442 CLYI. CYPERACEA (CLARKE). { Bulbostylis. 
Kirk! British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Karo ga to Kondowe, 2000-6000 ft., 
Whyte ! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 66! 
Also in Madagascar. 
This species differs little except in habit from B. capillaris, Kunth, to whieh, 
however, no author has hitherto referred it. 
28. B. coleotricha, (. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. 
Hl. Afr. v. 618. Rhizome 0. Stems 4-16 in. long, densely tufted, very 
slender, at the top minutely hairy. Leaves } the length of the stem, 
setaceous ; sheaths hairy, and with long white hairs in the throat. 
Umbel 2 in. diam., compound or simple, with numerous solitary spike- 
lets; but in the depauperated specimens of Schimper (the “ type”) the 
stems have only 1-3 spikelets each; bracts setaceous, often over- 
topping the umbels, prominent in the younger examples. Spikelets 
4 by 4+4 in, ovoid, brown. Glumes boat-shaped, ovate, obtuse, 
pubescent; keel green, 1-3-nerved. Style as long as the nut ; branches 
3. Nut } the length of the glume, triquetrous, obovoid, truncate, pale 
brown, smooth, appearing dotted, not transversely wavy (i.e. the outer- 
most cells subquadrangular) ; style-base persistent on the nut us a 
small dark button.—/imbristylis coleotricha, Hochst.. ex A. Rich. 
Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 506. Scirpus coleotrichus, Boeck. in Linnea, XXXV)- 
763, and in Flora, 1879, 563. 
Upper Guinea. Upper Senegal, Lécard, 109! Niger Territory: Nupe, 
Barter, 339! 357! 531! 550! Old Calabar, Mann, 2331! 
Nile Land. Gallabat: region of Matamma, Schweinfurth, 2029! 2038! 
Abyssinia: Gafta, Schimper, 1226! British East Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, 
Schweinfurth, 2083! 2305! 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Lake Moero, Changois! 
Var. B lanifera, C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 613 partly. 
Lowest sheaths with much ferruginous hair at the base; bracts much shorter than the 
umbels ; spikelets with fewer more loosely packed glumes.— Scirpus laniferus, Ba ck. 
a xxxvi. 768.  Fimbristylis lanifera, K. Schum. in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C, 
oe 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory : Nupe, Barter, 1030! Lagos, Millen, 109. 
Lower Guinea. Corisco Island, Wann, 1887! 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland, ex K. Schumann. 
29. B. Johnstoni, (. B. Clarke. Annual. Stems tufted, 4-10 
in. long, setaceous, at the top glabrous. Leaves 4—} the length of wend 
stem, almost capillary ; sheaths hairy, and with long white hairs in t : 
throat. Umbel simple, of 5-1 solitary spikelets; bracts setaceous, 
about as long as the umbel. Spikelets } by j~:-7o 12» oblong- 
ellipsoid, rusty-brown, often with a few long white hairs. sept 
boat-shaped, ovate, pubescent; keel yellowish, minutely peers 
Nut scarcely } the length of the glume, trigonous, oblong-ellipsoi¢, 
pale yellow, obscurely striated lengthwise and horizontally barred, 1.¢- 
the outermost cells transversely elliptic-oblong, arranged nearly 1" 
vertical series. Style longer than the nut; branches 3, rather short ; 
