300 
acuta, inflexa. Stamina inclusa; filamenta purpurea; antherae 
violaceae, polline albo. 
Sourn Arrica. Transvaal: near the Palala River, Jan. 
1918, Breyer in Herb. F. A. Rogers 24009. 
sodalicia, NV. EL. Brown [Liliaceae-Scilleae], nom. nov.— 
S. socialis, Chevalier in Bull. Soc. Bot. France. lv. Mém. 8, 
p. 94 (1908), non Baker. 
Tropica, Arrica. Middle Shari Region: Ngara, Chevalier 
8425; Goundi, Chevalier 8607. 
he name S. socialis was used by Baker (in Saunders, 
Refugium Botanicum, iii, t. 180) in 1870 for a South African 
species. 
j um longivaginatum, NV. EH. Brown [Liliaceae- 
Scilleae]; O. Saltmarshei, Baker, similis, sed bulbo minore, 
foliis scapo equilongis vel longioribus, et vaginis longissimis 
differt. 
Bulbus circiter 1-8 cm. diametro, globosus. Folia 2, circiter 
3 dm. longa, 2-4 mm. lata, scapo aequilonga vel longiora, erecta, 
vagina 2-2-5 dm. longa, linearia, subobtusa, glabra. Scapus 
supra vaginae 1-2-3 dm. longus, 1-5-2 mm. diametro, teres, 
glaber. Racemus 2-5 cm. longus, 1-8-2 em. diametro, densiflorus. 
Bracteae 7-10 mm. longae, ovato-lanceolatae, longe ‘acuminatae, 
membranaceae, albae, rubro-carinatae. Pedicelli patuli, 5-6 mm. 
longi, glabri. Perianthium 5-6 mm. longum, campanulatum, 
segmentis oblongis apice subcucullatis albis dorso pallide rub- 
escente univittatis. Capsula 4-4-5 mm. longa, 6-8 mm. lata, 
acute triquetra, rubro-brunnea, glabra. Semina irregulariter 
enna glabra, nigra. 
uTH AFRICA. eerie Palala River, Jan. 1918, H. G. 
Stes in Herb., F. A. Rogers 24011. 
ersinus, J. - Brown [Cyperaceae-Scirpeae] ; 
M. Sieberiano, Nees, affinis, sed spiculis duplo crassioribus 
conspicue differt. 
Folia 2-4 dm. longa, 2-5-5 mm. lata, linearia, acuta, margine 
leviter scabrida. Culmus 2-5-4 dm. longus, triangularis, vee 
Umbella 5-10-radiata, foliis 3-7 involucrata; radii 1-6 
ongi. Spicae 1-2 cm. longae, 6-7 mm. latae, settee. 
obtusae. Spiculae dense’ confertae, patulae, turgide compresso- 
fusiformes, 3 mm. longae, 1 mm. crassae, uniflorae, glumis 
fertilibus carinatis explanatis late ovatis acutis pallidis viridi- 
carinatis. Achenia 2 mm. longa, 1-25 mm. lata, obovata, 
acute triangularia, levia, brunnea, nitidula; stylus trifidus. 
TROPICAL. AFRICA. "Ngamiland : Kwebe Hills; in dry places 
—— rocks, 990 m., Mrs. HE. J. Lugard 142. 
Sourn AFRICA. ‘Bechuanaland : at Mochudi near the 
Transvaal border, F. A. Rogers 6310. 
irpus co , N. E. Brown [Cyperaceae-Scirpeae] ; S. 
Rogersiit, N. E. Brown, similis, sed setis nullis, nucis angulis 
distincte transversim rugosis vel denticulatis, et patria differt. 
Culmi dense caespitosi, erecti, 3-5-7-5 dm. alti, 2-3 mm. 
» diametro, teretes, striati, basi vaginibus 7-14 em. longis obtusis 
