'Scleria.'] clvi. CYPERACEiE (clarke). 505 



31. S, canaliculato-triquetra, Boeck. in Flora, 1879, '>1.\. 

 Robust; stem 8-5 ft. long. Leaves 8-12 by J-J^ in. broad. Lowest 

 axillary peduncle remote, often carrying 20-50 spikelets, often exserted 

 -3-6 in., flexuose, not very slender. Nut J in. long or more, ovoid or 

 ellipsoid, longer than broad, white, smooth ; 3 lobes of the disc small, 

 ovate, tipped by minute tails. — C. B. Clarke in Durand ct Scliinz, Con- 

 spect. Fl. Afr. v. G70 ; Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 135. S. 

 ■diurensis, Boe'ck. in Flora, 1879, 573. >S'. cerviiia, Ridley in Tran.s. 

 Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 171. 



Upper Guinea. Lagos : Abeokuta, Irving ! 



srile Kand. British East Africa: Jur ; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 238'J 

 partly! 2474! 



JtO-wer Guinea. Lower Congo : Kisaiitu, GlUet, 730. Angola : Pung<» 

 Andongo ; marshy places near Quilaiiga, Weiwilsc^, 7126 ! spongy places between 

 Mutollo and Candumba, Welwitsch, 7127 ! 



XMCozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Kondowe to Karongii, 

 2000-6000 ft., Whyte ! Plains of Zomba, 2500-3000 ft., Whyte ! 



32. S. Hildebrandtii, Boeck. in Flora, 1880, 454. Nearly 

 glabrous. Rhizome 0. Stems 12-lC in. long. Leaves up to 12 by 

 \ in., 3-nerved. Lower peduncles remote, often nearly basal, exserted 

 2-0 in., flexuose, slender, but dilated and triquetrous upwards, carrying 

 about 3 nuts. Nut |- in. long, cylindric-ellipsoid, smooth, white; disk 

 short, obpyramidal, nearly truncate, i.e., the 3 lobes difficult to mako 

 out. — C. B. Clarke in Durand &l Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. (i71 ; 

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



M'ile Iiand. British East Africa : near Mombasa, Ilildehrandt, 2044 ! 



33. S. gracillima, Boeck. in Flora, 1879, 570. Glabrous, very 

 slender. Stems 16-24 in. long, almost capillary, each bearing only 2 

 or 3 nuts. Leaves 4-8 by ttV-tV ^^^- Panicle most slender, with few 

 branches, the lowest peduncle remote, capillary, exserted J-lJ in., 

 nodding, with 1 nut. Spikelets appear all 1 -sexual, the female fewer, 

 J-i in. long. Nut globose, yV in. in diam., smooth, white ; lobes ;>, 

 very short, rounded, subauriculate. 



STiie ]band. British East Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schiveinfurth, sew \\\., 

 189! 



Boeckeler says this species is allied to the American S. iorreyana, Walp., i.e. bo 

 places it in the Tessellated group, which appears right — but it is not near any 

 other of the African TessellatcE. 



34. S, oryzoideSy Presl, Rel. Haenk. i. 201. Glabrous, robust. 

 Stolons elongate, J in. in diam., without scales, probably floating. 

 Stems 3-6 ft. long, stout ; sheaths 3-winged. Leaves 3 ft. by | in., or 

 the upper 10 in. by more than 1 in. Panicle apparently terminal without 

 bracts (a small axillary remote one rarely added), G by 3 in., dense 

 with innumerable branches and spikelets ; usually the upper spikelets 

 on the branches are male, a few of the lower female. Spikelets \ in. 

 long, oblong, sessile, a rich brown. Nut J in. in diam., subglobo^e, 



