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32. FIMBRISTYLIS (§$ONCOSTYLIS) BURCHELLII, sp. n. (Plate VI. B, figs. 7-15.) F. cæspi- 
tosa spithameea vel ultra superne glabriuscula, radicibus fibrosis tenuibus, culmis 
pluribus gracilibus filiformibus infirmis erectis vel nutantibus angularibus sulcatis 
basi foliosis, foliis setaceo-filiformibus quam culmi sepius bis vel ter brevioribus 
canaliculatis dorso subcarinatis basim versus fuscis dilatato-vaginantibus, vaginis 
brevibus ore pilis longis caducis vestitis, inflorescentia umbelliformi composita vel 
semicomposita pluriradiata 2—12 poll. longa, radiis erecto-patentibus filiformi-capil- 
laribus exterioribus longioribus, radiolis brevibus nonnullis brevissimis capillaribus 
erecto-patentibus, involucri foliolis imbricatis basi fuscis dilatato-amplexicaulibus 
laxe pilosulis infimo quam umbella bis breviore superioribus iterum brevioribus, 
spieulis ovali-oblongis leviter compressis 8-14-floris i-2-polliearibus, squamis 
adpressis aridis oblongo-ovalibus imbricatis obtusis vel breviter apiculatis dorso (in 
sicco) rubescenti-fuscis carina convergenter 3-nervi ad apicem squamæ evanescente 
vel exeurrente margine scariosis, caryopsi minima late obovata obtuse triquetra 
pallida levi, bulbo stylino minutissimo depresso fusco, stylo trifido tenui apice 
exserto. 
This species occurs also in the southern part of the Kalahari region of South Africa, 
having been found by Burchell as under :— 
Burchell, no. 2151, at the Klip Fontein (or Rock Fountain), in the country of the 
Kóras, on dry naked rocks, 19th June 1812. "This number of Burchell's collection has 
been referred by Dr. Boeckeler, in Linnza, xxxvii. p. 28 (1871), to Fimbristylis hispidula, 
Kunth, a species which belongs to the section Trichelostylis, and to which he ascribes а 
wide distribution over Africa. The specimens measure 8-16 inches in length, and the 
leaves 21-5 inches. It was here and at this time that Burchell gathered РеЙеа calo- 
melanos, Link, given in the enumeration below, page 34. 
Burchell, nos. 2589, 2598, at the Kosi Fountain, 25th December 1812. These specimens 
measure about 74 inches in length, and the leaves 4-51 inches. It was at this station 
that Burchell at the same time obtained specimens of his Polygala krumanina ; see page 16. 
The species appears to be nearly related to Scirpus Schweinfurthianus, Boeck. in Linnea, 
xxxvi. p. 758, n. 125 (1870). | 
The principal figure in Pl. VI. B, represents the natural size of one of Major Serpa 
Pinto's specimens; the detached spikelet is enlarged to about five diameters; and the 
dissections are more considerably enlarged. 
Serpa Pinto, nos. 60, 62. 
33. FUIRENA PUBESCENS, Kunth, Enum. Cyperac. p. 182, n. 11 (1837); A. Rich. Tent. 
Fl. Abyss. ii. p. 497 (1851) ; Steud. Syn. Pl. Cyper. p. 126, n. 12 (1855); Boeck. in 
Linnea, xxxvii. p. 104, n. 8 (1871); vel affinis. 
The species quoted occurs in Portugal, Corsica, and other parts of the Mediterranean 
region, the East Indies, Nileland, and the Cape of Good Hope. Our specimen differs 
from the type by the more squarrose setze of the spikelets. 
Serpa Pinto, no. 70. 
