Bulhostylis.'] clvi. cyperace^ (clarke). 441 



xxxvi. 739 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 148. S. gracillimuSy 

 Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxvi. 761, cf. xxxviii. 408. Isolepsis gracillimay 

 Hochst. in Schimper, Exsicc. 2066. 



wile I.and. Kordofan : El Abiad, Pfnnd, 618. Abyssinia : near Gafta, 



Schimper, 796 ! near Amba Sea, 6000 ft., Schimper, 2066 ! and without precise 



locality, Schimper, 458 ! 



nXozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Urungu; Fwambo, 5250 ft., Nidi f 

 This plant is altogether like weak examples of B. capillaris, vnr. trifida, except 



that the nut is very conspicuously transverse undulate. It is difficult to say how it 



difPers from the American B. capillaris. 



26. B. filiformiSy C. B. Clarke. A , very slender annual. Stems 

 tufted, 1-8| in. long, setaceous, with spreading needle-like white hairs 

 from top to bottom. Leaves \ the length of the stem, filiform, hairy. 

 Spikelets 1-2 to each stem, J-J in. apart, yV-xV ^^- ^^ diam., ovoid- 

 globose, chestnut-brown ; bracts setaceous, hardly overtopping the 

 inflorescence. Glumes boat-shaped, ovoid, with a short point, pubescent. 

 Style 3-branched. Nut J-| the length of the glume, trigonous, 

 obovoid, pale brown, transversely wavy-marked ; style-base persistent 

 on the nut, small, ovoid, dark-brown. 



Wile Xiand. British East Africa : Kikumbuliu ; Ngomeni, Scott-Elliot, 

 6231 ! 



If hairs are to be depended on for specific distinction, the needle-like hairs on th« 

 stem of this plant, never seen on £. capillaris, distinguish it; but beyond these hairt 

 till re is little to distinguish it from small £. capillaris. 



27. B. abortiva, C. B. Clarice vn Durand di- Schinzj Conspect. FL 

 Afr. V. 610. Rhizome 0. Stems 6-24 in. long, very slender, densely 

 tutted at the base, glabrous at the top. Leaves half the length of the 

 stem, capillary ; sheaths with a few long white hairs in the throat. 

 XJiiibel up 4-6 in. in diam., compound, with very numerous pedicelled 

 spikelets; bracts setaceous, much shorter than the umbel, usually 

 inconspicuous. Spikelets, glumes, style and nut, as of B. capillaris. — 

 Durand & Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 304; Rendle in Cat. Afr PL 

 Welw. ii. 124. B. Camporum, K. Schum. in Buettner, Exsicc. 123. 

 Fimbristylis abortiva, Steud. Syn. PL Glum. ii. Ill ; K. Schum. in 

 Engl. Pia. Ost-Afr. C. 125. F.flexuosa, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 sei. 2, Bot. ii. 155. Scirpas schweinfurthianus, Boeck. in Linnara, 

 xxxvi. 758, and in Flora, 1879, 563. Isolepis schiceivfurthiana, 

 Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 167. 



Upper Guinea. Togo, Buettner, 123! Niger Tenitory; "Nupe, Barter, 413 I 

 Baikie ! Old Calabar, Eohb ! 



Nile Iiand. Gallabat : region of Matamma, Schweivfurth, 2039 ! Britist East 

 Afrca: Jur ; i\iv Q<\ii\iUs, Schweinfurth. 2\00\ 2292! 



Ziower Guinea. Lower Congo; Stanley Pool, 900 ft., -ffen*, B, 9 ! Angola: 

 P'Migo Andongo; near Banza do Soba de Umbill», Welwitsch, 6828 partly ! between 

 Caiulumba and Mangue, Welwitsch, 6829 ! 



BXozamb. Dlst. Geimnn East Africa: Unyamwezi; Miningn, Speke Sf 

 Grant, 468 ! Kilimanjaro, Johnston I Portuguese East Africa : near Morambala,. 



