510 
0. ßüekeler. 
laevibus glabrisve lanceolato-linearibus acutis basin versus augustatis, 
subtiliss. celluloso-reticulatis transversiraque septato-striolatis, nervis 
pluribus subtilibus prominulis vix sparsim hirtellis, 6 poll. long. medio 
semipolliceni latis; cymis paueis v 3) remotis simplicibus pauciramosis 
(interdum ad ramum imicum 1 — 2-cephalum reductis); pedunculis setaceis 
semicylindricis hirtis; capitulis grandiusculis 2 — 3 1 in . diam.; squamis 
tenui-membranaceis orbiculatis rotundato-obtusis sordide stramineis ferru- 
gineo-lineolatis. — Juxta specimen cultum. — C. Poeppigianae proxime 
affinis. 
Brasilia. Schottmieller leg.) 
31. Scleria tfechowiaua. Laete viridis; culmis gracilibus stricte erectis 
1 1 2 — * P e d. alt. rigidis triquetris lateribus aequalibus concavis, glabris 
ad angulos pilosis superne pauci- 2 — 1-) foiiatis; foliis culmeis (basilar. 
haud exstant) remotis herbaceo- rigidis erectis 8 — 5 — 3 poll. long. liuea- 
ribus planis sesquilineam latis acuminatis apicem versus acute carinatis 
subtiliter dentatis , parte inferiore ad margines nervoque carinali piloso- 
ciliatis; vaginis angustis pilosis ore truncatis; spica e fasciculis 13 — 10 
composita 5'/ 2 — 3 '/ 2 poll. alta; fasciculis subcompositis 6 — 5-slachyis ses- 
silibus v. uno alterove breviter pedunculato; bracteis. e basi membranacea 
suborbiculari setaceis ciliolatis fasciculos superantibus; spiculis andro- 
gynis masculisque mixtis oblongis obtusis compressiusculis sub anlhesi 2 */ 2 
1. long.; squamis purpurascentibus lato- oblongis acutiusculis e cariua an- 
gusta viridi cuspidatis; bracteis spicularum brevibus laete ovatis testaceis 
pl. m. hirtis ex apice obtuso longe cuspidatis; car. parva dura squama 
parum breviore late obovata apice obtusiss. basi breviter cuneato-attenuata, 
evidenter triangula mucronulata nivea v. albida sublaevi lucida; perigynio 
c. fructu concreto angustiss. aunuliformi triangulo ferrugineo. — S. Meye- 
rianae proxima. — De Mechow Fl. Africae occident. no. 315. 
Malange. 
35. S. Wichurai. Planta gracilis laete viridis; rhizom. liorizontali re- 
pente crasso lignoso fusco e ramis brevibus validis culmos siugulos emit- 
tente; bis strictis pedem longis tenuibus compresso-triangulis striatis ad 
angulos aculeolato-perscabris, (3 — 5— foliatis ; foliis remotis herbaceo-rigi- 
dulis linearibus planis apice breviter angustatis obtusis 9 — 5 poll. long. 
l' /2 — 1 3 A 1- lat- niargine nervisque subtilibus scabris; vaginis angustis 
foliiferis) herbaceis \ 3 / 4 — 1 1 / 4 poll. long. alatis, alis margine denticulatis, 
ore truncato rotundato-obtuso margine hirtis, illis basilaribus paueis brevi- 
bus coloratis lobulo apicali bifido ; panicula unica terminali simplici, ob- 
longo-lanceolata laxa 2 3 /4 — 1 3 / 4 poll. alta bractea sua breviore; bracteis 
ramorum lineari -setaceis spicas superantibus; spiculis saepiss. binatis 
foemineis c. masculis longe pedunculatis conjunctis; squamis ochraeeis 
sanguineo-marginatis ; caryopsi majuscula parum exserta stipitata perfecte 
globosa apice umbonata leviss. transversim undulato-rugulosa hirtella nivea 
