Scleria.^ clvi. cyperace.-e (clauke). 4117 



(). S. hispidula, ^ . Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 511. Annual, thinly 

 hairy. Stems 4-12 in. long, slender. Leaves 4-8 by J in., thinly hairy 

 or glabrous. Panicle 2-4 by J-1 in., the lower branches up to | in. 

 long; bracts ^ in. long, setaceous. Clusters of 3-8 spikelets, erect, 

 shortly hispid with black -red or white hairs. Spikelets ^-J in. long, 

 ovoid-lanceolate, chestnut marked with green. Nut -^jj in, long, obovoid, 

 trigonous, white, reticulated, scarcely muricate or tubercled. — Boeck.'in 

 Linnrea, xxxviii. 44?) ; C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. 

 Afr. v, 672; Engl, Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 150. S. interrupta, 

 Schlechtend. in Linnsea, xx. 544, not of A. Rich. 



wile l^and. Abyssinia: Gafta, Schimper, 1277! Tacazze River, Quartin- 

 Dillon ^ Petit! Begemeder; mountains near Senka Berr, Schimper, 1266, and 

 without precise locality, Schimper, 538 ! 



Var. ^ hispidior, C, B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 672. 

 Much more hairy. Glumes covered all over by black liairs. Nut black, stronj»:ly 

 transversely muricate, tubercled on the shoulders. 



M'ile £and. Abyssinia : Begemeder ; Debra Ari, Schimper, 1278 ! 



7. S. glabra, Boeck. Cyp. Xovce, i. 35. A glabrous annual. Stems 

 1-2 ft. long, rather stouter than in others of this group. Leaves up 

 to 12 by 1^ in. Panicle 2-5 in. long, with erect capillary branches 

 l-2-| in, long, sometimes again divided. Clusters of 4-1 spikelets, sub- 

 erect ; bracts shorter than the clusters. Spikelets \-\ in, long, chest- 

 nut-coloured. Nut 2V~tV ^^* lo^gj obovoid, trigonous, white, transversely 

 muricate- verrucose. 



XMEozazub. Sist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Sliire Highlands, 

 Buchanan, 2 ! Mandala, Scott-Elliot, 8507 ! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 

 1438b ! 



8. S. ustulata, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii, 168. 

 An annual, nearly glabrous except the basal leaf-sheaths. Stems 8-16 

 in. long, slender. Leaves 8-12 by oV^tV ^^* Panicle 2 by J-| in., 

 dense of numerous spikelets; lowest branches usually J in, long, occa- 

 sionally up to 1 in, long ; bracts setaceous, longer than the clusters, 

 Spikelets \ in, long, yellowish-brown marked with chestnut-colour. 

 Nut y^ in, in diam., obovoid, white, verrucose-tubercled. — C. B. Clarke 

 in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. PI. Afr. v. 675 ; Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI, 

 Welw, ii. 133. 



Iko-wer Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; banks of the lliver Cuanza, 

 Welwiisch, 7134 ! 



This species is very close to S. pulchella, Ridley ; there is no considerable differ- 

 ence in the inflorescence, but the present is a considerably stouter plant. 



1). S. hirtella, Swartz, Prod. 19, Thinly hairy or almost glabrous, 

 except the spikelets. Rhizome horizontal, \~\ in. in diam. Stems 

 8-24 in. long, slender, narrowed at the base. Uppermost leaves 4-}^ 

 by y^T-^ in,, lower shorter, the lowest reduced to tight sheaths. Spike 

 (in appearance) simple, 2-5 in. long ; clusters of 3-12 spikelets, standing 

 \-\ in. apart, pendent in fruit ; bracts setaceous, usually shorter than 



