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ribus tenuibus ; staminodiis 3, achænio æquilongis, apice abrupte dilatatis ; stylo gracili, 
3-fido; achænio obovoideo, trigono, basi styli mucronato. 
Folia caulina linearia, 1-4 poll. longa, 2-23 lin. lata. Bractea foliacea, patens. 
Hab. Madi, Dec. 1862 (Fuirena no. 8, App. Speke's Journ. 654), Col. Grant ! 
[12 inches, in tufts where there is a swamp about Madi, at 3° 15' М. lat., December 1862.— 
J. A.G.] 
Plate CVIII. B. fig. 1. Spikelet; fig. 2. Flower and subtending glume; fig. 8. Ovary 
and staminodia. 
32. ABILDGAARDIA MONOSTACHYA, Vahl; Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. 247. Cæspitosa ; pal- 
lide viridis v. glaucescens; culmo filiformi glabro foliis anguste lineari-filiformibus 
longiore; spicis solitariis v. geminis, ovato-oblongis, compressis, pallide stramineis ; 
squamis late ovatis, carinatis, breviter mucronatis, nitentibus, carina subvirente; achænio 
globoso-pyriformi, trigono, tuberculato, pallide nitidulo.—App. Speke’s Journ. 654. 
Culmus 1-14-pedalis. Spica semipollicaris. 
Hab. Unyoro, grassy plateau, 2° N. lat., Nov. 1862, Col. Grant! Widely diffused in 
both hemispheres. 
Plate CIX. A. fig. 1. Geminate spikes; fig. 2. Flower and glume; fig. 3. Pistil. 
33. ABILDGAARDIA PILOSA, Nees; Kunth, Enum. РІ. ii. 248. Cæspitosa; culmo gra- 
cili, foliis longiore, striato, glabro, basi folioso ; foliis anguste linearibus, subtus striatis, 
pilosulis ; spicis 4—12, conferto-capitatis, oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis, compressiusculis, 
glabris, 5—6-floris ; squamis ovato-lanceolatis, acute mueronatis, carinato-navicularibus, 
subtrinerviis; achænio globoso-pyriformi, trigono, lateribus transverse undulato-rugosis, 
styli trifidi basi persistente fusca coronato.—App. Speke’s Journ. 654. 
Culmus 1-2-pedalis. Spica 5-8 lin. longe. 
Hab. 5° S. lat, in forests near Kazeh, Col. Grant! Occurring westward іп 
Guinea. | 
Plate CIX. В. fig. 1. Flower and glume; fig. 2. Ovary and style-base. 
84. LIPOCARPHA ARGENTEA, В. Br.; Kunth, Enum. РІ. ii. 266; App. Speke's Journ. 
654. 
` Mab. Madi. Dec. 1862, Col. Grant! Widely distributed in the tropics. 
[12 inches high, in tufts by marshes, Madi, December 12, 1862, with flowers in a flat pyramid of 
several balls. Stem flatly round.—J. А. С.] 
35. SCLERIA FOLIOSA, Hochst.; A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. ii. 509.—Var. major. Culmis 1-2- 
pedalibus. | 
Hab. Marshes, Unyoro, Aug. 1862 (Scleria no. 2, App. Speke's Journ. 654). 
I do not see any ground of specific distinction from the Abyssinian type. 
36. SCLERIA RACEMOSA, Poir, var.; Kunth, Enum. РІ. ii. 344. Сшто pluripedali, 
stricto, triangulari, glabro, angulis lævibus; foliis superioribus late linearibus, acuminatis, 
planis, nervosis, supra glabris, margine paginaque inferiore scabriuseulis ; ligula deltoidea. 
vagina trialata ; paniculis erectis, laxiusculis, pluriramosis ` pedunculis angulatis, hirto- 
scabridis ; spiculis subsessilibus, masculis lanceolato-oblongis, obtusis, fere glabris, 24-3 
lin. longis; squamis subdistichis; antheris anguste linearibus, GE m subu- 
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