Fimbristylis. | CLVI. CYPERACE& (CLARKE). 413 
Heads and whole plant nearly glabrous. 
Nut pallid; spikelet 1 (rarely 2-3) to each 
stem : c : : : : . 22. F. monostachya. 
Nut black-brown; spikelets 2-6 (rarely 1) to 
each stem : . . ° “ . 23. F. tristachya. 
Heads (as nearly the whole plant) hairy : . 24. F. africana. 
1. F. polytrichoides, 2. Br. Prodr. 226. Glabrous. Stem 
tufted, 4-8 in. long, slender. Leaves 4-3 the length of the stem, 
searcely s'; in. broad. Spikelet 1, 4 by } in., ellipsoid-oblong. Glumes 
ovate, obtuse, dusky ferruginous; the lowest like the others, or bract- 
like, }} in. long, as though continuing the stem. Style 2-branched, 
alittle shorter than the nut, nearly glabrous. Nut } the length of the 
glume, obovoid, biconyex, smooth or obscurely scabrous on the shoulders, 
dark brown.—C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 632; K. 
Schum. in Engl. PA. Ost-Afr. C. 124. Scirpus polytrichoides, Retz. 
Obs. iv. 11. 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Boivin! German East Africa: Usambara ; Tanga, 
Holst, 2123! 
Also in India, Malaya, Chasan and Australia. 
2. F. dipsacea, Benth. in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 1049. 
Annual, almost glabrous. Stems 2-5 in. long. Leaves often as long 
as the stems, capillary. Umbel compound or simple, with 12-13 
(occasionally with 2-1) June: bracts capillary, often longer than 
the umbel. Spikelets 14 in. long, ovoid, dense. Glumes elliptic, long 
aristate, finally squarrose, pallid or greenish. Style 2-branched, short, 
glabrous ; style-base small, conic, deciduous with the style. Nut a 
little shorter than the glume (exclusive of its arista), linear-oblong, 
slightly curved, pale brown, obscurely transversely wavy-lineolate, 
oceasionally with a row of 4~6 large stalked loosely cellular glands on 
either margin.—C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. vi. 635, and in 
Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 604; Durand & Schinz, Etudes 
Fi. Congo, 1 Set, Scirpus dipsaceus, Rottb. Descr. et Ie. 56, t. 12, 
fig. 1; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. 736, and in Engl. Gazelle Reise, Bot. 
16, Echinolytrum dipsaceum, Desv. Journ. Bot, i. 21, t. 1. Isolepis 
dipsacea, Roem. & Schultes, Syst. Veg. ii. 119; Kunth, Enum. ii, 205. 
I. elachista, Schultes in Roem. & Schultes, Syst. Veg. ii. Mant. 61 ; 
Kunth, Enum. ii, 217. 
Lower Guinea, Lower Congo: mouth of the River Kwa, 1000 ft., Hens, C, 
Nig! Kinchassa, on Stanley Pool, Luja, 174 partly ! 
Also in India, Malaya, and China, extending to Amur. 
4. BP. squarrosa, Vahl, Enum. ii. 289. Annual, pubescent or 
glabrous, Stems 2~7 in. long, tufted. Leaves }-} the length of the 
Stem, setaceous or narrowly linear. Umbel usually compound (but 
®pauperated examples occur with few or only 2 spikelets to a stem); 
bragts 3-4, similar to the leaves, often nearly as long as the utabel. 
