432 CLVI. CYPERACEE (CLARKE). [ Bulbostylis. 
pubescent, in fruit spreading horizontally. Style 3-fid. Nut 4 the 
length of the glume, trigonous, obovoid, almest truncate, transversely 
wavy-lineate (owing to the outermost cells being longitudinally oblong) ; 
crowned by the persistent depressed-bulbous style-base ; otherwise 
resembling small examples of B. barbata.—Cyperus rarissimus, Steud. 
Syn. Pl. Glum. ii. 16. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 
7. B. cinnamomea, (. 2. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect- 
Fl. Afr. v. 612. Rhizome hardly any. Stems tufted, 18-24 in. long, 
slender, at the top trigonous and obscurely scabrous on the angles. 
Leaves } the length of the stems, setaceous ; sheaths pale ferruginous,, 
sparingly hairy. Head 1, of 1-8 rather large spikelets (a second 
peduncled head very rarely present); bracts 2, lower setaceous shorter 
or much longer than the spikelets. Spikelets } by } in., narrowly ellip- 
soid, cinnamon-coloured or chestnut-brown, 8—20-flowered. Glumes: 
densely placed, ovate, acute, slightly keeled, obscurely pubescent. 
Style 3-fid. Nut } the length of the glume, trigonous, obovoid, 
truncate, pallid, transversely wavy lineate, crowned by the persistent 
depressed-bulbous red or black style-base.—C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. 
Cap. vii. 209. Scirpus cinnamomeus, Boeck. in Engl. Jahrb. v. 505- 
Fimbristylis cinnamomea, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 125. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, 
Buchanan, 29! 1452! 
Also in South Africa and the Masearene Islands. 
8. B. collina, Kunth, Enum. ii. 208, ef. 205. Stems densely 
approximated on a short woody rhizome, 4—16 in. long, at the top tri- 
gonous and glabrous or obscurely hairy. Leaves 4 the length of 
the stem, setaceous; sheaths with long white hairs in the throat. Head 
1, 3-3 in. in diam., of 12 spikelets; lowest bract usually overtopping 
the head. Spikelets 4} in. long, ellipsoid, of 5-12 flowers. Glumes 
ovate, brown or chesnut-coloured, the green keel excurrent in a mucro, 
pubescent, some long white ciliate hairs often added on the margins. 
Style with 3 branches ; style-base left on the nut as a small brown-re 
cone. Nut = the length of the glume, trigonous, obovoid, pallid, smooth, 
without transverse wavy lines.—C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, 
Conspect. FJ. Afr. v. 613 partly, and in Dyer, F). Cap. vii. 208. Iso- 
lepis collina, Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. ii. 101. Seirpus collinus, Boeck. in 
Linnea, xxxvi. 746. S. beckelerianus, Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 
ii, Append, ii. 50. S. collinus, var. beckeleriana, Schweinf. |.c. 104. 
Wile Land. Eritrea: Kcohaito Plateau, 8500-8800 ft., Schweinfurth, 10m? 
Addi Quareh, 7500 ft., Sehweinfurth, 106! Lulamba, near Keren, 5900 ft.» 
Schweinfurth, 837! 
“1 Seeaas Dist. German East Africa: Karagwe; on dry hills, Scott-Elliot, 
8119 
Frequent in South Afriea. 
