Eriospora.] clvi. cyi'ERace^ (clarke). 513 



Andongo; in fissures of rocks on the heights of the Praesidium, 3300 ft., Welwitsch, 

 684! 



Var. j3 castanea, C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 676. 

 Spikes a deeper chestnut colour. 



xrile Iiand. Abys3inia : Shireh Province, Quartin-Dillon Sf Petit! Bege- 

 meder; Geira, 8200 ft., /ScAimper, 1262 ! and without precise locality, <ScAimper, 

 690! 



Bentham, in Benlh. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 1070, observes that this plant 

 appeared to him a separate species; I have been unable to find any difference 

 except in colour. 



3. E. schweinfurthiana, C. B. Clarke in Darand & Schinz, Con- 

 spect. Fl. Afr. V. 676. Steins 2 ft. long. Leaves \ in. broad, some- 

 times minutely hairy on the margins. Spikes J in. long or rather 

 more, narrowly ovoid, or dusky straw-yellow colour ; otherwise as 

 E. ahyssinica. — Carpha schioeinfurthiana, Boeck. in Flora, 1879, 569, 



WTile land. British East Africa : Niamniam ; Baginse Mountain, Schwein- 

 furth, 3820 ! 



This is, very likely, not really distinct from JE. ahyssinica. The inflorescence 

 and colour might do for some species of Carpha. 



4. E. Oliveri, C. B. Clarke in Durand S Schinz, Conspect. Fl. 

 Afr. V. 676. Stems closely tufted, perennial, 6-12 in. long, setaceous, 

 terete, rather closely covered by very slender white hairs : basal leaf- 

 sheaths deeply split on one side. Leaves nearly as long as the stems, 

 setaceous, hairy. Panicle depauperated, of 4-7 spikes (in the 22 stems 

 present). Spikes ^-J in., ellipsoid, fuscous, more or less purple ; bracts 

 to the spikelets acuminate, mostly mucronate. Hypogynous bristles 

 nearly as in the preceding species, § the length of the nut (beak 

 included), excessively slender, with minute teeth visible under the 

 microscope. — K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 128. Trilepis Oliveri, 

 Boeck. Cyp. Novae, i. 38. 



XWEozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : between the coast and Uyui, Taylor ! 

 British Central Africa : Nvasaland; Shire Highlands, iwe^c/waw, 25! at Ndurand', 

 Scott- Elliot, 8459 ! ' 



5. E. villosula, C. B. Clarke in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 54. 

 Stems 10-20 in. long, rather stouter, rather less hairy. Panicle more 

 evolute, often with 30 spikes or more. Spikes rather broader, brighter 

 chestnut colour. Hypogynous bristles about 12, white, but rigid, rather 

 stout, densely scabrid ; otherwise as F. Oliveri. — C. B. Clarke in Durand 

 & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 676 ; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. 

 C. 128. F. vii'yata, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 128. 



Mozamb. Dlst. German East Africa: Merue, Fischer, 624! British 

 Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Mlanji, Whyte ! Mount Malosa, 4000-6000 fl., 

 Whyte ! 



The other differences between this and JE". Oliveri are of smnll moment ; but the 

 liypogynous bristles do not resemble those of any of the other species here de- 

 scribed. 



