Ficinia, | CLYI. CYPERACEZ (CLARKE), 467 
lobes.— Kunth, Enum. ii, 253 partly; Boeck, in Linnea, xxxvii. 59; 
C, B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fi. Afr. v. 638, and in 
Dyer, FI. Cap. vii. 242. Scirpus leucocoleus, K. Schum. in Engl. Pf. 
Ost-Afr. v. 125. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Volcano of Kifinika, 
9800 ft., Volkens, 1858 ! 
Also in South Africa. 
Volkens’ collections have ripe nuts, and the plant is certainly a Ficinia, and 
either F. filiformis, Schrader, or a subspecies thereof, 
2. F. gracilis, Schrad. Anal. Fl. Cap. 44.  Glabrous. Stems 
6-16 in. long, rather slender, tufted on a woody rhizome; stolons 
Sometimes present. Leaves } the length of the stem, scarcely ;}, in. 
broad, channelled; sheaths with scarious edges that wither up, the 
uppermost often with a long leaf. Head 2 in. in diam., of 6-20 spike- 
lets ; bracts 3, lowest leaf-like, spreading, 1-14 in. long. Spikelets F in. 
long ; green variegated with chestnut or ultimately brown. Glumes 
ovate, obtuse or with a short point, chestnut-red, striate. Style linear ; 
branches 3. Nut less than 4 the length of the glume, obovoid, 
trigonous, smooth or obscurely transversely-lineolate, dull black ; 
Synophore small, obpyramidal, upper margin shallowly 3-lobed.— 
Kunth, Enum. ii, 256; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. 68; C. B. Clarke in 
Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 638, and in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 
251; Volk. Kilimand. 311 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Marangu, 8800 ft., 
Volkens, 1300! : 
Also in South Africa. 
The example of Volkens’ examined has no nuts, but is F. gracilis or a very 
closely allied species. 
3. F. clandestina, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvii. 82. Glabrous. 
Rhizome creeping, 4~6 in. long, woody, clothed with nearly black 
lanceolate scales. Stems solitary, scarcely 1 in. long in examples seen. 
Leaves several up to 24 by }-} in. Head of 1-3 few-flowered spikelets ; 
bracts 4} in. long, elliptic-oblong, enclosing the head. Spikelets } in. 
long ; glumes oblong-lanceolate, + in. long, striate. Style long ; branches. 
3, long. Gynophore obconic. Nut not seen.—C. B. Clarke in Durand & 
Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 637. Cyperus clandestinus, Hochst. ex 
Krauss in Flora, 1842, 594. Chamexiphium clandestinum, Hochst. in 
Flora, 1844, 102. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Mountains of Samen Province; Schimper, 980! 
: ; ili. 1053 
13. FUIRENA, Rottb.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii 
(including Pentasticha, Turez.; Benth. et Hook. f. l.c. 1049). 
Spikelets of many flowers, mostly 2-sexual and perfecting nuts, the 
uppermost imperfect or sterile. Glumes imbricated on all sides, or 
sometimes appearing twisted and 5-ranked, hairy on the back (except 
