather damp grassy 
slopes of Morro de Monino; April 1860. No. 7109. Plentiful in 
rather damp pastures near Lopollo ; Dec. 1859 and Jan. 1860. No. 7114. 
Low rather dry sandy hills near Eme; end of Feb. 1860. No. 7115. 
3. F. pubescens Kunth Enum. ii. p. 182 (1837); Ridl., dc., 
p. 160; C. B. Clarke, Zc., p. 648. 
GoLunco ALTO.—38 to 4 ft. high, culm triquetrous flaccid, scram- 
bling among the tall herbs of the marshy meadows (Varzeas) on the 
river Cassaballa, Sobato de Bumba, where also Mungo grows; Oct. 
1855. No. 7116. 
4, F. pygmea Welw. ex Ridl., l.c.; C. B. Clarke, Le. 
Punco AnpoNGo.—Sansamanda; Feb. and April 1857. No. 7111. 
Grassy wooded sandy marshes between Mopopo and Sansamanda ; 
May 1857. No. 7171. 
HviLia.—Growing in masses in rather damp sunny wooded places 
covered with a dull blood-red Scytonema at Monino; April 1860. 
No. 7112. 
5. F. glomerata Lam. Il. i. p. 150 :(1791); Ridl., Ze; C. B. 
Clarke, J.c., p. 646. 
Loanpa.—Annual, glaucous green, the whole plant roughly hairy, 
culms obscurely 4-angled in the lower part, densely covered with hori- 
zontally spreading hairs. Rather rare at Represa de Magheldos not far 
from Forte de Conceicao ; 12 July 1854. No. 7107. 
