460 CLVI. CYPERACEZ (CLARKE). [ Scirpus. 
ovate, shortly acuminate ; otherwise as S. solepis.—Boeck. in Linnea, 
xxxvi. 499; Ridley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 67; C. B. Clarke in 
Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 627, and in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 
iv. Append. iii. 33; Urban, Symb. Antill. ii. 94; Rendle in Cat. 
Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 128. Isolepis micrantha, Roem. & Schultes, Syst. 
Veg. ii. 110; Kunth, Enum. ii, 203. Hemicarpha subsquarrosa, Nees 
in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. i. 61, t. 4, fig. 1; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ui. 
1053; Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 162. Hypolytrum 
capillare, Schrader ex Nees in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. i. 61. 
Lower Guinea, Angola: Loando; margins of ponds near Conceicao, Wel- 
witsch, 6981! 6996! Damaraland: Upingtonia, Schinz ! 
Throughout America, very common. 
This, like the preceding species, has sometimes 1 (rarely 2) hyaline scale inside 
‘the glume. 
Imperfectly known species. 
27. Schcenoplectus senegalensis, Palla in Engl. Jahrb. x. 299. 
Central Africa; ex Palla. 
There is no description, The plant if not a Scirpus, is probably one of the 
Scirpee. 
12. FICINIA, Schrad.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 
Pl. iii, 1052. 
Gynophore minute, obpyramidal, often trigonous or toothed o 
the upper margin, carrying the ovary or nut, inserted within the 
stamens ; otherwise as Scirpus, Sect. [solepis. 
Species 58 ; whereof 55, i.e. all except the 3 below enumerated, are confined to 
Extratropical South Africa. 
The genus, in habit as in character, is as Scirpus, Sect. Isolepis. The subjoined 
species are glabrous, the stem without nodes between the basal leaves and the head 
of spikelets, the hypogynous bristles absolutely 0. 
Stems tufted, elongate, slender; glumes scarcely 7} 
in, long. 
Heads of 3-1 spikelets ; stems setaceous ‘ , i. FF. Siliformis. 
Heads of 6-20 spikelets; stems slender . ‘ . 2. F. gracilis. 
Stems solitary, }-1 in. long; glumes } in. long. . 3. F. clandestina. 
1. FP. filiformis, Schrad. Anal. Fl. Cap. 46. Glabrous. Stems 
2-8 in. long, setaceous, densely tufted on a wooded base; no stolons 
seen, but most of the wiry-rooted species throw stolons ee 
times. Leaves } the length of the stem, setaceous; ca 
pale brown with scarious edges that early wither up, the a a8 
most leafless, Head of 3-1 spikelets }-} in. long; bracts o 
lowest }-} in. long, setaceous, suberect. Glumes ovate, eh 
strongly marked by chestnut-red striations. Style linear ; br anches 5 
Nut less than } the length of the glume, ovoid, trigonous, 8™ eee 
black, top pyramidal; gynophore about } the length of the nut, pallid, 
narrowly obpyramidal, the upper margin with 3 depressed roun 
