408 CLvi. CYPERACE^ (clarke). [Scleria. 



the clusters, the lowest sometimes longer. Spikelets J in. long, chest- 

 nut or brown, hispid. Nut -^^ in. long, ovoid, round-trigonous, smooth, 

 white; pores 3 or 4 on each face of the stalk, minute. — Kunth, Enum. 

 ii. 353; Boeck. in Flora, 1879, 160, and in Linnsea, xxxviii. 430 

 part of a only; C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. 

 V. 671, and in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 294; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 

 150 ; K. >Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 128 ; Urban, Symb. Antill. 

 ii. 140. Hypoporum hirtellum, Nees in L<innfea, ix. 303. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! Morsoti ! Smeathmann, 85 ! Lagos : 

 Abeokuta, Irving / 



Wile Xiaud. British East Africa : Ruwenzori ; Kasamagas, 5000 ft., Scott- 

 miiot, 7629 ! Uganda ; Buddu, Scott-Elliot, 7441 ! 



Xio-v^er Cruinea. Gaboon : River Gaboon, Mann, 1025 ! Munda ; Sibange 

 Farm, Soyaux, 351 ! Lower Congo : Stanley Pool, 900 ft., Hens, B, 58 ! Kisantu, 

 Oillet, 1900 ! Kimuenza, Gillet, 1877 ! 



South CeuTral. Congo Free State, Dewevre, 1070 ! 1077 ! 



IVSozamb. IDist. British Central Africa : North Nyasaland, Scott ! 



Also in South Africa, Madagascar, and America. 



10. S. catophylla, G. B. Clarke in Durand (b Schinz, Consjject. Fl. 

 Afr. V. 670. Leaves all close to the base of the stem, 8-14 by |-J in., 

 with many spreading white hairs ; otherwise as S. hiriella, Sw. — 

 C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 294 ; Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. 

 ii 132. S. hirtella, Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxviii. 439 partly. S. hirtella, 

 var. aterrima, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 166 ; Engl, 

 Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 150. 



Upper G-uliiea. Sierra Leone, Smeathmann ! Afzelius, 496 ! Niger Territory ; 

 Old Calabar, Rohh ! Nupe, Barter, 1561 ! Cameroons : Sanaga, Zenker, 1472 ! 



XiOwer Cuinea. Angola : Huilla ; on the higher spongy slopes of Morro de 

 Lopollo, 5000 ft., Welwitsch, 7143 ! 



nXozamb. »ist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland, Buchanan, 141 ! 



Also in Natal. 



11. S. uaechowiana, Boeck. in Engl. Jahrh. v. 510. Rhizome 

 not seen Stems 12-20 in. long, somewhat densely hairy. Leaves 

 8-12 by \ in., suberect, hairy. Spike (apparently simple) 4-8 in. long; 

 rhachis nearly glabrous. Spikelets \-\ in. long, in clusters of 5-8, 

 suberect, chestnut-brown. Flower glumes nearly glabrous. Nut white, 

 smooth, or obscurely tessellate.— C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, 

 Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 672. 



Xiower Cvuinea. Angola : Malange, Mechow, 345 ! 



12. S. meyeriana, Kunth, Enum. ii. 354. Nearly glabrous. 

 Rhizome horizontal. Stems about 1 foot long, slender, not thickened 

 at the base. Leaves 8-12 by 1-J in. broad. Spike apparently simple, 

 1-3 in. long ; bracts setaceous, lower often longer than the clusters. 

 Clusters few, of 3-8 spikelets, brown, erect in fruit. Spikelets \ in. 

 long, glabrous. Nut 4^ in. long, subglobose, white, smooth ; basal 

 pores most minute. — Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxviii. 441 ; C. B. Clarke in 



