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much depressed in form, which may be a distinct species. 
There is also a S. verrucosa, Willd., described from Guinea, 
which is not in our collections. Uc 
4. Scleria spiceformis, Benth., vaginis subalatis foliisque an- 
gustis hirsutis, ligula brevi rotundata rigida, panicula bre- 
viter spiczeformi, spiculis foemineis unifloris singulis sessilibus 
cum masculis pluribus subsessilibus fasciculatis, floribus mas- 
culis plerisque triandris, disco subintegro turbinato-paterifor- 
mi nudo, achenio ovoideo albo longitudinaliter multistriato. 
— Grand Bassa, Vogel. 
Culmi bipedales, plurifoliati. Vagine inferiores dense hispide, 
- triquetre, angulis superne sepe in alas angustas expansis. 
Panicula spiceformis terminalis 1}-pollicaris, densa, axillaris 
1-2 brevis, depauperata, sessilis. Bractee basi hirte, rigi- 
dz, plereque spiculas superantes.  Spicule in quoque fasci- 
culo 3-5, masculz 4-5 lin. longe, recurve ; interior foeminea 
brevior. Sguame valde inequales, siċcæ, hispidule, acumi- 
nate, exteriores cujusye spicule breviores vacuæ. Flores 
masculi perfecti 2-3, intimi plures semiabortivi, fæmineus 
fere semper in. spicula sua solitarius, addito rarius secundo 
sterili. Stylus ad medium trifidus. Achenium fere lapideum, 
album, eleganter longitudinaliter multistriatum, superne 
obsolete verruculosum. 
This species does not precisely come into any of the genera 
or sections into which Nees has divided the Brazilian Sclerie, 
but if, as appears most convenient, the genus Scleria be retained 
entire, according to the views of Kunth and most botanists, 
this plant cannot be separated from it. 
CXVI. Graminez. 
l. Leersia disticha, Benth.; panicula gracili effusa, spiculis 
approximatis distichis, paleis margine nudis muticis, carma 
brevissime aspero-hirta, staminibus 2 (v. 3 ?)—On the Nun 
River, Vogel. 
Culmi fere L. oryzoidis, basi reptantes radicantes ramosi, dein 
adscendentes, 1-2-pedales, uti folia glaberrimi. Folia latius- 
