1954] 



PLANTS COLLECTED IN NYASALAND 



95 



E RIO CAUL ACE AE 57 



Eriocaulon schimperi Koern. ex Ruhl. Bot. Jahrb. 27: 80. 1899. 



North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau, common in bogs and on marshy banks 

 of grassland streams, herb 20-25 cm. high, just beginning to flower, flower heads 

 grey, 2300 m., Aug. 14, 1946, 17232. Abyssinia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika 

 Territory, Nyasaland, N. Rhodesia. 



CYPERACEAE 58 



Cyperus papyrus L. subsp. nyassicus (Chiov.) Kiikenth. Pflanzenreich 38 (4 20 ): 47. 

 1935. 



Cyperus nyassicus Chiov. Mem. 1st. Bot. Modena 1: 72, 76. pi. 2, f. 1, 2; pi. 4, f. 1, 2. 

 1931. 



Kota-kota District: Chia area, forming extensive pure stands 2-4 m. high in 

 marshes; leaves reduced to basal scales; sterile; 480 m., Sept. 1, 1946, 17470. 

 Native name, Gumba (Chinyanja). Endemic. 



Cyperus auricomus Sieber ex Spreng. Syst. 1: 230; 1825. 



Cyperus digitatus Roxb. subsp. auricomus (Sieber) Kiikenth. Pflanzenreich 38 (4 20 ): 57. 

 1935. 



Chikwawa District: Lower Mwanza River, common on moist silt; mostly sterile 

 at this season; 180 m., Oct. 4, 1946, 17964. Tropical Africa. New to Nyasaland. 



Cyperus alopecuroides Rottb. Descr. & Icon. 38. pi. 8, j. 2. 1773; Kiikenth. Pflan- 

 zenreich 38 (4 20 ): 71. 1935. 

 Juncellus alopecuroides C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 595. 1893. 



Chikwawa District: Lower Mwanza River, occasional on wet silt, 180 m., Oct. 

 4, 1946, 17962. Old World tropics and subtropics. 



Cyperus articulatus L. Sp. Pi. 44. 1753; Kiikenth. Pflanzenreich 38 (4 20 ): 77. 1935. 



Chikwawa District: Lower Mwanza River, occasional on moist silt, stems cy- 

 lindrical, 180 m., Oct. 4, 1946, 17963; frequent on moist silt, 180 m., Oct. 6, 1946, 

 18002. Tropics and subtropics and Old and New Worlds. 



Cyperus maculatus Bock, in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 2: 539. 1864; Kukenth. 

 Pflanzenreich 38 (4 20 ): 103. 1935. 

 Chikwawa District: Lower Mwanza River, common on sandy beaches, 180 m., 

 Oct. 4, 1946, 17968. Tropical Africa, Madagascar. 



Cyperus distans L. f. Suppl. 103. 1781; Kukenth. Pflanzenreich 38 (4 20 ): 137. 1935. 



Kota-kota District: Benga, west shore of Lake Nyasa, scattered on sandy 

 beaches, 470 m., Sept. 2, 1946, 17498. Tropics and subtropics of Old and New 

 Worlds. 



Cyperus flabelliformis Rottb. Descr. & Icoh. 42. pU 12, f. 2. 1773. 



C. altemijolius L. subsp. flabelliformis (Rottb.) Kukenth. Pflanzenreich 38(4 20 ): 193. 

 1935. 



Kasungu District: Kasungu, frequent in semi-shade on dry banks of a stream, 

 rhizome shortly creeping on surface of soil, 1000 m., Aug. 27, 1946, 17441. Chik- 

 wawa District: Lower Mwanza River, common on eroding river banks, 180 m., Oct. 

 6, 1946, 18012. Cholo District: Nswadzi River, gregarious on dry banks of river, 

 840 m., Sept. 27, 1946, 17844. Native name, Mululu (Chinyanja). Africa, 

 Madagascar. 



57 Determination by Dr. H. N. Moldenke, The New York Botanical Garden. 



58 By E. Nelmes, Royal Botanic Gardens. Kew. 



