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6. F. umbellata Rottb. Deser. et Icon. Pl. p. 70; C. B. Clarke, 
Lc. p. 648. 
GoLuNco ALTo.—Culms 3 to 4 ft. high, acutely pentagonal, 
glaucescent, horizontally spreading like the leaves. Here and there in 
spongy places by streams near the town of Golungo Alto. Sange; in 
fl. end of Sept. 1854. No. 7121. 
Pungo AnDonGo.—Damp meadows near Umbilla (N-builla ?) on the 
right of the river Cuanza ; March 1857. No. 7120. 
7. F. cinerascens Boj.ex Ridl.,/.c.,p.161; C.B.Clarke,d.c., p. 645. 
HAviLia.—The whole plant somewhat fleshy and stiff. Damp wooded 
meadows of Catumba; end of March 1860; No. 7110. 
8. F. pachyrrhiza Ridl., .c.; C. B. Clarke, lc., p. 647. 
Pungo ANDoNGo.—Marshes near Muta Lucala; March 1857. 
No. 7117. Wooded marshy places between Caghuy and the river 
Cuanza growing with Jsoctes ; April 1857. No. 7118. Sansamanda, in 
spongy woods ; May 1857. No. 7119. 
11. LIPOCARPHA R. Br.; Benth. & Hook. f.Gen. Pl. iii. p. 1054. 
1. L. argentea R. Br. in Tuckey’s Congo Exped. p. 459 (1818); 
Ridl. in Trans, Linn. Soe. ser. 2. ii. p. 163 (1884) ; C. B. Clarke in 
Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 649. 
Prxco AnDonGo.—A very widely cespitose herb with erect culms 
and hard compact greenish-white spikes. At the stream of Calunda in 
the rocky valleys of the presidium; middle of Jan. 1857. No. 6778. 
Hurtita.—Heads compact, whitish ; caryopsis oblong-subclavate, 
obtusely triangular, chestnut-coloured, polished, with a disc-like stalk. 
Rather rare at wooded ponds in the mixed woods of Monino ; end of 
March 1860. No. 6777. 
2. L. albiceps Ridl., Z.c., C. B. Clarke, Zc. 
Punco AnpDonco.—Muta Lucala on the river Cuanza ; March 1857. 
No. 6782 Spongy slopes of the presidium mixed with Ascolepis and 
other Glumacew. Heads snow-white. Dec. 1855. No. 6785 (in 
part). Swampy meadows growing with Ascolepis near Catete, 
March 1857, and Sansamanda, Feb. 1857. No. 6786. 
3. L, purpureo-lutea Ridl., d.c.; C. B. Clarke, J.c., p. 650. 
Hvitia.—Heads yellowish, deep purple at the base. In thicket- 
grown pastures flooded in summer near Humpata; end of March 
1860. No. 6784. 
4. L. sphacelata Kunth Enum. ii. p. 267 (1837) (sphacilata) ; 
Ridl., Lc., p. 162; C. B. Clarke, /.c., p. 650. 
Punco ANDoNGO.—Plentiful in damp rather sandy meadows near 
Mopopo on the river Cuanza, April 1857 ; and at Lombe, March 1857. 
No. 6776. 
5. L, atra Ridl., lec. ; C. B. Clarke, J.c. 
Hvitisa.—Wet places by the banks of the river Cacolovar, near Lake 
Ivantéla, but not plentiful ; end of Feb. 1859. No. 6961. Afterwards 
(April) picked in sandy ground near Humpata. 
6. L. pulcherrima Rid1, Zc. ; C. B. Clarke, dc. 
Punco Anponco.—Swampy meadows near the presidium, growing 
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