Bulbostylis.'] CLVI. CYPERACEiE (clarke). 431 



base left on the nut, dusky-black. — Scirpus sphcerocarpus, Boeck. in 

 Xiinnasa, xxxvi. 741. S. nindensis, Ficalho & Hiern in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 27. Fimhristylis sphcerocarpa, K. Schum. in 

 Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 125. 



Wile Land. Gallabat : region of Matammn, Schweinfurth, 2046 ! 2047! 



laovrer Guinea. Angola : Avnboella ; at Ninda, Serpa Pinto (ex Ficalho Sf 

 Hiern). 



5. B. barbata, Kunth, Enum, ii. 208, cf. 205. A densely tufted 

 annual. Stems 1-10 in. long, very slender, at the top trigonous and 

 glabrous. Leaves J the length of the stems, setaceous, nearly glabrous; 

 sheaths more or less hairy, with long white hairs in their throats. 

 Spikelets 3-12, sessile in one head, \-\ in. in diam., from ferruginous 

 to dark brown, ^-^ in. long, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 3-15-fiowered ; 

 bracts 3, setaceous, short or much longer than the head. Glumes rather 

 distant on the rhachilla, boat-shaped, ovate-lanceolate, with a small 

 subrecurved mucro, more or less pubescent. Stamens 2-1 ; anthers 

 oblong, muticous. Style as long as the nut ; branches 3 ; style-base 

 left as a red or black button on the pallid nut. Nat J the length of 

 the glume, trigonous, obovoid, almost truncate, smooth, without longi- 

 tudinal ribs or transverse wavy lines. — C, B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. vi. 651, and in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 611 ; 

 Durand & Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, i. SOI. B. Willdenowii, Kunth, 

 Enum. ii. 210, cf. 205. Scirpus barbatus, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. 52, t. 17, 

 fig. 4 ; Boeck. in Linnfea, xxxvi. 751, excl. var. /3. S. antarcticus, Thunb. 

 Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 96 partly ; Schumach. Beskr. Guin. PL 29 ; not of 

 Linn. Isolepis barbata, R. Br. Prodr. 222 ; Benth. in Hook. Niger 

 Fl. 553. /. Wilkhnowii, Steud. Syn. Pi. Glum. ii. 102; Benth. in 

 Hook. Niger Fl. 553. /. subtristachya, Hochst. ex Schweinf. Beitr. 

 Fl. Aethiop. 216; Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxvi. 752. Fimbristylisbarbatay 

 Eenth. Fl. Austral, vii. 321 ; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 

 125. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot, 441 ! Leprieur ! Senegal, Sieher, 

 6 ! Perrottet, 833 ! Cape Verd, St.- Hilaire ! Dahomey, Neivton, 3 ! 4 ! 25 ! 

 Togo, Baumann, 538 ! Gold Coa^t : Accra, Voffel ! Brown, 309 ! • 429 ! Lagos : 

 J^obakin, Lagos Government, 29 ! Abeokuta, Crowther ! Niger Territory : Nupe, 

 Barter, 159 ! 840 ! Baikie ! Lower Niger; Stirling, Vogel, 161 ! 



irile Iiaud. Abyssinia : Agow Territory, near Mawerr, 3000-4000 ft.> 

 ■Schimper,2\QQ\ and witli mt precise locality, Schimper, 1\Q^ ! 



Iiower. Guinea. Lower Conoro: Lutete, 1800-2000 ft.. Hens, 52 ! 61 ! 242! 

 380 ! Zambi, Dicpuis ! Kisantu, Gillet, 660 ! and without prec'se locality. Smith ! 



X^ozaznb* Slst. Zanzibar, Hildebrandt, 1200 partly ! Boiviti'! 



Also in the Mascarene Island^, India, China, Japan, Malaya, and Tropical 

 Australia. 



6. B. rarissima, C. B. Clarke in Durand d- Schinz, Conspect. Fl. 

 Afr. V. 615. Stem 2-3 in. long, setaceous, with 1 spikelet or 2 sessile 

 together, glabrous. Laaves nearly glabrous ; sheaths hardly ciliate in 

 the throat. Spikelets \ by^^ i°-> 8-1 2-flowered, pale brown. Glumes 



