Mariscus leptophyllus C.B.Clarke

FLORA rF VOI LIST. , HEP. OF IOPIYA
leptophyllus (Hochst*)|C* B*dlj
A perennial tussock herb up to 15ihV
tail with glossy dark green linear chan-j
nelled leaves and angular conical based I
stems covered with the pale brown sheath.il
of the old leaves, stems 3-angular the
spikelets long narrow, flat, pale chest-
nut-brown in small open umbels at the
apex of the peduncle supported by 3-4-
variable length leaf-like bracts*
Local and scattered with Paederia in
open grassland with Cenchrus eiiiaris—
Ohloris roxbur ghiana-Sericomopsis hilde— £
brandtii—Premna resinosa-Boscia coriacea |
and Thylachium thomasii on an orange-
brown ¿andy loam*
K* 7, Voi Gate - Sobo Road, m* 9*
1,900ft* alt*'; Tsavo Hat* Park, East;
20/12/1966*
P. J* GREEHWAY & KAHURI, 12,802*-
04721094