Scleria] xxvii. cypekace.e. 135 



purple ; achenes like aLibaster. Plentiful at the cataracts of stream* 

 near LopoUo ; beginning of Dec. 1859, Fob. 18G0. No. 7144. 



16. S. canaliculato-triquetra Boeck. in Flora Ixii. p. 573 (1879) ; 

 0. B. Clarke, I.e., p. G7U. 



(S'. cervina Ridl., I.e. 



Ptngo Anpoxgo. — Perennial. Marshy places near Quibanga ; Jan. 

 LS57. No. 7126. Achenes snow-white, quite smooth. Spongy places 

 between MutoUo and Candumba ; March 1857. No. 7127. 



17. S. ovuligera Nees in Linntea ix. p. 303 (1835); C. B, 

 Clarke, I.e., p. 673. 



,S'. Flagellum Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 555 (1849); Ridl., 

 I.e. (non S\v.). 



Ami!KIZ. — Scleria Fldf/fUuui Sw. ? but the culms are certainly not 

 climbing. Achenes faintly pitted at the top. Damp rocks between 

 Ambriz and Quizem])o ; Nov. 1853. No. 7125- 



18. S. racemosa Poir. Encycl. vii. p. 6 (1806) ; C. B. Clarke, 

 I.e., p. 674. 



*S'. palmifolia RidL, I.e. (non Schlecht.). 



GoLUN'GO Alto. — Poco ian Zambi. 5 to 8 ft. high, culm triquetrous, 

 angles very sharp, formed by the winged decurrent keels of the leaves, 

 nutlets very hard, whitish, excepting the cupule and remains of the 

 perianth. Sharp as a razor. Marshes on the banks of the river 

 Quango near Sange : Dec. 1854, in fl. and fr. July 1855. No. 7128. 

 Same locahty Dec. 1854. Coll. Cakp. 1075. 



XXVIII. GRAMINE^. 



Tribe i. ANDROPOGONEjE. 



1. IMPERATA CyrU. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PL iii. p. 1125. 



1. I. arundinacea Cyril. PI. Ear. Neap. fasc. 2. p. 27 (1792). 



I. eyiindriea Beauv. Agrost. p. 8 (1812); Durand & Schinz, 

 Consp. Fl. Afr. V. p. 693. 



Var. Thunbergii Hack, ex Durand & Schinz, I.e. 



Var. (jenuina. Subvar. Thunbergii Hack. Mon. Androp. 

 p. 94 (1889). 



Lo.\NDA. — In Capimeta on the river Bengo near Panda ; Dec. 1853. 

 No. 7354. 



GoLUNCio Alto. — Springs up in great abundance after the fires by 

 which the inhabitants render fertile their fields, and infests the fields 

 in very dense tufts ; called Senu by the natives. Common in fields 

 after the fires, near Sange and everywhere ; Nov. 1854. No. 7179. A 

 grass 2 to 4 ft., perennial, soon springing up in great quantity after 

 fires in primaeval woods, growing in dense masses and suffocating all 

 the plants in the place. Leaves subglaucous, narrow, erect. The leaves 

 serve as a lining for wickerwork of various kinds, such as small baskets, 

 etc. Very common in abandoned fields in the whole district. Senu of 

 the natives. Bumba ; in ti. Oct. 1855. No. 7189. No. 7229 (no notes). 



HuiLLA. — In wooded places, and abandoned fields near LopoUo and 

 at Lake Ivantala ; Jan. 1859, Feb. 1860. No. 2640. 



