Scleria. | CLVI. CYPERACE (CLARKE). DOF 
striations ; disc obpyramidal, short, pallid; lobes 3, short, rounded, 
subreflexed.—C, B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. 
v. 675. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: lower slopes of Sugarloaf, Scott-Elliot, 3952! 
Smeathmann! Liberia: Grand Bassa, Vogel, 107! 
37. S. ovuligera, Nees in Linnea, ix. 303.  Sparsely hairy. 
Rhizome woody. Stems 1-2 ft. long, } in. in diam. Leaves 8-12 by 
+ in.; leaf-sheaths triquetrous, hardly 3-winged. Partial panicles 3 or 4, 
remote, pyramidal, their rhachises glabrous, on erect peduncles exserted 
0-lLin, Spikelets $ in. long, nearly glabrous. Nut ;'; in. long, ovoid, 
round-trigonous, smooth, white or sometimes discoloured leaden or 
black-purple ; disc obpyramidal, short, pallid, the 3 rusty-brown lobes 
thick, round, reflexed and auriculate.—Boeck. in Linnea, xxxviii. 497 ; 
C. B. Clarke in Durand «& Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 673 ; Durand & 
Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 310; Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 135, 
not of Steud. S. Flagellum, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 555; Ridley in 
Trans. Linn. Soe. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 171. S. nawmanniana, Boeck. in Eng]. 
Jahrb. v. 94, and in Engl. Gazelle Reise, Bot. 18. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Beauvois! Don! Smeathmann ! 
Cape Verd, Smith ! Liberia: Monrovia, Nawmann ! Grand Bassa, Vogel, 60! Ansell f 
Cameroons : Batanga, Bates, 342! 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Lutete, 1500-1800 ft., Hens, A, 249! Ban- 
gala, 1000 ft., Hens, C, 182! Caha, Zilman, 77! Kimuenza, Gillet 792! Angola: 
Ambriz; damp rocks between Ambriz and Quizembo, Welwitsch, 7125! 
South Central. Congo Free State, Dupuis, 34! Dewevre, 526! 
38. S. Barteri, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxviii. 504. Thinly hairy, 
extensively (15 ft., Jann) rambling, “climbing about 20 ft. above the 
ground in dense bush” (Scott-Elliot). Stems branching, ;',—} in. thick. 
Leaves up to 8 by } in., very scabrous on the margins; sheaths 
triquetrous, hardly winged; ligule ovate (or sometimes elongated 
quadrate), scarious. Axillary peduncles remote, 0-2 in, long, erect, 
bearing pyramidal panicles 1-14 by lin. Spikelets } in. long, nearly 
glabrous, chestnut-coloured. Nut ;',-} in. long, ovoid, smooth, very 
minutely hairy, white or frequently discoloured (brown or shining- 
purple); dise obpyramidal, black-red ; the lobes brown-red, forming a 
smail triangular platter, auriculate.—C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, 
Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 669; Durand & Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, 1. 309 ; 
Durand & De Wild. in. Comptes-rendus Soc. bot. Belg. xxxvi. 90. 4. 
reflewa, Benth. in Hook. Niger FI. 555, not of H. B. & K. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Kambia, on the River Scarcies, Scott-Elliot, 
4388! Gold Coast: Ashanti, Cummins, 238! Lagos, Millen, 97! Lower Niger : 
Onitsa, Barter, 1786! Cameroons: Yaunde, 2800 ft., Zenker & Staudt, 376! 423 ! 
Batanga, Bates, 342! Fernando Po, Vogel ! Mann, 113! Roscher, 87! 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Munda; Sibange Farm, Soyaux, 240! Lower 
Congo: Leopoldville, Duchesne, 11! Kisantu, Gillet, 457! 468! 1089! Kimuenza, 
Gillet, 1705! 
