Bulbostylis. | CLVI. CYPERACEH (CLARKE). 431 
base left on the nut, dusky-black.—Scirpus spherocarpus, Boeck. in 
Linnea, xxxvi. 741. 8. nindensis, Ficalho & Hiern in Trans. Linn. 
Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii, 27. Fimbristylis spherocarpa, K. Schum. in 
Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 125. 
Nile Land. Gallabat: region of Matamma, Schweinfurth, 2046! 2047! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Amboella; at Ninda, Serpa Pinto (ex Ficalho & 
Hiern). 
o. B. barbata, Awnth, Enum. ii. 208, cf. 205. A densely tufted 
annual. Stems 1-10 in. long, very slender, at the top trigonous and 
glabrous. Leaves 4 the length of the stems, setaceous, nearly glabrous; 
sheaths more or less hairy, with long white hairs in their throats. 
Spikelets 3-12, sessile in one head, }-} in. in diam., from ferruginous 
to dark brown, 4-+ in. long, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 3—15-flowered ; 
bracts 3, setaceous, short or much longer than the head. Glumes rather 
distant on the rhachilla, boat-shaped, ovate-lanceolate, with a small 
subrecurved mucro, more or less pubescent. Stamens 2-1; anthers 
oblong, muticous, Style as long as the nut; branches 3; style-base 
left as a red or black button on the pallid nut. Nut 4 the length of 
the glume, trigonous, obovoid, almost truncate, smooth, without longi- 
tudinal ribs or transverse wavy lines.—O. B. Clarke in Hook. f. FI. 
Brit. Ind. vi. 651, and in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 611; 
Durand & Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 304. B. Willdenowii, Kunth, 
Enum. ii. 210, cf. 205. Scirpus barbatus, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. 52, t. 17, 
fig. 4; Boeck, in Linnea, xxxvi. 751, excl. var. 3. S. antarcticus, Thunb. 
Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 96 partly ; Schumach. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 29; not of 
Linn. Isolepis barbata, R. Br. Prodr. 222; Benth. in Hook. Niger 
553, 7. Willdenowii, Steud. Syn. Pi. Glum. ii. 102; Benth. in 
Hook. Niger Fl. 553. J. subtristachya, Hochst. ex Schweinf. Beitr. 
Fi. Aethiop. 216; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. 752. Fimbristylis barbata, 
ponth. Fl. Austral. vii. 321; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 
2). 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot, 441! Leprieur! Senegal, Sieber, 
6! Perrottet, 833! Cape Verd, St. Hilzire! Dahomey, Newton, 3! 4! 25! 
Togo, Baumann, 588! Gold Coa-t: Accra, Vogel! Brown, 309! 429! Lagos: 
Sobakin, Lagos Government, 29! Abeokuta, Crowther! Niger Territory: Nupe, 
Barter, 159! 840! Baikie! Lower Niger; Stirling, Vogel, 161! 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Agow Territory, near Mawerr, 3000-4000 ft., 
Schimper, 2166! and without precise locality, Schimper, 1193 ! 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Lutete, 1800—2000 ft., Hens, 52 6r 242! 
380! Zambi, Dupuis! Kisantu, Gillet, 660! and without prec’‘se locality, Smith ! 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Hildebrandt, 1200 partly! Boivin ! 
Also in the Mascarene Islands, India, China, Japan, Malaya, and Tropical 
Australia, 
6. B. rarissima, (. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fi, 
4fr.v. 615. Stem 2-3 in. long, setaceous, with 1 spikelet or 2 sessile 
together, glabrous. Leaves nearly glabrous; sheaths hardly ciliate in 
the throat. Spikelets 4 by ;}; in., 8-12-flowered, pale brown. Glumes 
