Scleria. | CLYI. CYPERACEZ (CLARKE). 501 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Marangu, 5500 ft., 
Volkens, 2113! British Central Africa: Nyasaland, Mount Zomba, 4000-6000 ft., 
Whyte!’ Mount Malosa, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte / Ndurandi, Scott-Elliot, 8460 ! 
18. S. Rehmanni, (. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. 
Fl. Afr. v. 674. Slightly hairy or glabrate. Rhizome f in. in diam., 
stout, rugged. Stems 12-10 in. long, not tufted, nor bulbous at the 
base. Leaves 4-12 by }-Lin. Panicle 2-3 in. long, nearly glabrous, 
loose ; branches slender, lower up to 1-2 in. long; bracts setaceous, 
mMconspicuous, clusters of few (usually 3) spikelets, chestnut-coloured. 
Spikelets 4 in. long. Nut less than 3, in. in diam., depressed-ovoid, 
smooth, white.—C. B, Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 295. 
naples Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland, Buchanan, 47! 1424! 
5c! 
Also in the Transvaal. 
19. S. Welwitschii, C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. 
fl. Afr. v. 675. Nearly glabrous, except the leaf-sheaths. Rhizome 
Zin. in diam., shining yellow after the scales have worn off. Stems 
1-2 ft. long, stouter than in the preceding species. Leaves 8-12 by 
4+4 in., many of the lower abbreviated or reduced to sheaths. Panicle 
4-6 by 1-8 in., compound, rather robust, ovoid-lanceolate. Spikelets 
d in. long, brown, Nut ;\, in. in diam., obovoid, smooth, white.— 
Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 133. S. junciformis, Ridley in 
Trans. Linn. Soe. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 168, not of Thwaites. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in wooded meadows near Catumba, Wel- 
witsch, 7138! in marshy meadows between Monino and Eme, Welwitsch, 7139! 
20. S. Woodii, C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. 
Afr, v. 675, Nearly glabrous. Rhizome hardly #, in. in diam. Stems 
12-16 in. long, slender, not dilated nor bulbous at the base. Leaves 
8 by tin. Panicle up to 6 by 3 in., exceedingly lax, with very distant 
clusters ; branches wavy, almost capillary. Clusters of 3~5 spikelets, 
brown marked with green; bracts setaceous, shorter or somewhat 
longer than the spikelets. Nut 54, in. long, obovoid, reticulated, 
white.—C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 295; Rendle in Cat. Afr. 
Pl. Welw. ii. 133. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; near the banks of the River Quipum- 
punhime, Sobato de Humpata, rare, Welwitsch, 7140 partly! 
Also in South Africa and Madagascar. 
21. S. multispiculata, Boeck. Cyp. Nove, i. 36. Nearly glabrous. 
Stolons very numerous, }—1 in. long, filiform. Stems 12-20 in. long, 
very slender, apparently in tufts. Leaves 8-12 by jy in. Panicle 2-4 
by 1-2} in., compound, dense, with capillary branches ; bracts setaceous, 
inconspicuous. Spikelets nearly all solitary, sessile, a few paired, 
chestnut-brown, $-} in. long, flattened, glabrous or obscurely puberu- 
lous. Lower 5 or 6 glumes distichous, keeled, empty. Nut scarcely 
zy in. long, obovoid, white becoming discoloured, with minute trans- 
