Bidbostf/lls.] CLVi. CYPERACE.^ (clarke). 44.") 



in. long, rusty brown not green, narrow-lanceolate. Spikelets J by | in. 

 and upwards, subcylindric, rusty brown. Glumes boat-shaped, ovate, 

 hardly acute, minutely pubescent ; keel paler, hardly excurrent. Nub 

 J the length of the glume, trigonous, obovoid, truncate, pallid, smooth, 

 obscurely waved transversely. Style longer than the nut ; branches o, 

 long ; base persistent on the nub, smdl, conic, black-brown. — Rendle in 

 Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 125. 



Ziower Guinea. Augila: Huilla ; on low liills at tlie edges of wo kIs 

 near Caiumba, Weltvitsch, 6952 ! 



'->0, B. oritrepheSy C. B. Clarke in Durand cC* Schhiz, Conspect. 

 Ft. Afr. V. G15. Rhizome short, horizontal, woody. Stems densely 

 tufted, 16 in. long, slender, at the top glabrous. Leaves ^ the length 

 of the stem, setaceous ; sheaths hairy, with long white hairs in the 

 throat. Umbel simple, with 2-4 long-pedicelled spikelets; bracts 

 setaceous, less than ^ in. long. Spikelets \ by y^^ in., ellipsoid, chestnut- 

 brown. Glumes boat-shaped, ovate, obtuse, pubescent. Nut less than 

 h the length of the glume, trigonous, obovoid, truncate, pale brown, 

 smooth. Style as long as the nut ; branches 3, linear; base persistent 

 on the nut, small, ovoid, depressed, black-brown. — Rendle in Cat. Afr. 

 PI. Welw. ii. 125. Fimhristylis oritrephes, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 ser. 2, Bot. ii. 155. F. orytrephes, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 

 125. 



]bo\irer Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto; in mountainous places eiist of 

 Banza de Qnlombo, Sobato Quiloinbo, 2200 ft., Welwitsch, 7016 ! slopes of the 

 Queta Mountains, Weltvitsch, 7020 ! 



37. B. trichobasis, C. B. Clarke in Durand d: Schirtz, Conspect. Fl. 

 Afr. V. 616. Rhizome short, horizontal, hardly any except the thickened 

 bases of the stems almost confluent in a row (or 2 rows). Stems 

 8-12 in. long, setaceous, at the top glabrous. Leaves occasionally up to 

 1-2 in. long, setaceous, usually very short or hardly any but the pale 

 brown lateral continuation of the sheath, much long white hair 

 about the sheaths. Umbel about 1 in. in diam., with 3-10 spikelets, 

 some of which are solitary and very short pedicelled ; bracts setaceous, 

 much shorter than the umbel. Spikelets J by J in., oblong or ellipsoid, . 

 6-10-flowered, dark chestnut-coloured. Glumes boat-shaped, ovate, 

 pubescent, tip triangular, keel paler. Nut less than J the length of the 

 glume, trigonous, obovoid^ pale brown, wavy transversely. Style nearly 

 as long as the nut ; branches 3, long ; base persistent on the nut, small, 

 ovoid depressed, black-brown. — B. oritrephes^ C. B. Clarke in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 54 partly. Scirpus trichohasis, Baker in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 298. Fimhristylis cinerea, Ridley in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. XX. 335. 



urile Iiand. British East Africa : Ankole; east side of Lake Albert Edward, 

 JScott- Elliot, 8047 ! 8077 ! 



Iio^irer Guinea. Lower Congo : Kisantu, Oillet, 333 ! 



Mozamb* I>iBt> British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Kondowe to Karonga, 



