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301. S. madagascariensis, n. sp. — Stems erect, pale sti-aw- 

 coloui'Gcl, ^-1 ft. long, coiiiously pinnate, the lower branches with 

 numerous compound branchlets. Leaves of the lower plane spaced 

 even on the branchlets, erecto-pateut ; those of the stem spreading, 

 oblong lanceolate, acute, pale green, membranous, a line long, very 

 unequal-sided, broadly rounded, serrulate, and slightly imbricated 

 over the stem on the upper side at the base ; leaves of the upper 

 plane half to one-third as long, ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate. Spikes 

 short, copious, resupinate, 1 lin. diam. ; bracts of the upper plane 

 ovate-lanceolate, erecto-patent ; of the lower plane pale, ovate- 

 cuspidate, ascending. 



Hab. Madagascar, near Antananarivo, Pool ! Miss Helen 

 Gilpin ! Closely allied to S. chrysocmdon of the Himalayas. 



302. S. Melleri, n. sp. — Stems erect, ^ ft. long, copiously pin- 

 nate, the erecto-patent branches copiously compound. Leaves of 

 the lower plane contiguous and erecto-pateut on the branchlets, 

 much spaced and spreading on the main stem, oblique oblong, 

 acute, pale green, membranous, ^-f lin. long, more rigid in texture 

 than in S. madagascariensis, not so unequal-sided, serrulate all down 

 the upper edge, broadly rounded, and imbricated over the stem on 

 the upper side at the base ; leaves of the upper plane small, ovate- 

 cuspidate. Spikes short, resupinate, 1 lin. diam. ; bracts of the 

 upper plane oblong-rhomboid, obtuse, erecto-patent ; of the lower 

 plane ascending, ovate-cuspidate. 



Hab. Madagascar, on mountainous paths at Inbatomanga, 

 Dr. Meller ! Tauala, Kitching ! 



303. S. MOLLicEPS Spring Mon. ii. 257. — S. ruhricaulis K, Br. in 

 Kuhn Fil. Afr. 211.^ — S. Hildebrandtii A. Br. — Stems erect, densely 

 tufted, 6-9 in. long, copiously pinnate, the face bisulcate, the lower 

 branches copiously compound. Leaves of the lower plane con- 

 tiguous on the branchlets, spaced on the main stem, erecto-patent, 

 oblique oblong-lanceolate, acute, dark green, membranous, 1 lin. 

 long, very unequal-sided, serrulate on the upper edge, broadly 

 rounded, shortly ciliated, and a little imbricated over the stem on 

 the upper side at the base ; leaves of the upper plane half to one- 

 third as long, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate. Spikes copious, 

 resupinate, ^-^ in. long, 1 lin. diam. ; bracts of the upper plane 

 erecto-patent, lanceolate-rhomboid ; of the lower plane ovate- 

 cuspidate, ascending. 



Hab. Upper Guinea, Curror ! Barter ! Angola, Welwitsch ! 

 Manganja Hills, alt. 3000 ft.. Dr. Kirk\ Madagascar, Lijall\ 

 Johanna Island, 1000-2500 ft., Hildebrandt 1807 ! Dr. Meller [ 



304. S. simplex, n. sp. — Stems very slender, erect, simple, 

 i-^ in. long. Leaves of the lower plane spaced, spreading, broad 

 oblong, acute, ^ lin. long, pale green, membranous, subentire, not 

 ciliated, nearly equal-sided, rounded on both sides at the base, not 

 imbricated over the stem ; leaves of the upper plane minute, lanceo- 

 late-cuspidate. Spikes nearly as long as the stem, resupinate, 

 1 lin. diam. ; bracts of the upper plane lanceolate, membranous, 

 spreading, sqnarrose ; of the lower plane ovate-cuspidate, ascending. 



Hab. Sautarem, Amazon Valley, Spruce 947 ! 



