508 CLYI. CYPERACEE (CLARKE). [ Scleria. 
39. S. racemosa, Poir. in Lam. Encycl. vii. 6. Glabrous, robust. 
Rhizome thick, covered with ovate-oblong striate black-red scales. 
Stems 3-6 ft. long, }-} in. indiam. Leaves 1-2 ft. by 4-1} in. broad, 
3-nerved, scabrous on the edges, near the top suddenly narrowed (pree- 
morse) on each margin; sheaths 3-winged, two wings much stronger 
than the third ; ligule ovate-triangular, often } in. long. Inflorescence 
often 12 in. long; partial panicles 2-3 in. long on stout axillary 
peduncles, running into a terminal compound panicle. Spikelets all 
1-sexual, 3} in. long, pallid or dusky. Female glumes ovate, much 
shorter than the nut. Nut (but see var. 3) ovoid, 1} in. long, smooth, 
shining, white or variously discoloured chestnut or greenish-brown, top 
conic, tipped for a time by the style-base; disc large thickened, the 
lobes forming a cup, the subentire margin of which is densely ciliate 
with yellow-brown hairs.—Kunth, Enum. ii. 344; Boeck. in Linnea, 
XXxviii. 522; Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 169, +t. 111; C. B. 
Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v, 674; K. Schum. in 
Engl, Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 129; Durand & Schinz, Etudes FI. Congo, 1. 
310; Durand & De Wild. in Comptes-rendus Soe. bot. Belg. xxxvi. 905 
Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 135. S. ciliolata, Boeck. in Flora, 1882, 
31. S. palmifolia, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 171, not of 
Schlechtend. Ophryoscleria racemosa, Nees in Mart. Fl. Bras. u. 1. 183. 
. € ! 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, ee 
Madi; by the side of a stream, Speke & Gravt ! Western side of Ruwenzor!, Scott- 
Elliot, 7368 ! 
Lower Guinea. Congo River, Burton! Laurent! Angola: Golungo Alto; 
marshes by the River Cuango, near Sange, Welwitsch, 7128 ! 
South Central. Congo Free State, Dewevre, 935! Nlempu, Butaye, 1184! 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Kirk! British Central Africa: Nyasaland 5 
Songui to Karonga, 1700-2000 ft., Whyte ! Namasi, Cameron, 4! 
Also in the Mascarene Islands. 2 
Var. 8 depresso, C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v- 674. 
Nut broader than long, flat or depressed at the top, often with a circular groove. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia: on the shore, Heudelot, 368! fag 
Michelin! Cape Verd, Perrottet ! Gambia, Ingram! Lagos, Millen, 96! 18 
Territory : Nupe; in shady ravines, Barter, 921! i. 
This is a striking variety in its extreme form, Lut there is a complete series . 
forms pas-ing into typical 8. racemosa. 
40. S. Vogelii, C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. ie 
Afr, v. 675. Less robust than S. racemosa, Poir. Ligule very we ‘ 
often truncate or nearly so. Nut about 5}, in. in diam., Cons ae 
smaller than that of S. racemosa ; margin of the disc somewhat lobed, 
with scattered white hairs; otherwise as \S. racemosa.—/S. racemosa * 
Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 555. 
2 el, 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Smeathmann! Liberia: Grand cose ory 
59! Lagos: Abeokuta, Irving! and without precise locality, Mil rie 
Cameroons: Batanga, Bates, 317! and without precise locality, Braun, 44! 
Lower Guinea. Gaboon River, Mann, 1023! Buchholz! 
