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more patent during flowering. The fascicles are sessile and rather distant on the slender 
branches. The caryopsis is small, the base abruptly narrowed into a rather long tri- 
quetrous pillar. The affinity is with S. verticillata, Muehlb. 
S. PALMIFOLIA, Hoffmansegg in Schlechtd. Bot. Zeit. 1845, 492. 
Golungo Alto, in palustribus, ad ripas Rivi Cuango prope Sange, Julio 1855, Dec. 
1853, по. 7128. **Sehneidig wie ein Razir- Messer." 
Occurs also in Tropical South America. 
S. MELANOMPHALA, Kunth, Enum. ii. 345. 
Pungo Andongo, ad ripas paludosas rivulorum prope Quilanga, at non frequens, 
Feb. 1857, no. 7145. 
Huilla, frequens ad cataractam prope Lopollo, no. 7144. 
* 4-pedalis ezespitosa, glumis splendide atrosanguineis; acheniis alabastrinis; spicis 
nutantibus." 
Occurs also in the Cape and Natal and Madagascar (Hildebrandt, no. 4015). 
S. CERVINA, n. sp. Glabra, radicibus pluribus validulis; culmis 1-2 validis foliatis 2- 
pedalibus et ultra; foliis late linearibus acutis viridibus planis bicostatis longis; 
vaginis ampliatis triquetris anguste tripteris canaliculatis, integris ore ciliatis ; spicis 
lateralibus et terminalibus longe peduneulatis, laxis circiter 7; spiculis fasciculatis 
pallidis; bracteolis linearibus margine scabridis; squamis ovato-lanceolatis vel 
lanceolatis mucronatis cervinis sanguineo-maculatis; caryopsi alba mutica ovali 
subtrigona levi. 
Pungo Andongo, in spongiosis inter Mutollo e& Candumba, Mart. 1867, no. 7127 ; in 
paludosis prope Quilanga. 
_ Astout, almost glabrous plant, with fawn-coloured spikelets an inch long, on peduncles 
2 inches in length. Leaves 10 inches long, à inch in diameter. 
S. FLAGELLUM, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occid. i. 88, t. 3. 
Ambriz, ad rupes madidas inter Ambriz et Quizembe, no. 1853, no. 7125. 
Occurs also in Tropical South America and the West Indies and in Sierra Leone. 
