Eriospora. | CLVI, CYPERACEH (CLARE). 513 
Andongo; in fissures of rocks on the heights of the Presidium, 3300 ft., Welwitsch, 
684 ! 
Var. B castanea, C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl, Afr, v. 676. 
Spikes a deeper chestnut colour, 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Shireh Province, Quartin-Dillon & Petit ! Bege- 
meder ; Gerra, 8200 ft., Schimper, 1262! and without precise locality, Schimper, 
690 ! 
Bentham, in Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl, iii. 1070, observes that this plant 
appeared to him a separate species; I have been unable to find any difference 
except in colour, 
3 3. E. schweinfurthiana, (’. B. Clarke in Durand &: Schinz, Con- 
spect. Fl. Afr. v. 676. Stems 2 ft. long. Leaves } in. broad, some- 
times minutely hairy on the margins. Spikes } in. long or rather 
more, narrowly ovoid, or dusky straw-yellow colour; otherwise as 
EL. abyssinica.—Carphu schweinfurthiana, Boeck. in Flora, 1879, 569. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Niamniam; Baginse Mountain, Schwein- 
Surth, 3820! 
This is, very likely, not really distinct from HZ. abyssinica, The inflorescence 
and colour might do for some species of Carpha. 
4. E. Oliveri, C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. 
Afr. v. 676. Stems closely tufted, perennial, 6-12 in. long, setaceous, 
terete, rather closely covered by very slender white hairs: basal leaf- 
sheaths deeply split on one side. Leaves nearly as long as the stems, 
setaceous, hairy. Panicle depauperated, of 4—7 spikes (in the 22 stems 
present). Spikes 4—} in., ellipsoid, fuscous, more or less purple ; bracts 
to the spikelets acuminate, mostly mucronate. Hypogynous bristles 
nearly as in the preceding species, 3 the length of the nut (beak 
included), excessively slender, with minute teeth visible under the 
microscope.—K. Schum.in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr.C.128. Trilepis Oliveri, 
Boeck. Cyp. Nove, i. 38. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: between the coast and Uyui, Taylor ! 
British Central Africa : Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 25! at Ndurand', 
Scott-Elliot, 8459 ! : 
5. E. villosula, C. B. Clarke in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 54. 
Stems 10-20 in. long, rather stouter, rather less hairy. Panicle more 
evolute, often with 30 spikes or more. Spikes rather broader, brighter 
chestnut colour. Hypogynous bristles about 12, white, but rigid, rather 
stout, densely scabrid ; otherwise as /. Oliveri.—C. B. Clarke in Durand 
& Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 676; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. 
C.128. £. viryatu, K. Schum. in Engl. Pil. Ost-Afr. C. 128. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Merue, Fischer, 624! British 
Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Mount Mlanji, Whyte / Mount Malosa, 4000-6000 ft., 
Whyte! 
The other differences between this and FE. Oliveri are of smull moment; but the 
ypogynous bristles do not resemble those of any of the other species here de- 
Scribed. 
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