498 CLVI. CYPERACEZ (CLARKE). | Scleria. 
the clusters, the lowest sometimes longer. Spikelets 4 in. long, chest- 
nut or brown, hispid. Nut 5), in. long, ovoid, round-trigonous, smooth, 
white ; pores 3 or 4 on each face of the stalk, minute.—Kunth, Enum. 
ii. 8353; Boeck. in Flora, 1879, 160, and in Linnea, xxxvill. 439 
part of a only; C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. 
v. 671, and in Dyer, FI. Cap. vii. 294; Fngl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 
150; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 128; Urban, Symb. Antill. 
ii. 140. Hypoporum hirtellum, Nees in Linnea, ix. 303, 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, 4fzelius! Morson! Smeathmann,85 | Lagos: 
Abeokuta, Irving / 
Wile Land. British East Africa : Ruwenzori; Kasamagas, 5000 ft., Scott- 
Elliot, 7629! Uganda; Buddu, Scott-Elliot, 7441! 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: River Gaboon, Mann, 1025! Munda; Sibange 
Farm, Soyaux, 351! Lower Congo: Stanley Pool, 900 ft., Hens, B, 58! Kisantu, 
Gillet, 1900! Kimuenza, Gillet, 1877 ! 
South Central. Congo Free State, Dewevre, 1070! 1077! 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : North Nyasaland, Scott ! 
Also in South Africa, Madagascar, and America. 
10. S. catophylla, C. B. Clarke in Durand &: Schinz, Conspect. Fl. 
Afr. v. 670. Leaves all close to the base of the stem, 8-14 by 4-3 in., 
with many spreading white hairs; otherwise as S. hirtella, Sw.— 
C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 294; Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 
ii, 1382. 8. hirtella, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxviii. 439 partly. S. hirtella, 
var. aterrima, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 166; Engl. 
Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 150. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Smeathmann! Afzelius, 496! Niger Territory : 
Old Calabar, Rodd ! Nupe, Barter, 1561! Cameroons : Sanaga, Zenker, 1472! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; on the higher spongy slopes of Morro de 
Lopollo, 5000 ft., Welwitsch, 7143 ! 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland, Buchanan, 141! 
Also in Natal. 
11. S. mechowiana, Boeck. in Engl. Jahrb. v. 510. Rhizome 
not seen. Stems 12-20 in. long, somewhat densely hairy. Leaves 
8-12 by } in., suberect, hairy. Spike (apparently simple) 4—8 in. long; 
rhachis nearly glabrous. Spikelets }-1 in. long, in clusters of 5-8, 
suberect, chestnut-brown. Flower glumes nearly glabrous. Nut white, 
smooth, or obscurely tessellate.—C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, 
Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 672. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Malange, Mechow, 345! 
12. S. meyeriana, Kunth, Enum. ii. 354. Nearly glabrous. 
Rhizome horizontal. Stems about 1 foot long, slender, not thicken 
at the base. Leaves 8-12 by }-} in. broad. Spike apparently simple, 
1-3 in. long; bracts setaceous, lower often longer than the clusters. 
Clusters few, of 3-8 spikelets, brown, erect in fruit. Spikelets pet 
long, glabrous. Nut ;!, in. long, subglobose, white, smooth ; base 
pores most minute.—Boeck. in Linnea, xxxviii. 441; C. B. Clarke 12 
