500 CLVI. CYPERACEZ (CLARKE). | Scleria. 
in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 167; C. B. Clarke in Durand & 
Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 670, and in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 295 ; 
K. Schum. in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 128; Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. 
Welw. ii. 133. S. setulosa, Boeck. Cyp. Nove, i. 33. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Ukamba, 5000-6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 
6409 ! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in the woods of Monino, Welwitsch, 7137 
partly! 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, 
Buchanan, 36! near Sochi Hill, 3000 ft., Kirk / 
Also in South Africa. 
In this group of Scleria, the contraction of the panicle into a single rhachis with 
clusters of sessile spikelets dotted along it is by no means an absolute character ; 1m 
several species so described, short branches in the panicle may be seen occasionally. 
16. S. schweinfurthiana, Boeck. in Flora, 1879, 570. Clusters of 
spikelets 10-14 on a rhachis 4-8 in. long. Spikelets numerous, often 
10-12 in the clusters which are denser, less sub-erect ; otherwise as 
S. dregeana.—C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 
674; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 128. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 2193 ! 
This must be very close to S. dregeana, Kunth, the nut being identical. The 
rhizome has not been seen. In S. dregeana the spikelets are more loosely aggre 
gated and point upwards, giving the inflorescence a different aspect. 
17. S. bulbifera, 4. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 510. Stems 1-2 ft. 
long, each from a bulb 4-2 in. in diam., distinct on a rhizome § in. 1D 
diam. Leaves 8-12 by ;,—} in., broader than in the adjacent species, 
sometimes exceeding } in. in breadth, all springing near the base of the 
stem, usually nearly glabrous, sometimes with many long spreading 
white hairs. Panicle very narrow, 4—5 in. long, sometimes apparently 
a simple spike, sometimes with lower branches } in. long ; bracts ortten 
longer than the suberect clusters. Spikelets 3-7 in a cluster, 5 1D. 
long, chestnut and green, the bracts and lower glumes nearly always 
distinctly bristly. Nut 4, in. long, subglobose, white, reticulate an 
slightly verrucose-tubercled ; 3 or 4 minute pores excavated in each 
of the 3 faces of the stalk.—Boeck. in Linnwa, xxxviii. 442; C. B. 
Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 669; Engl. Hoe 
gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 150; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 128; 
Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 133. S. atrosanguinea, Steud. Syn. 
Pl. Glum. ii. 175. . cenchroides, Hochst. in Flora, 1841, i. Intell. 21» 
not of Kunth. 3S. dudbosa, var. pallidiflora, Ridley in Trans. Linn 
Soc. ser. 2, Bot, ii. 167. 
Mile Land. Abyssinia; Tigre; Mount Sholoda, Schimper, 827! Adows 
Quartin-Dillon & Petit ! mountains near Dochli, Schimper, 1557! Begemeder 
Senka Berr, Schimper, 1277! 1557! and without precise locality, Parkys * 
British East Africa: Leikipia ; Larabwal, Gregory, 68! ag 
Lower Guinea, Angola: Pungo Andongo; in damp meadows near Sobato 
Mota-Lucala, Welwitsch, 7133 ! 
