Scleria.] clvi. CYPERACEiE (clarke). 501 



Mozamb. Dlst. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Maraugu, 5500 ft., 

 Volkens, 2113 I British Central Africa: Nyasaland, Mount Zoinbii, 4000-6000 ft., 

 Wk^te ! Mount Miilosa, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte / Ndurandi, Scott-Elliof, 8460 ! 



18. S. Rehmanni, C. B. Clarke in Diirand dh Schinz, Conspect. 

 Fl. Afr. V. 674. Slightly hairy or glabrate. Rhizome \ in. in diam., 

 stout, rugged. Stems ]2-10 in. long, not tufted, nor bulbous at the 

 base. Leaves 4-12 by ^-J in. Panicle 2-3 in. long, nearly glabrous, 

 loose; branches slender, lower up to 1-2 in. long; bracts setaceous, 

 inconspicuous, clusters of few (usually 8) spikelets, chestnut-coloured. 

 «Spikelets J in. long. Nut less than ~}^ in. in diam., depressed-ovoid, 

 smooth, white. — C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 295. 



nXozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland, Buchanan, 47 ! 1424 ! 

 1435c ! 



Also in the Transvaal. 



19. S. Welwitschii, C. B. Clarke in Durand d- Schinz^ Conspect. 

 Fl. Afr. V. 675. Nearly glabrous, except the leaf -sheaths. Rhizome 

 \ in. in diam., shining yellow after the scales have worn off. Stems 

 1-2 ft. long, stouter than in the preceding species. Leaves 8-12 by 

 ;J-J in., many of the lower abbreviated or reduced to sheaths. Panicle 

 4-6 by 1-3 in., compound, rather robust, ovoid-lanceolate. Spikelets 

 \ in. long, brown. Nut Jg- in. in diam., obovoid, smooth, white. — 

 Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 133. S. janciformis, Ridley in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 168, not of Thwaites. 



IiO-wer Guinea. Angola : Huilla; in wooded, meadows near Catumba, Wei" 

 witsch, 7138! iu marshy meadows between Monino and Erne, Welwiisch, 7139! 



20. S. Woodii, C. B. Clarke in Durand d- Schinz, Conspect. Fl. 

 Afr. V. 675. Nearly glabrous. Rhizome hardly -^Ky in. in diam. Stems 

 12-16 in. long, slender, not dilated nor bulbous at the base. Leaves 

 8 by J in. Panicle up to 6 by 3 in., exceedingly lax, with very distant 

 clusters ; branches wavy, almost capillary. Clusters of 3-5 spikelets, 

 brown marked with green ; bracts setaceous, shorter or somewhat 

 longer ihan the spikelets. Nut vr^ in« long, obovoid, reticulated, 

 white. — C. B. Clarke in Hyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 295 ; Rendle in Cat. Afr. 

 PI. Welw. ii. 133. 



iMO-wer Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; near the banks of the River Quipum- 

 punhime, Sobato de Hurapata, rare, Welwitsch, 7140 partly ! 

 Also in South Africa and Madagascar. 



21. S. xnultispiculata, Boeck. Cyp. Novca, i. 36. Nearly glabrous. 

 Stolons very numerous, ^-1 in. long, filiform. Stems 12-20 in. long, 

 very slender, apparently in tufts. Leaves 8-12 by -^ in. Panicle 2-4 

 by 1-2 J in., compound, dense, with capillary branches ; bracts setaceous, 

 inconspicuous. Spikelets nearly all solitary, sessile, a few paired, 

 chestnut-brown, ^-\ in, long, flattened, glabrous or ol3SCurely puberu- 

 lous. Lower 5 or 6 glumes distichous, keeled, empty. Nut scarcely 

 Jjj in. long, obovoid, white becoming discoloured, with minute trans- 



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