168 COL. GRANT—BOTANY ОЕ THE SPEKE AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
I have not a type specimen at hand for comparison; but our specimen corresponds fairly with Dr. 
Beeckeler’s careful description. 
[8 to 9 inches high, an erect tuft, lat. 4° 18! S., April 1861.—J. А. G.] 
26. IsoLEPIS, sp. (Isolepis Saviana ?, App. Speke’s Journ. 654). Тоо young to describe ; 
apparently nearly allied to Scirpus Hochstetteri, Bockel, Linnea, xxxvi. 739 ( Fimbristylis 
pusilla, Hochst. in hb. Schimp. Abyss. 796). 
Hab. Unyoro, Sept. 1862, Col. Grant. 
[Grows in marshes in tufts 3 to 4 inches high, September 1862, Unyoro.—J. A. G.] 
27. AscoLEPIS РвотвА, Welw., В. bellidiflora, Linn. Trans. xxvii. 76. ©“ Capitula 
splendide nivea v. lactea, depresse hemisphærica, transversim 5-8, rarius 8-4 lin. lata, 
centro plerumque excavato. Squame floriferæ graciles, elongatulæ, lanceolate v. lineari- 
lanceolate, apicem versus subulatæ v. compresso-cylindrice.’’—Welw. l. c. 
Culmi 4-10 poll. longi, gracillimi. Folia angustissime linearia, 8-5 poll. longa. 
Hab. 5° 5. lat., alt. 3800 feet (Antrolepis по. 1, App. Speke’s Journ. 654), Col. Grant ! 
Also in Angola. 
[Grows like the English daisy, 9 inches high, with a round stem. Found in rather moist ground, not 
common, near Wala river, lat. 5° 26 S., alt. 3800 feet.—J. А. G.] 
Plate OX. A. fig. 1. Flower and subtending glume; fig. 2. Same, glume removed ; 
fig. 3. Ovary. 
28. FIMBRISTYLIS HISPIDULA, Kunth, Enum. РІ. ii. 227. 
Нар. Lat. 5° 55’ S., alt. 3700 feet, and Mininga, lat. 4° 18” S. (Trichelostylis no. 2, 
App. Speke’s Journ. 654), Col. Grant! Widely spread in Africa. 
[Grows іп erect tufts, 20 to 22 inches in length, by water, lat. 4°18! and 5°55’ S., 1861. Flowers rust- 
colour.—J. A. G.] 
29. FUIRENA ай. F. pubescenti, Kunth, Enum. Pl. іі. 182. Glabrata; culmo 14-14 
ped., apicem versus minutissime pubescente; squamis valide trinervosis, arista longiuscula, 
subrecurva. 
Hab. 6° Б. lat., Jan. 1861 (Р. pubescens, App. Speke’s Journ. 654). 
This may prove a distinct species. It agrees with F. pubescens in general facies, but is more nearly 
_ glabrous, the scales of the spikelets are less hoary, and they are more strongly 3-nerved. The staminodia 
appear to be wanting, as in that species. 
30. FUIRENA UMBELLATA, Rottb.; Kunth, Enum. РІ. ii. 185; App. Speke’s Journ. 
654. 
А very robust form, with leaves sometimes nearly 1 inch broad. 
Hab. Madi, Dec. 1862, Col. Grant ! 
[Found on the sandy edges of the burn at Madi in December 1869; the root a foot deep in water and 
sand, with rootlets growing from thejoints. Stem 3 feet long, lodging like ripe corn, five-sided, its edges 
so sharp as to cut the shins in wading. Leaves almost completely sheathing the stems; their surfaces 
ribbed or crimped in å remarkable manner. Flowers in an ascending spire along the stem. Natives 
extract salt from its ashes, and call it “keekal’a.”—J. A. G.J] 
_ 91. FUIRENA LEPTOSTACHYA, Oliy.,sp.nov. Рае virens ; culmis cæspitosis, pedalibus, 
striatis, glabris v. apicem versus pilosulis, paucifoliatis ; foliis planis vaginisque pilosulis ; 
pedunculis brevibus, spiculis dense capitato-congestis, lanceolato-oblongis, multifloris, 3 
lin. longis; squamis late elliptieis, obtusis v. emarginatis, glabratis, obscure trinerviis, late- 
