500 CLVi. CYPERACE^ (clarke). [Scleria, 



in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 167 ; C. B. Clarke in Durand & 

 Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 670, and in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 295 

 K. Schiim. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 128; Rendle in Cat. Afr. PL 

 Welw. ii, 133. S. setulosa, Boeck. Cyp. Novae, i. 33. 



UTile Ziand. British East Africa: Ukamba, 5000-6000 ft., Scott-Mliot, 

 6409 ! 



^o^eer C^olnea. Angola : Huilla ; in the woods of Moiiino, Welwitsch, 7137 

 partly ! 



XVEozamb. Hist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Shire Highlands, 

 Bnchanan, 36 ! near Sochi Hill, 3000 ft.. Kirk ! 



Also in South Africa. 



In this group of Scleria, the contraction of the panicle into a single rhachis with 

 clusters of sessile spikelets dotted along it is by no means an absolute charactei' ; in 

 several species so described, short branches in the panicle may be seen occasionally. 



16. S. sck'^einforthiana, Boeck. in Flora, 1879, 570. Clusters of 

 spikelets 10-14 on a rhachis 4-8 in. long. Spikelets numerous, often 

 10-12 in the clusters which are denser, less sub-erect ; otherwise as- 

 S. dregeana. — C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 

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



Ifile Ziand. British East Africa : Jur ; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 2193 ! 



This must be very close to S. dregeana, Kunth, the nut being identical. The 

 rhizome has not been seen. In S. dregeana the spikelets are more loosely aggre- 

 gated and point upwards, giving the inflorescence a different aspect. 



17. S. bulbifera. A, Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 510. Stems 1-2 ft. 

 long, each from a bulb J— J in. in diam., distinct on a rhizome -| in. in 

 diam. Leaves 8-12 by yV~¥ ^^'^ broader than in the adjacent species, 

 sometimes exceeding \ in. in breadth, all springing near the. base of the 

 stem, usually nearly glabrous, sometimes with many long spreading 

 white hairs. Panicle very narrow, 4-5 in. long, sometimes apparently 

 a simple spike, sometimes with lower branches J in. long ; bracts often 

 longer than the suberect clusters. Spikelets 3-7 in a cluster, \ in. 

 long, chestnut and green, the bracts and lower glumes nearly always 

 distinctly bristly. Nut -^ in. long, subglobose, white, reticulate and 

 slightly verrucose-tubercled ; 3 or 4 minute pores excavated in each 

 of the 3 faces of the stalk. — Boeck. ' in Linnsea, xxxviii. 442 ; C. B. 

 Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. G69 ; Engl. Hoch- 

 gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 150; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 128; 

 B,endle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 133. >S'. atrosanguinea, Steud. Syn. 

 PI. Glum. ii. 175. S. cenchroides, Hochst. in Flora, 1841, i. Intell. 21, 

 not of Kunth. S. hulhosa, var. pallidiflora^ Bidley in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 167. 



xrile Iband. Abyssinia ; Tigre ; Mount Sholoda, Schimper, 327 ! Adowa, 

 Quartijn- Dillon Sf Petit! mountains near Dochli, Schimper, 1557! Begemeder; 

 Senka Berr, ScMmper, 1277! 1557! and without precise locality, Parkyns ! 

 British East Africa : Leikipia ; Larabwal, Gregory, 68 ! 



Kower G-uinea. Angola: Purge Andongo; in damp meadows near Sobato de 

 Muta-Lucala, Welwitsch, 7133 ! 



