436 CLVi. CYPERACE^E (clarke). [BuWostylis. 



14. B. scleropviSy C. B. Clarke in Dyer^ Fl. Cap. vii. 207. 

 Nearly glabrous, except the flower-glumes, Steins densely tufted, 

 10-16 in. long; basal sheaths broad, hard, chestnut- black striated. 

 Leaves J-| the length of the stem, narrow-linear, channelled, harsh, 

 flexuose. Spikelets 6-10, J by J in., in one head, subspicate, the lowest 

 spikelet being sometimes \-\ in. distant, chestnut-black ; bracts 2, 

 lower \-\ in., erect. Glumes elliptic-oblong, hardly acute. Nut \ the 

 length of the glume, trigonous, obovoid, truncate, finally brown, 

 minutely transversely wavy. Style longer than the nut ; branches 

 8, linear; base persistent on the nut, small, ovoid, dark-coloured. — 

 B. sckoenoides, C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fi. Afr. v. 

 616 partly, and in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 54. 



BCoxamb. ©Ist. British Central Africa : Xyasaland; Mount Mlanji, 6000 ft., 

 Whyte, 75 ! 



Also in South Africa. 



15. B> s chimp eriana^ C. B.^ Clarke in Durand db Schinz, Conspect, 

 Fl. Afr. V. 616, Rhizome hardly an3^ Stems densely tufted, 4-9 in. long, 

 slender, at the top glabrous and 9-13-ribbed. Leaves | the length of 

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

 Head 1, of 2-10 spikelets, dark red or brown, J- J in. in diam. ; bracts 

 2-1, setaceous, about as long as the head. Spikelets i by iV-xV^"-* 

 ellipsoid, or subcylindric, obtuse, many-flowered. Glumes ovate, obtuse, 

 minutely hairy, the green keel hardly excurrent. Style as long as the 

 nut ; branches 3. Nut f the length of the glume, trigonous, obovoid, 

 truncate, pallid, with about 18 longitudinal striations and transversely 

 barred between them (i.e. the external cells of the nut transversely 

 oblong, superimposed in vertical series) ; style-base persistent on the 

 nut, conic. — B. suhumbellata, K. Schum. in Stuhlmann, Exsicc. 3966 a. 

 Isolepsis schimperianay Hochst. in Flora 1841, i. Intell. 21 ; A. Rich. 

 Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 501. Flmbristylis schimperiana, Boeck. in Flora, 1858, 

 600. F. suhumbellata, K. Sebum, in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 125= Scirpus 

 schimperianus, Boeck. in Lianaea, xxxvi. 750 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 

 Trop. Afr. 148. S. fimbristyloideSy K. Schum. in Stuhlmann. Exsicc. 

 1505 



ITlle 3band. Abvssinia : Besetneder ? Addi Bachdanit, 6800 ft., Schimper^ 

 846 ! Gerra, 8200 ft., Schimper, 1253 ! Tigre ; near Adoa, Schimper, 299 ! British 

 East Africa ; Athi, Gregory, 102 ! 



Moza'mb. Dist. German East Africa : Karagwe ; Bukoba, Stuhlmann^ 

 1164! 1505! 3966a! 



The plant Stuhlmann 1505 is regarded by K. Schumann as the same species as 

 3966a ; but it is young, and has some long white hairs at the base of the head, and 

 possibly may not belong. 



16. B. aphyllanthoideSy C B. Clarke in Durand. d' Schinz, Con- 

 sped. Fl.Afr. v. 611. Rhizome short, descending. Stems tufted, 24-32 in. 

 long, rather robust, at the top trigonous and glabrous. Leaves 8-12 in. 

 long, flat, up to \ in. broad, many-striate, at the top suddenly narrowed, 

 glabrous ; sheaths with long white hairs in the throat. Head 1, large, 



