green, moderately firm in texture, dilated, broadly rounded,
strongly ciliated and imbricated over the stem on the upper side at
the base ; leaves of the upper plane very small, obovate, with a
cusp as loug as the lamina. Spikes not seen.
Hab. Cameroon Mountains, 2500 ft., Kalbreyer 1641 A near ally of S.
monospora.
170. S. o l ig o c l a d a Baker in Journ. Bot. 1884, 277. — Stems
ascending, a foot or more long, slender, stramineous, flat on both
back and face, copiously piinnate, the erecto-patent branches
sparingly piunately compouud. Leaves of the lower plane contiguous
or nearly so ou the branches, rather ascending, obhque
ovate, acute, l - 12 th to l - 8 th in. long, dark green, moderately firm
iu texture, dilated on the upper side, serrulate, broadly rounded and
much imbricated over the stem on the upper side at the b a s e ;
leaves of the upper plane a third as loug, ovate, with a short cusp.
Spikes short, square, J hu. d iam .; bracts ovate cuspidate, strongly
keeled.
Hab. Andes of Ocana, New Granada, alt. 8000—9000 ft., Kalbreyer 1080 !
171. S. v e e n io o s a Baker iu Trans. Linn. Soc. new ser. Bot. ii.
t. 5 6 a .— Stems decumbent at the base, then ascending, 3 -4 in.
lon g ; branches long, simple or compound, J in. diam. Leaves
thick and firm in texture, glossy green, those of the lower plane
crowded, imbricated, ascending, ovate, obtuse, l - 12th in. long,
minutely ciliated ; those of the lower plane more than half as long,
ovate, much imbricated. Spikes very sh o r t; bracts large, ovate.
Hab. British Guiana ; Mount Eoraima, Im Thurn 381! Var. oligoclada
Baker, tab. 56 u, has only a few long simple branches.
172. S. REGULARIS Baker in Journ. Bot. 1884, 277. — Stems
about 4 ft. long, suberect, with the root fibres confined to the lower
third, bisuloate down the face, regularly pinnate, the lower branches
copiously compound. Leaves of the lower plane rather spaced,
except at the tip of the branchlets, rather ascending, ovate- or
oblong-laiiceolate, acute, a line loug, bright green, rather thin in
texture, unequal-sided, serrulate, not distinctly ciliated, broadly
rounded aud a little imbricated over the stem on the upper side at
the base ; leaves of the upper plane a third as long, oblique ovate,
with a short cusp. Spikes J -J in. long, square, 4 -1 lin. diam. ;
bracts ovate cuspidate, crowded, strongly keeled.
Hab. In Eastern Peru, near Tarapoto, Spruce 3977!
173. S. ASSURGENS Baker in Journ. Bot. 1884, 2 7 7 . Stems
suberect, decompound, 4 ft. long, convex on the face, flat on the
back, the close ascending branches copiously compound. Leaves
of the lower plane contiguous on the branchlets, spaced on the
branches and main stem, ascending, oblong-lanoeolate, acute,
l - 12th to l - 8 th in. long, bright green, moderately firm iu texture,
rather unequal-sided, broadly rounded, denticulate and a little im bricated
over the stem ou the upper side at the b a s e ; leaves of the
upper plane half as long, ovate, with a long cusp. Spikes copious,
square, J - 4 in. long, 1 liu. diam. ; bracts ovate, acute, strouerly
keeled.
I Hab. South Brazil, Gardner 76! Burchell 2238! Glaziou 5215! 5637!
7968 ! Midway between erectifoUa and Martemii.
174. S. SUBOAULESCENS Baker in Journ. Bot. 1884, 277.— Stem
above 4 ft. long, stiffly erect, acutely angled on the face, simple
near the base, closely pinnate, with erecto-patent copiously compound
branches. Leaves of the lower plane contiguous and rather
ascending on the branchlets, much spaced and spreading on the
main stem, oblong- or ovate-lanceolate, acute, l - 12th to l - 8th in.
long, bright green, moderately firm in texture, broadly rounded and
shortly ciliated on the upper side at the base, and a little imbricated
over the s t em ; leaves of the upper plane small, ovate, with
a long cusp. Spikes short, square, 4 hn. d iam .; bracts ovate
cuspidate, strongly keeled.
Hab. Eastern Cuba, C. Wright 1822 !
175. S. coNTiGUA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1884, 295. — Stems
4 ft. long, suberect, with copious long root-fibres from the lower
third, decompound, the branching between flabellate and pinnate,
the face raised, the back flat. Leaves of the lower plane erecto-
patent, crowded both on the stem and branches, lanceolate, pointed
at the upper corner, l - 6th to l-5 th iu. long, bright green, moderately
firm in texture, unequal-sided, cordate aud conspicuously
ciliated on the upper side at the base, and so much imbricated over
the stem that it is quite hidden ; leaves of the upper plane ovate,
with a long squarrose (cusp, much imbricated. Spikes square,
4 -4 in. long, 1 lin. d iam .; bracts ovate, acute, strongly keeled.
Hab. Eio Janeiro, Glaziou 4493! 5638! A near ally of Martcnsii and
atroviridis.
176. S. RiGiDULA Baker in Journ. Bot. 1884, 295. — Stems
stout, stramineous, suberect, above a foot long, with the root-fibres
confined to the base, copiously pinnate, the ascending branches
copiously pinnately compound, with short regular simple or forked
branchlets. Leaves of the lower plane contiguous or nearly so on
the branchlets, ascending, oblique ovate, acute, J-J- in. long, bright
green, rather firm in texture, unequal-sided, strongly serrulate on
the upper margin, broadly rounded and much imbricated over the
stem on the upper side at the base ; leaves of the upper plane half
as long, ovate, with a large cusp. Spikes copious, short, square,
f - 1 lin. d iam .; bracts ovate cuspidate, strongly keeled.
Hab. Andes of Ocana, New Granada, alt. 5000—6000 ft., Kalbreyer 972 !
A near ally of S. 2Iartemii.
177. S. BAHiENsis Spring Mon. ii. 153. — Stems quadrangular,
suberect, a foot loug, with long copiously pinnate flexuose branches,
with compound branchlets. Leaves of the lower plane ovate-
oblong, subaoute, subfaloate, J in. long, twice as long as broad,
horizontal from an oblique base, bright green, rather rigid in
texture, the margin much reflexed, the upper edge serrulate and
rounded at the b a s e ; leaves of the lower plaue ovate, with a long
cusp. Spikes short, square ; bracts ovate lanceolate, strongly
keeled.
Hab. Bahia, Blanchet.