424 CLVI. CYPERACEH (CLARKE). | Fimbristylis. 
together with the pyramidal style-base; branches 3. Nut 2 the length 
of the glume, obovoid, trigonous, transversely wavy, yellow-brown.— 
F. purpureo-ctra, Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 149; Durand & 
Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 609. #. extlis, Durand & Schinz, Conspect. 
Fl. Afr. v. 604 partly. Scirpus purpureo-ater, Boeck. in Linnea, 
xxxvili. 879. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: near Jomara, Schimper, 1268! Begemeder, Schimper 
1251! 
Also in Socotra. 
This may be acepauperated state of F.ewilis, as see J. B. Balfour in Trans. Roy. 
Soc. Edin. xxxi. 307. It differs mainly by the absence of the needle-like white hairs, 
abundant in F. exilis. 
22. F. monostachya, Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar. 61. Glabrous. Stems 
tufted, 2-16 in. long, slender. Leaves } the length of the stem, psi 
in. broad. Spikelet on each stem 1 (rarely 2~3), } by 4 in. and few- 
flowered, or larger (in fruit up to 1 in. long) and many-flowered, 
yreenish-white or yellowish. Glumes ovate, mucronate, much keeled, 
lower distichous, upper spiral. Style longer than the nut, hairy, 
deciduous together with the pyramidal style-base; branches 3. Nut 
rather large, less than $ the length of the glume, trigonous, pyriform- 
ebovoid, straw-coloured or pale brown, more or less tubercled.—Ridley 
in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 149; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. 
Brit. Ind. vi. 649, in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 607, and 
in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 203; K. Schum. in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 124; 
Durand & Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 302; Urban, Symb. Antill. 1. 
83; Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 122. Cyperus monostachyos, 
Linn. Mant. 180; Rottb. Deser. et Ic. 18, t. 13, fig. 3. Abildgaardia 
monostachya, Vahl, Enum. ii. 296; Kunth, Enum. ii. 247; Benth. in 
Hook. Niger Fl. 554; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. 53; T. Thoms. 10 
Speke, Nile, Append. 654; Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 169, t. 
an fig. A (which does not show well the much-contracted base of the 
nut). 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Niamniam; Nganye, Schweinfurth, 3962! 
Unyoro, Speke §& Grant! Ruwenzori, 6000 ft., Scott-Eliiot, 6808! Mvunt Kenia, 
Gregory, 87! Ukamba, 4000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 2355! Mombusa, Taylor ! 
Lower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, Don! Angola: Huilla; between 
Monino and Eme, Welwitsch, 6839! 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Boivin! 
In nearly all tropical and warm-temperate areas. 
23. F. tristachya, Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 434, not of F. wile 
nor of Nees. Stems 16—28 in. long, with 2-5 (rarely 1) distinct spikelets 
usually nearly 1 in. long. Nut large, finally black; otherwise a8 
F. monostachya.—C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 649, and 
Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 610. F. triflora, K. Schum. 1p 
Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 124. Cyperus triflorus, Linn. Mant. 180. 
Abildgaardiu tristachya, Vahl, Enum. ii. 297; Kunth, Enum. u. 248; 
