496 CLVI. CYPERACEE (CLARKE). [ Scleria. 
the stem, ;',-} in. broad. Cluster of spikelets }—4 in. in diam., of 3-12 
spikelets, sessile, pendent, in a simple spike 2-7 in. long, ciliate with 
long hairs which may be black-red or white; bracts to the clusters 
inconspicuous, shorter than the clusters. Spikelets + in. long, black-red 
or pallid. Nut ,4, in. long, obovoid, trigonous, straw-coloured, trans- 
versely muricate-verrucose.—C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Con- 
spect. Fl. Afr. v. 673. S. hirtella, var. 3, y, partly, Boeck. in Linnea, 
xxxvill. 440, 441, and in Flora, 1879, 570. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Same; Gapd’a, Schimper, 830! British East Africa, 
Bongo; Gir, Schweinfurth, ser. iii. 191 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; plateau of Mount Zomba, 
5000-6000 ft., Whyte / 
The black-red colour of the hairs in S. melanotricha is not a constant character, 
they are white in Schweinfurth 191. 
Var. 8 glabrior, C. B. Clarke in Durand & Sch’nz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 673. 
Stems 4-5 in. long. Clusters of spikelets smaller, paler, suberect on the spikes. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: near Regent, Scott-Elliot, 4187! 
This variety might be appended, perhaps as conveniently, to S. glomerulata, 
Oliver ; the clusters of spikelets are considerably smaller than in either species. 
4. S. glomerulata, Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 170, ¢. 110 B. 
A hairy annual. Stems 6-9 in. long, slender. Leaves 4-3 the length 
of the stem, up to } in. broad. Clusters of spikelets 4 in. in diam., of 
6-12 spikelets, sessile, suberect, in a simple spike 2-4 in. long, ciliate 
with white hairs; bracts setaceous, lower as long, or twice as long, as 
the clusters. Spikelets } in. long, pale rusty-brown. Nut }, in. long, 
obovoid, trigonous, white, strongly transversely muricate. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Madi; among débris of Madi rocks, Speke 
§ Grant, 668 ! 
According to Capt. Grant’s label, the whole plant is sweetly scented. 
This is very near S. melanotricha, differing in the suberect clusters overtopped by 
yracts. 
5. S. remota, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 169. 
Annual, densely hairy or nearly glabrous. Stems 12 in. long, very 
slender. Leaves 4—8 by j/;-;1; in., often flexuose. Cluster of 2-4 
spikelets sessile, erect, }—1 in. apart, in a simple (often flexuose) spike 
2—9 in. long; bracts inconspicuous, the lowest hardly longer than the 
clusters. Spikelets } in. long and upwards, ellipsoid-oblong, brown, 
sparsely hairy or very nearly glabrous. Nut ;!, in. long, obovoid, tr- 
gonous, white, horizontally muricate.—C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, 
Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 674; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 128; 
Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 134. S. flexuosa, Boeck. Cyp. Nove, 
i. 33; K. Schum. in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 128. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo, in damp places; near Catete, 
Welwitsch, 7130! between the Serri de Pedras de Guinga and Candumba, Wel- 
witsch, 7129! in the Presidium on the higher siopes of Funda Quilombo, Welwitsch, 
7131 partly! heights of Pedra Songue, Welwitsch,7131B! 
Mozamb. Dist. Bricish Central Africa: Nyasiand; Shire Highlands, 
Buchanan, 60! : 
