Fimhristijlis.'l clvi. cyperace^ (olakke). 421 



F. autumnalis, Boeck. in Linuaea, xxxvii. 38. Scirpus com'planatas, 

 Retz. Obs. V. 14. 



Xrile Zaand. Abyssinia : by the stream Mai Fra, near Adowa, Schiynj^er, 148 ! 

 858 ! around Assai, Quartin- Dillon ! 



Xiow^er Guinea. Lower Congo: Sttinley Pool, Demeuse, 1451 Angola: Pui go 

 Andonpo; banks of streams near Luxillo, Welivitsch, 6835! Huilla; near Enu-, 

 Welwitsch, 6971 ! 



The typical form of this species is common in nearly all tropical nnil subtropical 

 ureas; but ihe varieties, subspecie;:, and allied species of this are nuinerou>, ai.d 

 variously arranged by authors. 



20. F, obtusifolia, Kunth, Enum. ii. 240. Glabrous. Stems 

 4-16 in. long. Leaves 2-8 by |-J in., very rigid, in the dried state 

 concavo-convex, suddenly narrowed at the top. Umbel compound, the 

 spikelets generally in capitate clusters (2-5 together) on the ultimate rays, 

 but the umbel is not rarely very close or appearing as one dense head ; 

 bracts 3-2, lowest J-2 J in. long, similar to the leaves. Spikelets ^ in. 

 long, ellipsoid, dense. Glumes ovate, obtuse. Style nearly as long as 

 the nut, glabrous, deciduous together with the pyramidal style-base ; 

 branches 3, at least in the lower flowers. Nut hardly J the length of 

 the glume, obovoid, trigonous, dark-coloured, not longitudinally ribbed. 

 — Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 554 ; C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, 

 Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 608, in Dyer, Fl. Cap, vii. 203 ; Durand <fe Schinz, 

 Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 303; Urban, Symb. Antill. ii. 82; Rendle in 

 Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 123. F. glomerata, Boeck. in Linnaea, xxxvii. 

 47 partly ; Schvi^einf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. Append, ii. 51 ; K. Sebum, 

 in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 124 (not Scirpus glonieratus, Retz.). F. rigididuy 

 Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 150, not of Nees. Scirptis 

 ohtusifolius. Lam. 111. i. 141 ; Schumach. Beskr. Guin. PI. 30. Isolepls 

 obtusifolia, Beauv. FJ.'Owar. ii. 38, t. 81, fig. 1. Trichelostylis ohtusi- 

 folia, Nees in Linnsea, ix. 290. 



ITpper Guinea. Senegal, Roger ! Heudelot, 450 ! Senegambia, Leprievr / 

 Guinea, Thonning, 376! Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! Liberia: Grand Bas>a, Vogel,70l 

 Niger Territory : Oware, Beauvois ! Nun River, Vogel, 34 ! Mann, 532 ! 



lAO-wer Guinea. Lower Congo, Smith ! Angola : Loanda ; seashore of 

 Baia da Zamba Grande, Welwitsch, 6993 ! 



IMEozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Kirk ! Baron ! German Kast Africa : Usaramo ; 

 Dar-es-Salaam, A''M«f;:e, 209! UsHmbara; Muoa, JJoZ*^, 3036 ! Rovuma Bay, A'lri- ;' 

 Portuguese East Africa : Zambesi Delta; Koagoni River, Kirk ! 



Also in South Africa, the Mascarene Isles and Tropical America. 



21. F. oligostachySy Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl Abyss, ii. 505. 

 Glabrous or very nearly so. Stems annual, slender, tufted, 2-5 in. long. 

 Leaves | the length of the stem, slender, weak. Spikelets 1-4 on each 

 stem, in one head or nearly so, chestnut or purple-black, \ in. long, 5-10- 

 flowered ; bracts 2, lower J-IJ in. long, as though a cortinuation of 

 the stem. Glumes spiral or obscurely distichous, nearly glabrous, 

 apiculate. Style longer than the nut nearly glabrous, deciduous 



