Ficinia.'] clvi. cvrERACE/E (clarke). 401 



lobes. — Kunth, Eniim. ii. 253 partly ; Boeck. in Linnaea, xxxvii. 59 ; 

 C. B. Clarke in Durand tfe Schinz, Conspect. Fi. Afr. v. 638, and in 

 Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 2-42. Scirpus leiococoleus, K. Schum. in JEIngl. Pfl. 

 Ost-Afr. V. 125. 



ItKozamb. I>lst. German East Africa ; Kilimanjaro ; Volcano of Kifinika, 

 9800 ft., Volkens, 1858 ! 



Also in South Africa. 



Volkens' collections have ripe nuts, and the plant is certainly a Ficinia, and 

 eitlier F. filiformis, Schrader, or a subspecies thereof. 



2. F. gracilis, Schrad. Anal. Fl. Cap. 44. Glabrous. Stems 

 6-16 in. long, rather slender, tufted on a woody rhizome; stolons 

 sometimes present. Leaves J the length of the stem, scarcely -^^ in. 

 broad, channelled ; sheaths with scarious edges that wither up, the 

 uppermost often with a long leaf. Head § in. in diam., of 6-20 spike- 

 lets ; bracts 3, lowest leaf -like, spreading, 1-1 J in. long. Spikelets \ in. 

 long ; green variegated with chestnut or ultimately brown. Glumes 

 ovate, obtuse or with a short point, chestnut-red, striate. Style linear ; 

 branches 3. Nut less than J the length of the glume, obovoid, 

 trigonous, smooth or obscurely transversely-lineolate, dull black ; 

 gynophore small, obpyramidal, upper margin shallowly 3-lobed. — 

 Kunth, Enum. ii. 256 ; Boeck. in Linnjea, xxxvii. 68 ; C. B. Clarke in 

 Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 638, and in Dyer, ¥\, Cap. vii. 

 251 ; Volk. Kilimand. 311 



Mozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro j Marangu, 8800 ft., 

 Volkens^ 1300 ! 



Also in South Africa. 



The example of Volkens' examined has no nuts, but is F. gracilis or a very 

 closely allied species. 



3. F. clandestina, Boeck. in Linncea, xxxvii. 82. Glabrous. 

 Bhizome creeping, 4-6 in. long, woody, clothed with nearly black 

 lanceolate scales. Stems solitary, scarcely 1 in. long in examples seen. 

 Leaves several up to 2 J by -J-i in. Head of 1-3 few-flowered spikelets ; 

 bracts ^-J in. long, elliptic-oblong, enclosing the head. Spikelets \ in. 

 long ; glumes oblong-lanceolate, i in. long, striate. Style long ; branches 

 3, long. Gynophore obconic. Nut not seen. — C. B. Clarke in Durand & 

 Schinz, Conspect, Fl. Afr. v. 637. Cyperus clandestinus, Hochst. ex 

 Krauss in Flora, 1842, 594. Chamcexiphium clandestinuni, Hochst. in 

 Flora, 1844, 102. 



Xrile ILand. Abyssinia : Mountains of Samen Province ; Schimper, 980 ! 



13. PUIRENA, Rottb. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 1053 

 (including Pentasticha, Turcz. ; Benth. et Hook. f. I.e. 1049). 



Spikelets of many flowers, mostly 2-sexual and perfecting nuts, the 

 uppermost imperfect or sterile. Glumes imbricated on all sides, or 

 sometimes appearing twisted and 5-ranked, hairy on the back (except 



