496 CLVi. CYPERACE^ (clarke). [Scleria. 



the stem, yV~¥ ^^- broad. Cluster of spikelets J-J in. in diam., of 3-12 

 spikelets, sessile, pendent, in a simple spike 2-7 in. long, ciliate with 

 long hairs which may be black-red or white ; bracts to the clusters 

 inconspicuous, shorter than the clusters. Spikelets I in. long, black-red 

 or pallid. Nut -^^ io. long, obovoid, trigonous, straw-coloured, trans- 

 versely muricate-verrucose. — C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Con- 

 spect. Fl. Afr. v. 673. S. hirtella, var. /3, y, partly, Boeck. in Linnsea, 

 xxxviii. 440, 441, and in Flora, 1879, 570. 



ITile Kand. Abyssinia : S.iraeii ; Gapda, Schimper, 830 ! British East Africa, 

 Bongo; Gir, Schtveinfurth, ser. iii. 191 



nsozazab. Xftist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; ph\teau of Mount Zomba, 

 5000-6000 ft., Whyief 



The black-red colour of the hairs in S. melanotricha is not a constant character^ 

 they are white in Schweinfurth 191. 



Var. /3 glahrior, C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 673. 

 Stems 4-5 in. long. Clusters of spikelets smaller, paler, suberect on the spikes. 



Upper Cruinea. Sierra Leone : near Regent, Scott-Elliot^ 4187 ! 



This variety might be appended, perhaps as conveniently, to S. glomerulata, 

 Oliver; the clusters of spikelets are considerably smaller than in either species. 



4. S. glomerulatay Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 170, ^. 110 B, 

 A hairy annual. Stems 6-9 in. long, slender. Leaves J-§ the lengtli 

 of the stem, up to \ in. broad. Clusters of spikelets J in. in diam., of 

 G-12 spikelets, sessile, suberect, in a simple spike 2-4 in. long, ciliate 

 with white hairs ; bracts setaceous, lower as long, or twice as long, as 

 the clusters. Spikelets i in. long, pale rusty-brown. Nut y\ in. long, 

 obovoid, trigonous^ white, strongly transversely muricate. 



l^ile Xiand. British East Africa : Madi; among rfeJris of Madi rocks, Speke 

 Sf Grant, 668 ! 



According to Capt. Grant's label, the whole plant is sweetly scented. 



This is very near S. melanotricha, differing in the suberect clusters overtopped by 

 bracts. 



5. S. remota, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 169. 

 Annual, densely hairy or nearly glabrous. Stems 12 in. long, very 

 slender. Leaves 4-8 by xV~t? ^^-j o^^^n flexuose. Cluster of 2-4 

 spikelets sessile, erect, J-1 in. apart, in a simple (often flexuose) spike 

 2-5 in. long ; bracts inconspicuous, the lowest hardly longer than the 

 clusters. Spikelets \ in. long and upwards, ellipsoid-oblong, brown, 

 sparsely hairy or very nearly glabrous. Nut y\- in. long, obovoid, tri- 

 gonous, white, horizontally muricate. — C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, 

 Conspect.'Fl. Afr. v. 674; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 128; 

 Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 134. S. flexuosa, Boeck. Cyp. Novae,. 

 i. 83; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 128. 



JaO-wer Cruinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo, in damp places ; near Catete, 

 Welwtfsch, 7130 ! between the Serra de Pcdras do Guinga and Candumba, Wei- 

 witsch, 7129 ! in the Praesidium on the higher slopes of Funda Quilombo, Welwitsch, 

 7131 partly ! heights of Pedra Songue, TFelivifsch,71S\B ! 



Mozamb. Bist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands,. 

 Buchanan, 60 ! 



