£ulbostylis.] clvi. cyperace.e (clarke). 44:» 



base persistent on the nut, ovoid, depressed, blackbrown. — B. colec- 

 tricha, var. lanifera, 0. B. Clarke in Durand «fe Schinz, Conspect. FJ. 

 Afr. V. 613 partly. B. oritrephes, C. B. Clarke in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 vser. 2, Bot. iv. 54, not C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. 

 Afr. V. 615. 



AKozamb. Blst. 6rerman East- Africa : Kilimanjaro, 5000 ft,, Volkens, 663 I 

 1466! Johnston! British Central Africa : Nyasaland; Tanganyika Plateau, 4000 It., 

 IVhyte ! 



30. B. parva, C. B. Clarke in Durand <i- Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. 

 V. 615. Annual. Stems 2-5 in. long, setaceous, at the top glabrou.s. 

 Leaves J the length of the stem, setaceous ; sheaths with long white 

 hairs in the throat. Umbel less than 1 in. in diam., of about 10 

 spikelets, some solitary, some almost clustered ; bracts setaceous, shorter 

 than the umbel. Spikelets ^-J in. long, oblong or ellipsoid, chestnut- 

 brown. Glumes boat-shaped, ovate, obtuse, pubescent. Nut J the 

 length of the glume, trigonous, oblong-ellipsoid, pale brown, obscurely 

 transversely wavy. Style nearly as long as the nut ; branches 3 ; 

 base persistent on the nut as a small dark button. — Rendle in Cat. 

 Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 125. Fimbristylis parva, Ridley in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 153. 



lower Guinea. Angola : Pongo Andongo ; marshy places near Luxillo, and 

 round the Praesidium, Welwifsch, 6823 partly ! marshes near Quilonga, Welwifsch, 

 6831 partly ! 



31. B. andongensis, C. B. Clarke in Durand it- Schinz, Conspect. 

 Fl. Afr. v. 611. Annual. Stems tufted, 4-12 in. long, very slender hairy 

 ('but see var. fl). Leaves J as long as the stem, setaceous, with scattered 

 hairs. Umbel simple, 1 Jin. in diam., of 3-6 solitary spikelets; bracts 

 setaceous, much shorter than the umbel, or longer than it. Spikelets 

 ^ by ^ in., ellipsoid, brown. Glumes boat-shaped, ovate, obtuse, 

 pubescent. Nut less than J the length of the glume, trigonous, obovoid, 

 brown, smooth or obscurely transversely wavy. Style nearly as long as 

 the nut; branches 3, linear; style-base persistent on the nut, small, 

 ovoid-conic, dusky brown. — Fimbristylis andongensis, Ridley in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 153. 



iMOvrer Guinea. French Congo: Loango ; near Chinchocho, Soyaiix, 1511 

 Lower Congo : Stanley Pool, 900 ft.. Hens, B, 75 ! Angola : Pungo Andongo ; 

 at the foot of Pedra Songue, near the stream of Casengue, Welwitsch, 6823 partly ! 

 at the stream of Caghuy, Welwitsch, 6824 ! Pedras de Guinga, Welwitsch, 6827, H, 

 partly ! 



This plant resembles altogether Fimbristylis exilis, Roem. & Sch. ; nor can 

 I distinguish the two without looking at the nut. In F. exilis, the pyramidal stylo- 

 hase tapers into the persistent style; the nut is much larger, more pyriform, strongly 

 horizontally waved, 



Var. /3 glabra, C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 611. 

 Stems glabrous at the top. — Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 125. Fimbristylis 

 •andongensis, var, glabra, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii, 153. F. quater- 

 nella, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc, ser. 2, Bot, ii. 152. 



Kower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; between Condo and Quisonde, 



