Bulbostylis. | CLVI. CYPERACEE (CLARKE). 
Stems hairy, at least at the top close under 
the umnbel. 
Stem with longish scattered needle-like 
hairs often over its whole length. 
Stem filiform, 1-4 in. long, with 1-2 
spikelets : : ° 626; 
Stem 4~12 in. long, with 3-6 spikelets 31. 
Stem nearly glabrous except for minute 
hispid hairs under the umbel, 
Spikelets ellipsoid or oblong; umbel 
congested. : : : 5 Alle 
Spikelets ovoid, less than twice as long 
as broad. 
Leaves 3 as long as the stem ; umbel 
of many spikelets . : 5 Pash 
Leaves none or very short; umbel 
of 1-4 spikelets : : 5 Ore 
Stems glabrous even at the very top under 
the umbel. 
Spikelets ellipsoid, about twice as long as 
broad. 
Spikelets 1-2 in. long. 
Nut pallid, smooth or with faint 
transverse wavy lines. 
Spikelets none clustered. 
Leaves setaceous, straight 220: 
Leaves filiform, flexuose . DUE 
Spikelets some clustered : . 30. 
Nut black, strongly wavy trans- 
versely . : : : 
Spikelets 4 in. long; nut pyriform, 
bo 
or 
almost stalked .. : ~ 24, 
Spikelets + in. long. 
Rhizome hardly any; or annuals. 
Spikelets numerous, pale-brown . 23. 
Spikelets 3-6, chestnut-brown . 31. 
Rhizome horizontal, short. 
Leaves 4 the length of the stem . 36. 
Leaves short, often hardly any. 37, 
Spikelets ovoid, less than twive as long 
as broad, chestaut-red. 
Spikelets several ; nut pyriform . 5 ERE 
Spikelets 1 (or 2); nut unknown . oo. 
Spikelets cylindric, thrice as long as broad 33. 
B. filiformis. 
B. andongensis. 
B. puberula. 
B. coleotricha. 
B. transiens. 
B. capillaris. 
B. abortiva. 
B. parva. 
. B. pusilla. 
B. argenteobrunea. 
B. Burchellii. 
B. andongensis, 
var. B. 
B. oritrephes. 
B. trichobasis. 
P. Taylori. 
B. melanocephala, 
B. cylindrica. 
1. B. striatella, (. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. 
Vv. 616. A tufted annual. Stem 2-7 in. long, glabrous, with 1 or 2 
Spikelets. Leaves about as long as the stem, setaceous, minutely hairy. 
Bract longer or shorter than the spikelet. Spikelets } by 4 in., subsquar- 
Tose ; sessile spikelets at the base of the stem are not rarely added. Glumes 
elliptic-acuminate, mucronate, glabrous ; keel 1~3-nerved, green, sides 
rruginous. Style 2-fid. Nut 4 the length of the glume, obovoid, 
