ScleiHa.] clvi. cyperace^ (clarke). 507 



striations ; disc obpyramidal, short, pallid ; lobes 3, short, rounded, 

 subreflexed. — C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. 

 V. 675. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : lower slopes of Sugarloaf, Scott-Elliot, 3952 ! 

 Smeathmann ! Liberia : Grand Bassa, Vogel, 107 ! 



o7. S, ovuligera, N'ees in Linncea, ix. 303, Sparsely hairy. 

 Rhizome woody. Stems 1-2 ft. long, ^ in. in diam. Leaves 8-12 by 

 V in.; leaf-sheaths triquetrous, hardly 3-winged. Partial panicles o or 4, 

 t-emote, pyramidal, their rhachises glabrous, on erect peduncles exserted 

 (►-1 in. Spikelets \ in. long, nearly glabrous. Nut y^r in. long, ovoid, 

 round-trigonous, smooth, white or sometimes discoloured leaden or 

 black-purple; disc obpyramidal, short, pallid, the 3 rusty-brow^n lobes 

 thick, round, reflexed and auriculate. — Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxviii. 497 ; 

 C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 673 ; Durand & 

 Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 310 ; Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 135, 

 not of Steud. S. Flagellum, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 555 ; Ridley in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 171. S. naumanniana, Boeck. in Engl. 

 Jahrb. v. 94, and in Engl. Gazelle Reise, Bot. 18. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Beauvois ! Bon! Smeathmann! 

 Cape Verd, Smith ! Liberia: Monrovia, Naumann ! Grand Bassa, Vogel, 60 ! Ansell ! 

 Canioroons : Batanga, Bates, 342! 



Iiower Guinea. Lower Congo : Lutete, 1500-1800 ft., Hens, A, 249 ! Ban- 

 gala, 1000 ft., Hens^ C, 132 ! Caba, Zilman, 77 ! Kimuenza, Gillet 792 ! An^^ola : 

 Anibriz; damp rocks between Ambriz and Quizembo, Wehvitsch, 7125 ! 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State, Dupuis, 34 ! Dewevre, 526 ! 



38. S, Barter!, Boeck. in Linncea, xxxviii. 504. Thinly hairy, 

 extensively (15 ft., Mann) rambling, " climbing about 20 ft. above the 

 ground in dense bush " {Scott-Elliot). Stems branching, ^V-J in. thick. 

 Leaves up to 8 by ^ in., very scabrous on the margins ; sheaths 

 triquetrous, hardly winged ; ligule ovate (or sometimes elongated 

 quadrate), scarious. Axillary peduncles remote, 0-2 in. long, erect, 

 bearing pyramidal panicles 1-1 J by 1 in. Spikelets 4 in. long, nearly 

 glabrous, chestnut-coloured. Nut -f^-^ in. long, ovoid, smooth, very 

 minutely hairy, white or frequently discoloured (brown or shining- 

 purple); disc obpyramidal, black-red ; the lobes brown-red, forming a 

 small triangular platter, auriculate. — C. B. Clarke in Durand k Schinz, 

 Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 669 ; Durand k Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 309 ; 

 Durand & De Wild. in. Comptes-rendus Soc. bot. Belg. xxxvi. 90. S. 

 refle.m, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 555, not of H. B. & K. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Kambia, on the River Scurcies, Scot I -El Hot, 

 4388 I (lold Coast : Ashanti, Cummins, 238 ! Lagos, Millen, 97 ! Lower Niger : 

 Onitsa, Barter, 1786! Cauicroons : Yaunde, 2800 ft., Zenker <^' Standi, 376 ! 423 I 

 Hatanga, Bates, 342 ! Fernando Po, Vogel ! Mann, 113 ! Eoscher, 87 ! 



Xiower Guinea. Gaboon : Munda ; Sibange Farm, Soyaux, 240 1 Lower 

 Congo: Leopoldville, i/i(cAes«e, 11 ! Kisantu, Oillet, 457! 468! 1089! Kimuenza, 

 Gillet, 1705 ! 



