704 
squama vix "s breviore late eberata basi attenuata v.'sub- 
obeordata, acute triqueira, apice subretusa, punetulata nifi- 
dula straminea v. fusco-olivacea, tubercalo minntissime depresso 
fusco terminata. 
Fimbristylis Hochst. in Schimp, hb, Abyssin. n. 1226. — 
Richard 1. c. 506. Stendel, 11%. — Oncostylis Nees. hb. 
Abyssinia. Gallabat: Matamma (Schweinfurth). Nape, 
Africae oceident. (C. Barter). 
130. 8. tenellus Wild. 
Pusillus; glaucescens; caespitosus; radice fihrosa tenerri- 
ma; culmis copiosis erectis setaceis 2— I-pollic.. rigidulis sul- 
eato-angulatis laevibus glahrisve, basi submonophyllis ; foliis 
culmo breviorihus setaceis canaliculatis dorso sulcatis, sursum 
marginibas scabriusculis; vaginis 'brevibus membranaceis ere 
pilosis; umbella 4—8-radiata; radiis patentibus elongatis (3— 
5 lin. long.) sulcate-angulatis laeribus 2 —3-ramosis indivisis- 
gne, intermedio sessili; radiolis longiusenlis; invelnero 2—3- 
phyllo umbella breviore, phyllis setaceis basi lanceolato -dila- 
tatis; spiculis perparvis ovato - globosis rotundato - obtusis 
multifloris vix lineam longis; squamis membranaceis pluri- 
spiris dense imbricatis orbiculat-ovatis carinato-navicularibus 
obtusis muticis trinerviis ferrugineis; caryopsi minutissima 
squama cire. 's breviore snborbiculato-obovata triquetra (sub 
lente valida) granulata albida nitidula, tuberculo depresso 
ferrugineo ; stylo tenerrimo parum exserto triido. 
S. tenellus Willd. herb. 1262. Isolepis Kunth, 213. 
Oncostylis N. ab E. L. c. 82, 
Brasilia. 
