Typha.'] cxLix. typhace^ (brown). 135 



handl. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, 1889, ir>!)-lG], t. 4, fig. 6, k t. 5, 

 fig. 1 ; Schweinfurth. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. Append, ii. 92 ; Durand 

 <k Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 470 ; Graebner in Engl. Pflanzenr. 

 Typhacese, 14. 2\ aethiopica, Kronfeld, I.e. 162. T. angustifolia^ A. Rich. 

 Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 850 partly ; Schweinf. PI. Nilot. 87 ; and in Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss. ii. Append ii. 7 ; not of Linn. 



Zrile Kand. Nubia, Kordofen and Sennar, Schweinfurth (ex Eohrbach) ; 

 Eahr-el-Abiad, Hartmaun (ex Rohrbach). Eritrea : Halibaret, east of Anseba, 

 4800 ft., Schweinfurth, 135 ; Ferfer, 3000 ft., Schweinfurth, 136 ; and Saganeiti, 

 7000 ft., Schweinfurth, 885, (ex Schweinfurth). Abyssinia : Tigre ; streams near 

 Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1563 ! Samen, Schimper, 1190 (ex Eohrbach) ; and witbout 

 precise locality, Quartin-Dillon Sf Petit (ex Rohrbach). 



Also in South-Western Europe, North Africa, the Orient, and India- 



2. T. angustifolia, Linn. Sp. PL eel. 1, 071. Plant growing 

 to 5 or 6 ft. high. Leaves 2J-4J lin. broad, linear, obtuse, convex on 

 the back at the base. Male spike usually longer than the female, 5-10 

 in. long, \-l^ in. distant. Male flowers with spathulate-lanceolate 

 entire or forked acute bracteoles ; pollen simple. Female flowers 

 bracteolate; bracteoles rhomboid-, obcordate-, obovate- or orbicular- 

 spathulate, about as long as the hairs ; stigmas linear, longer than the 

 bracteoles ; hairs simple. — Rohrb. in Verhandl. Bot. Yer. Brandenb. 

 xi. 81, fig. 3; Kronfeld in Verhandl. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, 1889, 

 150, t. 5, fig. 2 ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. ix. 2, t. 321, fig. 745 ; Durand & 

 Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 470, partly; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr., C. 98 ; 

 Gregory, Great Rift Valley, 398; Graebner in Engl. Pflanzenr. 

 Typhacete, 11. 



Nile Xiand. Nubia : between Suakin and Berber, Schweinfurth^ ser. iii. 219! 

 British East Africa : cliffs above Lake Losuguta, Gregory. 

 Also in Europe, the Orient, and North America. 



3. T. australis, Schimiach. d- Thonn, Besh\ Guin. PL 401. Plant 

 attaining 5-6 ft. in height. Leaves 3-6 lin. broad, linear or strap- 

 shaped, obtuse, convex on the back at the base. Male and female 

 spikes subequal, 4J-12 in. long, contiguous or ^-1 in. distant. Male 

 flowers with variously shaped bracteoles ; nearly fihform, very nar- 

 rowly spathulate-lanceolate and entire, or broader and 2-3 -forked, or 

 very broadly spathulate and variously lobed and toothed ; pollen simple. 

 Female flowers bracteolate; bracteoles lanceolate-spathulate or rarely 

 f usiform-clavate, acute or acuminate, about as long as or slightly longer 

 than the hairs; stigmas linear, longer than the bracteoles; hairs 

 simple. — Schumach. k Thonn. in Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Afhandl. 

 1829, 175; Kronfeld in Verhandl. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, 1889, 

 156, t. 5, fig. 4 (excluding syn. T. cBquinpct lulls ^ Welw.) ; Schinz in Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss. iv. Append, iii. 9 ; and vii. H88 ; N. E. Br. in Dyer, Fl. 

 Cap. vii. 31; Graebner in Engl. Pflanzenr. Typhivcea', 13. T. anyusti- 

 folia, Hook. Niger Fl. 527 ; Durand k Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 470, 

 partly, not of Linn. T. anyusilfolia, var. anstralis, Kohrb. in Verhandl. 



