; 



137 



glaber, superne adpresse hirsutus; stigmata 3, 5 mm. longa. Nn.v 

 ovoidea, 5 mm. alta, 3*5 mm. diametro, laevis^ alba. 



Tropical Africa. Angola: Benguella; country of tlie Gan- 

 guellas and Ambuellas, Gossweiler 4115. 



1500. Scleria induta, Turrill [Cyperaceae-Sclerieae] ; affinis 



S, Barteri^ Boeck., sed spiculis longioribus, nucibus majoribus 

 praecipue distinguitur. 



Rhizoma horizontale, squamis brunneis valde nervosis baud 

 fibrosis obtectum. Culrai erecti, numerosi, trial ^ 

 6 dm. alti, 2*5 mm. diametro, hirsuti, parte inferiore folioriim 

 vaginis integris distincte birsutis obtecti. Folia linearia, apice 

 acuta, usque ad 2'3 dm. Tonga et 4 mm. lata, plus minusve 

 hirsuta vel fere glabra, pagina superiore sulcata, costa valde im- . 

 pressa, nervis lateralibus conspicuis, inferiore costa acute carinata 

 nervis lateralibus inconspicuis. Inflorescentia plus minusve 

 ovoidea, circiter 5*5 cm. longa et 3'5 cm. diametro; rhacbis bir- 

 stita; bracteae inferiores foliis similes, superiores anguste lineares, 

 birsutae. Inflorescentia partialis mascula (spicula) circiter 

 14-flora, 9 mm. longa, 2 mm, lata, basi glumis vacuis 4 longe 

 acuminatis instructa ; florum fertilium glumae oblongo-lanceo- 

 latae, circiter 7 mm. longae et 2 mm. latae. Stamina 3, antberis 

 linearibus apiculatis 4 mm. longis, filamentis 6 mm. longis. In- 

 florescentia partialis foeminea (spicula) 1'4 cm. longa, 2 mm. lata, 

 uniflora, basi glumis vacuis 6 acuminatis instructa ; gluma fertilis 



mm 



glaber. 



mm 



abrum; stylus glaber; stigmata 3. Nux ovoidea, 4 mm. alta, 

 2' 5 mm. diametro, laevis, alba. 



Tropical Africa. Angola : Benguella ; country of tbe 

 Ganguellas and Ambuellas, Gossweiler 3658, 375T. 



XXL— MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



Mk. H. W. Jack.— Mr. H. W. Jack, B.A,, B.Sc, of Uni- 

 versity College, Cork, has been appointed by tbe Secretary of 

 State for tbe Colonies, on the recommendation of Kew, an 

 Assistant Agricultural Inspector in the Federated Malay Stateis. 



Mr. M. Fkee, — We are informed that Mr. M. Free, formerly 

 a member of tbe gardening staff of the Hoyal Botanic Gardens, 

 Kew, has been appointed Head Gardener of the Brooklyn Botanic 

 Garden, New York. 



Mr, H. E. Downer. — We learn that Mr. H. E. Downer, for- 

 merly a member of the gardening staff of tbe Royal Botanic 

 Gardens, Kew, has been appointed, on the recommendation of 

 Kew, Head Gardener at the Botanic Gardens, Smith College, 

 Northampton, Mass., TJ. S. A. 



