Jhilbostylis.'] clvi. cyperace^ (clarke). 437 



of 0-7 spikelets ; bracts 2-3, lower up to 1 J in. long by yV in. broad in 

 the lower part, glabrous, conspicuously scarious on the edges. Spikelets 

 'l in. long and upwards, elongate-lanceolate, many-flowered. Glumes J in. 

 long, ovate, obtuse, minately puberulous, rusty-brown. Style (the 

 unbranched part) nearly \ in. long, slender, glabrous ; branches o, linear, 

 much shorter. Nut \-^ the length of the glume, trigonous, obovoid, 

 obtuse, pallid, obscurely transversely wavy lineate ; style-base remaining 

 behind on the nut, conic, dark-brown. — Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 

 124. Fimhristylis aphyllanthoides, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 

 Bot. ii. 151. 



Tipper Guinea. Gold Coast: plains near Accra, Brown, 4C6 ! 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; low liills near Ccndo, on llie 

 right of the River Cujinz:), and at Quisonde, Wehvitsch, 6837 ! 



A larger plant, with niucli larger spikelets than an>' other African BulbostifUs. 



17. B. Buchanani, C. B. Clarke. Hairy nearly all over. 

 Rhizome 0. Stems tufted, 4-10 in. long, slender. Leaves J the length 

 of the stem, setaceous or almost capillary ; shea,ths with long white 

 hairs in the throat. Head 1, ^-f in. in diam., dense, of about 10 

 spikelets, a dusky green; bracts 8-5, lowest up to 1-1 J in. long, 

 setaceous, flexuose. Spikelets J in. long, oblong, 3-5-flowered. Glumes 

 ovate, acute. Style with 3 branches. Nut nearly J the length of 

 the glume, trigonous, obovoid, truncate, pallid, with conspicuous trans- 

 verse wavy lines; style-base remaining behind on the nut, small, black- 

 purple. 



nSozaxnb. Sist. British Central Africa : Nxasaland, linchanan, 132D I 



18. B. Zeyheri, C. B. Clarke in Bur and <(■ Schinz, Cons feci. Fl. 

 Afr. V. 616. Rhizome woody, short, rather stout. Stems tufted, 

 8-20 in. long, rather slender, at the top glabrous. Leaves J as long 

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

 Heads 1-4, of 2-7 spikelets each, the umbel narrow and sometimes 

 congested into 1 head; bracts short. Spikelets \ in. long, ellipsoid, 

 briglit brown, with little (or no) long white hair. Glumes ovate, acute, 

 })ubescent. Style o-fid. Nut J-J the length of the glume, trigonous, 

 ublontr-obovoid somewhat narrowed at the top, yellow-biown, transversely 

 lineolate; style-base persistent on the nut, short-cylindric. — C. B, 

 Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 209. Scirpns Zeyheri, Boeck. in Linnaea, 

 xxxvi. 752. 



Nile Ziand. British East Africa: Ukaniba, 5000-6000 ft.,- Scolt-2£lliot, 

 r>424! (;426: 



Ficcjuent in South Africii. 



ly. B. tra.beculatay C. B. Clarke in Durand d- Schinz, Co7ispect- 

 Fl. Afr. V. 616. Annual. Stems 2-iS in. long, slender, at the top 

 glabrous. Leaves 1-2 in. long, setaceous ; sheaths with long white 

 hairs in the throat. Spikes of 3-8 spikelets, simply umbelled, chestnut- 

 coloured ; bracts small. Spikelets hardly -V in. long, narrow-elliptic. 

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