Bulbostylis. | CLYI. CYPERACEA (CLARKE). 437 
of 6-7 spikelets ; bracts 2-3, lower up to 1} in. long by j}, in. broad in 
the lower part, glabrous, conspicuously scarious on the edges, Spikelets 
}in. long and upwards, elongate-lanceolate, many-flowered. Glumes } in. 
long, ovate, obtuse, minutely puberulous, rusty-brown. Style (the 
unbranched part) nearly } in. long, slender, glabrous ; branches 3, linear, 
much shorter. Nut 1-4 the length of the glume, trigonous, obovoid, 
obtuse, pallid, obscurely transversely wavy lineate ; style-base remaining 
behind on the nut, conic, dark-brown.— Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 
124. Fimbristylis aphyllanthoides, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 
Bot. ii. 151. 
Upper Guinea. Gold Coast: plains near Accra, Brown, 406! 
_ Gower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; low hills near Condo, on the 
right of the River Cuanza, and at Quisonde, Welwitsch, 6837 ! 
A larger plant, with much larger spikelets than any other African Bu/dostylis. 
17. B. Buchanani, ©. B. Clarke. Hairy nearly all over. 
Rhizome 0. Stems tufted, 4-10 in. long, slender. Leaves $ the length 
of the stem, setaceous or almost capillary ; sheaths with long white 
hairs in the throat. Head 1, 1-2 in. in diam., dense, of about 10 
Spikelets, a dusky green; bracts 3-5, lowest up to 1-14 in. long, 
Setaceous, flexuose. Spikelets } in. long, oblong, 3—5-flowered. Glumes 
ovate, acute. Style with 3 branches. Nut nearly $ the length of 
the glume, trigonous, obovoid, truncate, pallid, with conspicuous trans- 
verse wavy lines ; style-base remaining behind on the nut, small, black- 
purple. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland, Buchanan, 1329! 
18. B. Zeyheri, C. B. Clarke in Durand &: Schinz, Conspect. Fl. 
4fr. v.616. Rhizome woody, short, rather stout. Stems tufted, 
8-20 in. long, rather slender, at the top glabrous. Leaves } as long 
*s the stem, setaceous; sheaths with long white hairs in the throat. 
Heads 1-4, of 2-7 spikelets each, the umbel narrow and sometimes 
Congested into 1 head; bracts short. Spikelets } in. long, ellipsoid, 
bright. brown, with little (or no) long white hair. Glumes ovate, acute, 
pubescent. Style 3-fid. Nut 4-4 the length of the glume, trigonous, 
oblong-obovoid somewhat narrowed at the top, yellow-brown, transversely 
lineolate ; style-base persistent on the nut, short-cylindric.—C. B. 
Clarke in Dyer, FI. Cap. vii. 209. Scirpus Zeyheri, Boeck. in Linnea, 
XXXv1. 752, 
Wile Land. British East Africa: 
6424! 6426! 
Frequent in South Africa. 
Ukamba, 5000-€000 ft., Scott-klliot, 
19. B. trabeculata, (. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect- 
fl. Afr. v. 616. Annual. Stems 2-6 in. long, slender, at the top 
glabrous. Leaves 1-2 in. long, setaceous ; sheaths with Ivong white 
hairs in the throat. Spikes of 3-8 spikelets, simply umbelled, chestnut- 
coloured ; bracts small. Spikelets hardly } in. long, narrow-elliptic. 
