432 CLVi. cYPERACEvE (clarke). [Bulbostylis. 



pubescent, in fruit spreading horizontally. Style 3-fid. Nut J the 

 length of the glume, trigonous, obovoid, almost truncate, transversely 

 wavy-lineate. (owing to the outermost cells being longitudinally oblong) : 

 crowned by the persistent depressed-bulbous style-base ; otherwise 

 resembling small examples of B. barhata, — Cyperus rarissinius, Steud. 

 Syn. PL Glum. ii. IG. 



irile 3band. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 



7. B. cinnamomea, C. B. Clarke in Dnrand d; Schinz, Conspect^ 

 Fl. Afr. V. 612. Rhizome hardly any. Stems tufted, 18-24 in, long, 

 slender, at the top trigonous and obscurely scabrous on the angles. 

 Leaves \ the length of the stems, setaceous ; sheaths pale ferruginous,, 

 sparingly hairy. Head 1, of 1-8 rather large spikelets (a second 

 peduncled head very rarely present) ; bracts 2, lower setaceous shorter 

 or much longer than the spikelets. Spikelets J by |^ in., narrowly ellip- 

 soid, cinnamon-coloured or chestnut-brown, 8-20-flowered. Glumes 

 densely placed, ovate, acute, slightly keeled, obscurely pubescent. 

 Style 3-fid. Nut \ the length of the glume, trigonous, obovoid, 

 truncate, pallid, transversely wavy lineate, crowned by the persistent 

 depressed-bulbous red or black style-base. — C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. 

 Cap, vii. 209. Scirpus cinnamomeus, Boeck. in Engl. Jahrb, v. 505.. 

 Fimbristylis ciimamomea, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C, 125. 



IVEozamb. Sist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Shire Highlands, 

 Buchanan, 29 ! 1452 ! 



Also in South Africa and the Mascareue Island?. 



8. B. coUina, Kunth, Enum. ii. 208, cf. 205. Stems densely 

 approximated on a short woody rhizome, 4-16 in. long, at the top tri- 

 gonous and glabrous or obscurely hairy. Leaves J the length of 

 the stem, setaceous ; sheaths with long white hairs in the throat. Head 

 1^ l_l in. in diam., of 12 spikelets; lowest bract usually overtopping 

 the head, Spikelets \-\ in. long, ellipsoid, of 5-12 flowers. Glumes 

 ovate, brown or chesnut-coloured, the green keel excurrent in a mucro,, 

 pubescent, some long white ciliate hairs often added on the margins. 

 Style with 3 branches ; style-base left on the nut as a small brown-red 

 cone. Nut | the length of the glume, trigonous, obovoid, pallid, smooth, 

 without transverse wavy lines. — C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, 

 Conspect. Fl. Afr, v. 613 partly, and in Dyer, Fl. Cap, vii. 208. Iso- 

 lepis collina, Steud. Syn. PI. Glum, ii. 101. Scirpus coUinus, Boeck. in 

 Linnsea, xxxvi. 746. >S'. bceckelenanus, Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 

 ii. Append, ii. 50. S.coUinus, var. bceckeleriana, Schweinf. I.e. 104. 



JTlle Xiand. Eritrea : Kohaito Plateau, 8500-8800 ft., Schweinf urth, 105 ! 

 Addi Quareh, 7500 ft., Schweinfurth, 106 ! Lulamba, ne.ir Keren, 5900 ft., 

 Sehioeinfurth, 837 ! 



XIEozarab. Sist. German Kast Africa : Karagwe ; on dry hills, Scoft-Mliot,. 

 81191 



Frequent in South Africa. 



