Seleria. | CLVI. CYPERACE (CLARKE). 497 
6. S. hispidula, 4. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 511. Annual, thinly 
hairy. Stems 4-12 in. long,slender. Leaves 4-8 by 4 in., thinly hairy 
or glabrous. Panicle 2-4 by 4~1 in., the lower branches up to 3 in. 
long; bracts } in. long, setaceous. Clusters of 3-8 spikelets, erect, 
shortly hispid with black-red or white hairs. Spikelets 1} in. long, 
ovoid-lanceolate, chestnut marked with green. Nut }, in. long, obovoid, 
trigonous, white, reticulated, scarcely muricate or tubercled.— Boeck. in 
Linnea, xxxviii. 443; C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. FI. 
Afr. v. 672; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 150. SS. interrupta, 
Schlechtend. in Linnea, xx. 544, not of A. Rich. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Gafta, Schimper, 1277! Tacazze River, Quartin- 
Dillon & Petit! Begemeder; mountains near Senka Berr, Schimper, 1266, and 
without precise locality, Schimper, 538 ! 
Var. B hispidior, C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 672. 
Much more hairy. Glumes covered all over by black hairs. Nut black, strongly 
transversely muricate, tubercled on the shoulders. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Begemeder ; Debra Ari, Schimper, 1278! 
7.8. glabra, Boeck. Cyp. Nove, i. 35. A glabrous annual. Stems 
1-2 ft. long, rather stouter than in others of this group. Leaves up 
to 12 by 4 in. Panicle 2-5 in. long, with erect capillary branches 
1-23 in. long, sometimes again divided. Clusters of 4—1 spikelets, sub- 
erect; bracts shorter than the clusters. Spikelets }—} in. long, chest- 
nut-coloured. Nut ,1,—}; in. long, obovoid, trigonous, white, transversely 
muricate-verrucose. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, 
"ame 2! Mandala, Scott-Elliot, 8507! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 
B! 
8. S. ustulata, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 168. 
An annual, nearly glabrous except the basal leaf-sheaths. Stems 8-16 
In. long, slender. Leaves 8-12 by 34—;'5 in. Panicle 2 by 4-4 in., 
dense of numerous spikelets; lowest branches usually } in. long, occa- 
Sionally up to 1 in. long; bracts setaceous, longer than the clusters. 
Spikelets 1 in. long, yellowish-brown marked with chestnut-colour. 
Nut ;}, in. in diam., obovoid, white, verrucose-tubercled.—C. B. Clarke 
in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 675; Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. 
Welw. ii. 133. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; banks of the River Cuanza, 
Welwitsch, 7134! 
This species is very close to S. pulchella, Ridley ; there is no considerable differ- 
ence in the inflorescence, but the present is a considerably stouter plant. 
9. S. hirtella, Swartz, Prod.19. Thinly hairy or almost glabrous, 
except the spikelets. Rhizome horizontal, 4} in. in diam. Stems 
8-24 in. long, slender, narrowed at the base. Uppermost leaves 4—8 
by 34,4 in., lower shorter, the lowest reduced to tight sheaths. Spike 
(in appearance) simple, 2-5 in. long ; clusters of 3-12 spikelets, standing 
4-1 in. apart, pendent in fruit ; bracts setaceous, usually shorter than 
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