Scleria.] CYPERACEH (Clarke). 295 
ALAHARI hae Bechuanaland; near the source of the Kuruman River, 
Durche 2 
TERN eet Pondoland, Drége, 4364! 
Ate la. 
early glabrous, whereas 8. gteget is ta ; the spikelets are ferruginous with 
green marks, a colour not seen in S. h 
4. 8. Buchanani (Boeck. Cyp. Nova i. 33, character emended) ; 
stems with a bulbous woody thickening at the ‘base, 2 1-1 in, in diam. ; 
otherwise as S. meyeriana. 
Eastern Recion: Tembuland; Umnyolo, 3500 ft., Bawr, 759! Pondoland, 
hide, ph rg | 
Also in Tropical Africa and Madagascar. 
5. 8. dregeana (Kunth, Enum. ii. 354); sparingly hairy ; 
rhizome slender, creeping, woody, branching ; stems 12~30 in, long, 
slender, at ae base very slender with distant short leaves; leaves 
12 by Te—isz in. ; spike 1-5 in. long, with 1 or 2 branches at the 
base or nearly unbranched; clusters ‘of aes 4—] in. — erect, 
Town or nearly black; spikelets nearly + in. long, many 2-sexual ; 
- . 1 
shining, smooth or somewhat rough on the ae gynophore 
obpyramidal, disc obscure. Boeck. in Linne@a, xxxviii. 443. 
setulosa, Boeck. Cyp. Nove, i. 33, 
Coast Recion : Komgha Div. ; marshy places near Komgha, 2000 ft., 
Flanagan, 1260! Stockenstrom Div.; Kat Bere 4000-5000 ft., Dréye, 3943! 
ALAHARI REGION: Bastuland, Coope er, 3 a. 
EASTERN EaGiom 3 Tombuland : : Basan: pclae ft., Bawr, 311! Pondoland, 
Bachmann, 
Also in re Tropical 
The faci collected Ss mn, 9 oe has no ripe nut, therefore it is difficult 
to say if it may not be S. m 
6. S. Rehmanni (C. B. Clarke in Durand and Schinz, Conspect. Fl. 
Afr. v. 674) ; spike more branched ; spikelets 3—} in. long, ee 
brown; nut minute, a ta (broader ‘than long) penis 
shining ; otherwise as S. dre regea 
Katanart Region; Transvaal ; nanaek Rehmann, 5626 
- . Woodii (C. B. Clarke in Durand and Schinz, Conspect. Fl. 
nicle compound, lax, with capillary branches ; 
spikelets 3 in Le about + in. long, pale brown or rusty brown ; 
racts and bractlets (lowest empty glumes) aristate ; nut obovoid, 
tather longer than ie white, smooth or obscurely reticulate ; 
otherwise as S. dregea 
Coast Region: Komgh a Div., Flanagan, 954! 
AHARI REGION: Ora e Free State; Drakens Berg Range, Ansar! a 
sgtmeor 114! adi Oliphants I 5000 ft., Se hlech 
ASTERN ReGIon: Natal; Biggars Berg, 4000 ft., Wood, ‘er T (pikelots 
monstrous, grown out) ; Zululand; near ei River, Wood, 3994 
Also in Angola and Madagascar, 
