Fimbristylis. | CLVI, CYPERACE& (CLARKE). 425 
Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. 54. A. lanceolata, Schumach. Beskr. Guin, 
Pl. 33. 
Upper Guinea. Guinea, Thonning, 348! 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Boivin! Kuntze, 207! German East A‘rica: 
Mafia Island, Frere ! Zanguebar, Kirk! Usambara; Doda, Holst, 2934! Rovuma 
Bay, Kirk!) Rovuma River, Kirk’ Portuguese East Africa: Zambesi Delta; 
Kongoni River, Kirk / 
Also in South India and Ceylon. 
IY monostachya, Hassk., is usually much sleuderer (and with smaller spikelets) 
than the present plant; but large examples of F. monostachya 1 cau only dis- 
tinguish by the pale nut. 
24. F. africana, Durand d: Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 601. 
Thinly hairy, nearly all over. Stems 12-20 in. long. Leaves }-4 the 
length of the stem, }-4 in. broad. Spikelets 3-10 on each stem, capitate, 
¢ in. long, brown; bracts 2-3, short (up to 24 in. long occasionally), 
setaceous, at the-base often ciliate-woolly. Glumes ovate, boat-shaped, 
submucronate, lower subdistichous, upper spiral. Style long, woolly, not 
separating from the subcuboid style-base; branches 3, linear. Nut 4 
the length of the glume, obovoid, much narrowed at the base, obtusely 
trigonous, transversely wavy or wrinkled, straw-coloured or brownish. 
—f. pilosa, K. Schum. in Engl. PA. Ost-Afr. C. 124, not of Vahl. 
Schenus ptlosus, Willd. Phyt. i. 3, t. 1, fig. 3; Vahl, Enum. ii. 208 ; 
Schumach. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 29. 4 bildgaardia pilosa, Nees in Linnea, 
1x, 289; Kunth, Enum. ii. 248 ; Benth. in Hook. Niger FI. 554; Boeck. 
in Linnea, xxxvii. 52; T. Thoms. in Speke, Nile, Append. 654 ; Oliver 
in Trans. Linn. Soc, xxix. 169, t. 109, fig. B, and ser. 2, Bot. il. 353. 
Upper Guinea. Guinea, Thonning! Hart! Gold Coast: Afrem Plains, 
Johnson, 726! Accra, Don! Dahomey, Newton, 5! 31! 32! Lagos: Lagos 
Government, 37! Niger Territory: Niger River, Vogel! Nupe, Barter, 491! 
Onitsa, Barter, 1762! 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Kilimanjaro Expedition, 40-60 miles from 
the coa-t, Johnston! Mombasa, Boivin / Taylor! 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Taylor / German East Africa : Usambara; Muoa, 
Holst, 3051! Unyamwezi; near Kaseh (Tabora), Speke & Grant! Gonda, Boehm, 
170! British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Manganja Hills, Meller! Waller! 
ischsond ! Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 57! Scott-Elliot, 8458! Mount Malosa, 
4900-6000 ft., Whyte ! Zomba Plains, 2500-3000 ft., Whyte / 
Imperfectly known species. 
25. F. falcifolia, Boeck. in Linnwa, xxxvii. 25. Pale green, 
glabrous. Roots fibrous, very slender. Stems several, tufted, setaceous, 
“4 in. long, obsoletely 5-angular, slightly compressed, furrowed, 
Smooth. Leaves few, 3-2 in. long, falcate (dry and flexuose), somewhat 
"gid, linear, half a line wide, narrowed towards the top, acute, flattish, 
minutely punctate, margins slenderly serrulate ; sheaths short, margined 
«, % hyaline membrane, obliquely truncate at the mouth. Umbel 
half-eompound,” 5~7-rayed ; bracts 3-4, lower narrow-linear, scarcely 
