S'cleria] xxvii. cyperace/E. 133 



spongy slopes in the mixed woods of Morro de Lopollo, hut only 

 seen in this place ; March and April 1860. Xo. 7143. 



2. S. Meyeriana Kunth Enum. ii. p. 354 (1837) ; C. B. 

 Clarke, I.e., p. 673. 



*S'. co'spitosa Welw. ex Ridl., I.e., p. 167. 



Prx(i() An'doxgo. — A widely cfespitose annual; culms 2 ft., very 

 rarely 3 ft. high, erect, unbranched, ending in a long interrupted spike ; 

 leaves erect, very narrow, sparsely pilosulose. Achene brightly polished, 

 obtusely mucronate. Plentiful in marshy wooded meadows l)etween 

 Condoand Quisonde ; March 1857. No. 7135. Higher damp slopes of 

 Funda-Quilombo in the praisidium ; April 1857. No. 7131 (in part). 



HuiLLA. — In the deeply herb-grown woods of Monino, seen only in 

 one place ; end of Jan. 18(iO. No. 7137 (in part). 



3. S. bulbifera Hochst. ex A. Eich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. p. 510 

 (1851); C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 669. 



S. bulbosa, yaw jiollidiflora Ridl., I.e., p. 167. 



PuNGO Andongo. — Habit of Carex aremria and allies ; rhizome 

 tuberous, stoloniferous, leaf-sheaths and leaves hairj', culm 3 ft., more 

 rarely 4 ft., erect, angled, glomerules of spike whorled or half-whorled, 

 distant, nuts white, smooth. Damp meadows of a peculiar kind, con- 

 sisting only of very slender grasses, near Sobato de Muta-Lucala, but 

 not seen elsewhere ; March 1857. No. 7133. 



4. S. Lregeana Kunth, I.e. ; Ridl, I.e. ; C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 670. 

 HuiLLA. — Achene very smooth and polished, mucronate. Deeply 



herb-grown woods of Monino, seen only in one place ; end of Jan. 

 1860. No. 7137 (in part). 



5. S. erythrorrhiza Ridl, I.e. ; C. B. Clarke, I.e. 



HuiLLA. — Achene smooth. Sporadic in wooded meadows near the 

 base of Morro de Ferrao da Sola ; Jan. 1860. No. 7136. 



6. S. multispiculata Boeck. Cyper. Nov. i. p. 36 (1888); C. B. 

 Clarke, I.e., p. 673 {multispiculosa). 



PuNGo Anu<)N(;(). — Two feet high : culms and leaves erect, very 

 slender. Plentiful in marshy places near Quibanga; Jan. 1857. No. 7132. 



HuiLLA. — Achene tubercled. Meadows on the banks of the river 

 Quipumpunhime, Sobato de Humpata ; a ram (iris. A few .specimens 

 found in the beginning of April 1860. No. 7140 (in part). 



7. S. Welwitschii C. B. Clarke, I.e., p. 675. 



C. junciformis Welw. ex Riell, I.e., p. 168 (nou Thwaites). 



HuiLLA. —Achene very smooth. Deep grass-grown wooded meadows 

 near Catumba : end of March 1860. No. 7138. Plentiful in marshy 

 meadows from Monino on the way to Eme ; Jan. and Feb. 1860. No. 7139. 



8. S. Woodii C. B. Clarke, I.e. 



HuiLLA. — Achene tubercled. ]\Ieadows near the banks of the river 

 Quipumpunhime, Sobato de Humpata ; a rara (ivis ; beginning of 

 April 1860. No. 7140 (in part). 



9. S. ustulata Ridl, I.e. ; C. B. Clarke, I.e. 



PuNCio Andox(;o.— Annual, erect, not caespitose. Spikes variegated 

 with yellow, dull brown and black. Achenes trigonous, papillose- 



