Scirpus. | CLVI. CYPERACEE (CLARKE). 455 
clustered or solitary spikelets ; lowest bract as though a continuation 
of the stem, 1-3 in. long, Spikelets 4 by 4-1 in., brown. Glumes 
ovate, concave ; tip scarious, notched, minutely hairy, with often a 
small point in the notch. Hypogynous bristles 6-5, as long as the nut, 
retrorsely scabrous (but often reduced or irregular). Style linear, 
branches 8 or 2. Nut more than 3 the length of the glume, obovoid, 
unequally trigonous, smooth, finally brown.—Sowerby, Engl. Bot. 
t. 666; Kunth, Enum. ii. 164; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. 712; C. B. 
Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 658, in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. 
Fl. Afr, v. 624, and in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 231; Urban, Symb. Antill. 
li. 98. 
Upper Guinea. Sierre Leone, Afzelius, 498. 
Abundant in Europe, common throughout Asia (except the North), and scattered 
nearly over the globe, except South America. Only known in Africa by the above 
Plant of Afzelius, and a few specimens from South Africa. 
16. S. corymbosus, Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 28. Glabrous. Rhizome 
2-4 in. long, horizontal. Stems 3 ft. long, stout, terete. Leaves 0. 
Umbel apparently lateral, simple or compound, 3-6 in. in diam. ; lower 
bract as though a continuation of the stem, 1-4 in. long. Spikelets 
clustered, }-1 in. long, ellipsoid, dusky brown. Glumes ovate, glab- 
tous; tip subentire, mucronate. Hypogynous bristles 0. tyle 
linear ; branches 3. Nut 2 the length of the glume, trigonous, obovoid, 
black, smooth, slightly transversely wavy.—Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. 
706; Aschers. & Schweinf. Ill. Fl. Egypte, 157; Ridley in Trans. 
Linn. Soe. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 158; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
vi. 657, in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 620, and in Dyer, 
Fl. Cap. vii. 229 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 148 ; Schweinf. in 
Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. Append. ii. 49, 104; K.Schum. in Engl. PA. 
Ost-Afr. C. 126; Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 126. 8. brachyceras, 
Hochst. in Flora, 1841, i. Intell. 21; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. il, 496, 
Isolepis corymbosa, Roem. & Schultes, Syst. Veg. ii. 110 and Mant. 65 ; 
Kunth, Enum. ii.216. J. inclinata, Delile, Fl. Aigypt. Ill. 50; Barbey, 
Levant, t. 8, fig. 9. 7 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: near Adowa, Schimper, 288! and without ioe 
locality, Schimper, 84! 253! 687! British East Africa: Tana River, Gregory, 78! 
along the River Kedong, 6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6511. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto; near Sange, Welwilsch, 70158 ! 
Cazengo ; streams near Palmira, Welwitsch, 7015! Ambaca; banks of the River 
Lucala, Welwitsch, 6846! Pungo Andongo ; marshes between Condo and Quisonde, 
Welwitsch, 6849! Huilla; Lake Ivantala, Welwitsch, 6976! by the River 
Catumba, Welwitsch, 6977 ! 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Taylor ! German East Africa : Us.mbara, Holst, 
2552! British Central Africa : Nyasaiand; Namasi, Cameron, 12! Shire Highlands, 
Scott-Elliot, 8581 ! Mount Zomba, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte! Ngamiland; Lake River, 
Lugard, 11! 
Also in Egypt, South Africa, Madagascar, and India. 
17. S. maritimus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 74. Glabrous. Stolons 
hardening into rhizomes. Stems 1-3 ft. long, stout, tmgonous. 
