436 CLVI. CYPERACEH (CLARKE). [ Bulbostylis. 
14. B. scleropus, C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 207. 
Nearly glabrous, except the flower-glumes, Stems densely tufted, 
10-16 in. long; basal sheaths broad, hard, chestnut-black striated. 
Leaves 4-2 the length of the stem, narrow-linear, channelled, harsh, 
flexuose. Spikelets 6-10, } by } in., in one head, subspicate, the lowest 
spikelet being sometimes 4-1 in. distant, chestnut-black ; bracts 2, 
lower 1-3 in., erect. Glumes elliptic-oblong, hardly acute. Nut 4 the 
length of the glume, trigonous, obovoid, truncate, finally brown, 
minutely transversely wavy. Style longer than the nut; branches 
3, linear; base persistent on the nut, small, ovoid, dark-coloured.— 
B. schenoides, ©. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 
616 partly, and in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 54. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount Mlanji, 6000 it; 
Whyte, 75! 
Also in South Africa. 
15. B. schimperiana, (. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspett. 
Fl. Afr.v. 616, Rhizome hardly any. Stems densely tufted, 4—9 in. long, 
slender, at the top glabrous and 9-13-ribbed. Leaves } the length of 
the stem, setaceous; sheaths with long white hairs in the throat. 
Head 1, of 2-10 spikelets, dark red or brown, }—} in. in diam. ; bracts 
2-1, setaceous, about as long as the head. Spikelets } by ps-to 
ellipsoid, or subcylindric, obtuse, many-flowered. Glumes ovate, obtuse, 
minutely hairy, the green keel hardly excurrent. Style as long as the 
nut; branches 3. Nut 2 the length of the glume, trigonous, obovoid, 
truncate, pallid, with about 18 longitudinal striations and transversely 
barred between them (i.e. the external cells of the nut transversely 
oblong, superimposed in vertical series); style-base persistent on the 
nut, conic.—B. subumbellata, K. Schum. in Stuhlmann, Exsice. 3966 a. 
Isolepsis schimperiana, Hochst. in Flora 1841, i. Intell. 21; A. Rich. 
Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 501. Fimbristylis schimperiana, Boeck. in Flora, 1858, 
600. F. subumbellatu, K.Schum. in Engl. PA. Ost-Afr. C. 125. Se 
schimperianus, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. 750; Engl. Hochgebirgs§. 
sa Afr. 148. _S. fimbristyloides, K. Schum. in Stuhlmann, Exsice. 
505 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Begemeder? Addi Bachdanit, 6800 ft., Schimper 
846! Gerra, 8200 ft., Schimper, 1253 ! Tigre ; near Adoa, Schimper, 299 ! British 
East Africa; Athi, Gregory, 102! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Karagwe; Bukoba, 
1164! 1505! 39664! 
The plant Stuhlmann 1505 is regarded by K. Schumann as the sam 
3966a; but it is young, and has some long white hairs at the base of the hea 
possibly may not belong. 
Stuhlmann, 
e species 48 
d, and 
16. B. aphyllanthoides, C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Com 
spect. Fl. Afr.v. 611. Rhizome short, descending. Stems tufted, ae te 
long, rather robust, at the top trigonous and glabrous. Leaves 
long, flat, up to Lin. broad, many-striate, at the top suddenly a , 
glabrous ; sheaths with long white hairs in the throat. Head 1, larg® 
