256 CYPERACE# (Clarke). | Ficinia. 
PE 46. F. coiug. wal ieee in Linnea, x. 178) ; eet rhizome 
2 in. or more long, } in. diam., woody, oblique; stems 1-2 ft. 
long, iriniass slender, each bearing a small panicle, fog nents 
reduced to a spike or almost a hea ; leaves 2 in. long, setaceous ; 
bracts setaceous, very Title dilated at the base, avihag 1-2 in. long ; 
panicle, the largest seen, } by 4 in.; spikelets § by 7s in, uniform 
dull brown ; glumes ovate, keel excurrent in a mucro; stamens a5 
anthers linear, with small linear white erest; nut hardly 2 the 
yle 
than the nut, branches 3 linear, longish ; eg very sm 
Kunth, Enum. ii. 263 ; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv 
Soutnu Arrica: without locality, R. Brown! Dré 
REGION : —_ a Div.; near M eee Burl, 54731! Albany Div.; 
damp places in woods near i pee act 2000 ft Mae Owan, 1240! 
RAL ReGIon: ‘Poise et Div.; Bosch je 4000 ft.! MacOwan, 1240! 
as seen), Wuaey stems 4-8 in. long, tufted, angular ; leaves longer 
than the stems, ;1, in. wide, anes much incurved, minutely scabrous ; 
sheaths brown, ‘torn ; inflorescence spieate, with the lowest bract 
1 in, distant, or Me A often of one Tread 0 only; bracts 2 or 3, similar 
to the leaves, at the base lanceolate-dilated, hardly make lowest up 
to 2-3 in. long ; spikelets } in. long, dull red ; lumes ovate, acumi- 
he length of 
i 47. F. anceps (Nees in aoe x. 179); glabrous; rhizome short 
( 
ate ut 
smooth ; style-branches 3 lineur, longish ; gynophore narrowly ob- 
pyramidal, a slightly 3-lobed. Kunth, Enum. ii. 263 ; Boeck 
in Linnea, xxxvii. 79. 
ni AFRICA: without age wine ’ Leyher! 
ast ReGion: Cape Div en Berg, in fissures of rocks, 1300 ft 
Sacoved and Bolus, Herb. pg tak -Afr., 1897! Simons Town, Ecklon! 
fi 48. F. monticola (Kunth, Enum. ii. 261); glabrous; rhizome 
(seen) short, woody ; stems 6-14 in. long, tufted; leaves usually 5 
the length of the stem, ;'; in, broad, edges inrolled, sheaths white, 
—S torn ; inflorescence a narrow panicle or spike, up to 24 bY 
; lowest bract often + in. distant, overtopping the neem 
pte to the leaves, much dilated at the base, chestnut, with w 
searious edge (often very conspicuous) ; glumes pi nel 
gynophore narrow, rather long — crise oeck. t mers 
Coast REGION endam Diy. ; between eis and radon, 3000- 
4000 ft., Drége, rd Boge near Swellendam, below 4000 ft., Zeyher, 44 
iy 49. F. bulbosa (Nees in Linnea, viii. 91); glabrous; stolons 
elongate, clothed by Shere me scales 3 in, long, b hardening into 
woody rhizomes 3);—;'5 n dia stems 4-16 in. long, ‘tatted ; 
leaves 2 the length at ae didi rites ; sheaths with white 
