554 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
The Nemum spadiceum, Desv., from Sierra Leone and the 
West Indies, is unknown to me. 
1. Fimbristyles (Trichelostyles) muriculata, Benth.; culmis 
exspitosis 5-6-angularibus glabris basi foliatis, foliis lineari- 
bus planis rigidulis culmo brevioribus, umbella irregulariter 
decomposita pauciradiata, involuero brevi, spicis ovato-lanceo- 
latis acutis centralibus sessilibus; squamis carinatis ovatis 
acutis mucronulatis fuscescentibus trinervibus glabris nitidis, 
stylo trifido, achenio stramineo-albido undique tuberculoso- 
muriculato.—Accra, Don. 
Near F. quinquangularis and F. autumnalis, but differs from 
the former in the form of the spikelets and squamæ, and from 
F. autumnalis in the muricate achenia. 
2. Fimbristyles Aispidula, Kunth, Enum. 2. p- 227.—On the 
Quorra, Vogel, Ansell; Senegal, Guinea, South Africa and 
Tropical America.—The specimens vary from six inches to 
three feet in heighth, and are sometimes nearly smooth, 
though generally the stiff spreading hairs of the leaves and 
stems are very copious. 
3. Fimbristyles communis, Kunth, Enum. 2. p. 234.—Senegal 
to Benin, and Fernando Po, Don, Vogel, and others ; Africa, 
Asia, and probably South America. 
4. Fimbristyles ferruginea, Vahl, Enum. 2. p. 291.—F. ferru- 
ginea, arvensis et Sieberiana, Kunth, Enum. 2. p. 236, 237. 
—-On the Gambia, Don; Grand Bassa and sandy shores of 
the Nun, Vogel ; Tropical America, Africa and Asia. 
5. Fimbristyles obtusifolia, Kunth, Enum. 2. p. 240.—Grand 
Bassa and on the Nun River, Vogel; Senegal and South 
Africa, 
Schumacher and Thonning have described another species, 
F. scabrida, from Guinea. 
1. Abildgaardia monostachya, Vahl.—Kunth, Enum. 2. p. 247. 
—St. Thomas, Don; Tropical: America, Africa, East India 
and Australia. 
3. Abildgaardia pilosa, Nees.—Kunth, Enum. 2. p. 248.— 
Acera, Don; and in Vogel’s collection without the precise 
station ; Senegal and Guinea. 
