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spongy slopes in the mixed woods of Morro de Lopollo, but only 
seen in this place ; March and April 1860. No. 7143. 
2. S. Meyeriana Kunth Enum. ii. p. 354 (1837); C. B. 
Clarke, l.c., p. 673. 
S. cespitosa Welw. ex Ridl., lc., p. 167. 
Pungo ANDONGO.—A widely cespitose 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 between 
Condo and Quisonde ; March 1857. No. 7135. Higher damp slopes of 
Funda-Quilombo in the presidium ; April 1857. No. 7181 (in part). 
Hvityia.—In the deeply herb-grown woods of Monino, seen only in 
one place ; end of Jan. 1860. No. 7137 (in part). 
3. S. bulbifera Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. p. 510 
(1851); C. B. Clarke, dc., p. 669. 
S. bulbosa, var. pallidiflora RidL., l.c., p. 167. 
Puxco ANDONGO.—Habit of Carex arenaria and allies; rhizome 
tuberous, stoloniferous, leaf-sheaths and leaves hairy, 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. Dregeana Kunth, l.c. ; Ridl., l.c.; C. B. Clarke, lc., p. 670. 
Huviiia.—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. §. erythrorrhiza Ridl., U.c.; C. B. Clarke, lc. 
Huitita.—Achene smooth. Sporadic in wooded meadows near the 
base of Morro de Ferra&o da Sola ; Jan. 1860. No. 7186. 
6. S. multispiculata Boeck. Cyper. Nov. i. p. 36 (1888); C. B. 
Clarke, i.c., p. 673 (multispiculosa). 
Pungo ANpDoNGO.—Two feet high ; culms and leaves erect, very 
slender. Plentifulin marshy placesnear Quibanga; Jan.1857. No. 7132. 
HuiitLa.—Achene tubercled. Meadows on the banks of the river 
Quipumpunhime, Sobato de Humpata ; a vara avis. A few specimens 
found in the beginning of April 1860. No. 7140 (in part). 
7. §. Welwitschii C. B. Clarke, ic., p. 675. 
C. junciformis Welw. ex RidL, d.c., p. 168 (non Thwaites). 
HviLia.—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, Jc. 
Hurita.—Achene tubercled. Meadows near the banks of the river 
Quipumpunhime, Sobato de Humpata; a rara avis ; beginning of 
April 1860. No. 7140 (in part). 
9. S. ustulata Ridl., dc.; C. B. Clarke, dc. 
Punco ANDoNGO.—Annual, erect, not cespitose. Spikes variegated 
‘vith yellow, dull brown and black. Achenes trigonous, papillose- 
