Scleria.'] clvi. eYPERACE.E (clarke). OOB 



capillary, i--^ in. long, nodding. Nut-bearing spikelets exceeding ;^ in. 

 in length, pale yellow-green or purple-red ; bract to a spikelet about 

 as long as it, narrowly lanceolate. Nut ellipsoid, ^-J in. long, hardly 

 apiculate, strongly reticulated, glabrous, white or discoloured leaden- 

 purple; disc short funnel-shaped, pallid, the 3 short lobes ovate, thin, 

 straw-coloured, suberect. — Boeck. in LinucTa, xxxviii. 472 ; Ridley in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 170; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 

 151; C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 670; 

 Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 134. 



M'lle Iiand. Abyssinia : Begemeder Province, S chimp er, 12ZQ\ 1271! 1336! 

 and without precise locality, Schimper, 1603 ! 



IiO\irer Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo j in the higher meadows of Pedras 

 de Guinga and Matta de Quilanga, and between Caghuy and Sansamanda, Wei- 

 wifsch, 7124 ! 



25. S. foliosa, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 509. Lowest axillary 

 peduncle hardly exserted from the sheath. Nut ovoid rather than 

 ellipsoid; otherwise as aS'. cZa^^r«ia.— Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxviii. 455; 

 Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 170; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 

 Trop. Afr. 150; C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. 

 V. 070; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 128; Rendle in Cat. Afr. 

 PI. Welw. ii. 134. *S'. Dillonii, Boeck. in Flora, 1878, 38. S. dumicola, 

 Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 169. aS'. Hildebrandtii, 

 K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 129 partly. 



xrile Dband. Abyssinia: damp places near Gafta, Schimper, 1332! Plain of 

 Hamedo, 6000 it., Schimper, 210 ! Shireh Province, Quartin-Dillon cf Fetit f 

 British East Africa : Unyoro, Speke Sf Grant ! 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo, in wet places ; between Quilanga 

 and Pedras de Guinga, Welwitsch, 7122 1 and in meadows on the banks of the 

 River Cuanza, near Muta-Lucala, H ehvitsch, 7123 ! 



nSozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Taylor ! German East Africa : Usambara ; Dnga, 

 Hoist, 3218 ! 



The stems vary in length from 6 to 24 in., the leaves vary up to 18 by \ in. 

 The spikelets are chestnut- purple to pale brown. Nearly the whole of the present 

 section are exceedingly alike in general appearance ; in the Shireh examples two 

 tufts of S.foliosa are mixed with 3 of S. schimperiana^ and it would be very difficult 

 to sort thein without looking at the nut. 



26. S. glandiformis, Boeck. in Zinncea, xxxviii. 458; Nearly 

 glabrous, except the ligule. Rhizome hardly any. Stems 16-24 in. 

 long. Leaves up to 12 by i in. Lower peduncles remote, nearly 

 included in the sheath of the bract, carrying oblong inflorescences with 

 6-12 nuts, whence bracts J-H in. long diverge. Spikelets nearly | in. 

 long, straw-coloured marked with brown. Nut ^ in. long, cylindric, 

 obtuse, tessellated, glabrous ; disc short, pallid, the 3 lobes ovate, erect, 

 straw-coloured, hardly longer than the stalk of the nut. — Boeck. in 

 Flora, 1879, 571 ; C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. 

 V. 671. 



