426 CLVi. CYPERACEiE (clarke). [Fimhristylis'^ 



J shorter than the umbel ; rays spreading, capillary, angular, scabrous- 

 on the angles, the longer about 1 in,, with 2 or 3 branches. Spikelets- 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, "terete subangular," 18-10-flowered, 3-2J 

 lin. long. Glumes in several ranks, rigid, rather close together, 

 adpressed, broad-ovate, boat-shaped, obtuse or very shortly mucronate, 

 keel green, 1-nerved, sides smooth, rusty straw-coloured, margins white^ 

 hyaline. Nut small, by more than one-half shorter than the glume, 

 obovate, trigonous, the angles marked by a prominent line, with a 

 small boss, cancellate, pale straw-coloured. Style but little exserted^ 

 shortly 3-fid. 



irile Iiand. Galabat : region of Matamma, Schioeinfurth (ex BoecTceler). 

 The cover of this species in the Berlin Heiliarium was found empty so that the 

 plant bus probably been removed to some known species. 



'iiS. F. oligostachya, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 125. 

 Tufted ; roots fibrous, very slender. Stems erect, 2-1 in. long, capillary^ 

 4-angled. Leaves shorter than the stem, capillary. Spikelets 3-1,. 

 capitate, oblong-ovoid, obtuse, 12-8-flowered, 2-1 J lin. long. Bracts 2 ; 

 the lower overtopping the spikelets. Glumes membranous, 3-ranked^ 

 at length spreading, ovate, acute, boat-shaped, hairy, pale rust-coloured,, 

 sometimes chestnut-wavy-marbled near the prominent obsoletely 

 3-nerved keel ; margins subciliate. Nut very small, half the length of 

 the glume, obovate, attenuate close to the base, triangular, transversely 

 coarsely wrinkled, longitudinally striate, chestnut-coloured, shining;; 

 the tubercle minute, depressed, concolorous. Style very slender, shortly^ 

 exserted, 3-fid. — F. minima^ Hochst. ex Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxvi. 744.. 

 Scirpus oligostachyus , Boeck. I.e. 743. 



Xrile Iiand. Abyssinia, ex Boeckeler Sf K. Schumann. 



IMEozamb. Blst. Zanzibar, ex K. Schumann. 



F. oligostachys, Hochst. (n. 21 above) was fonntled en Schimper n. 1268; 

 K. Schumann says expressly that the present plant is not that, and places it in his. 

 section Bnllostylis, to which, from Boeckelcr's description, it may belong. 



27. F. setifolia, A. Rich. Tent. FL Abyss, ii. 507. Perennial,, 

 stoutly tufted. Stem erect, slender, 1 ft. long, striate, very scabrous- 

 Leaves linear, convolute, setaceous, scabrid, ciliate, shorter than the 

 stem. Spikes 5-6, subsessile, agglomerate, terminal ; bracts 0. Glumes- 

 imbricate on all sides, oval, obtuse, subfimbriate on the edges, purple,. 

 on the back 1-nerved and subscabrid. Stigmas 3. Immature nut 

 triquetrous. 



Vile Xiand. Abyssinia : Wojerat uistrict ; in tlie mountains, Petit (ex 

 A. Richard). 



A. Richard adds lliat the sjrecies is veiy ch se to F. oligcstachys,\)\xt is much 

 larger th?in it and witli mnre numerous leaves. 1 refrain from iiazarding any giiess- 

 from the description, whicli (with all its detail) contains nothing to show to what 

 genus the plant belongs. 



28. F. thonningiana, Boeck. in Linncea^ xxxviii. 395. Green,, 

 tufted. Hoot fibrous, slender. Stem filiform, furrowed, angular,. 



