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Socotra. On the Haghier hills at various altitudes. B.C.S. n. 407. 

 Schweinf. nn. 591, 778. 



Distpjb. Tropics of both old and new worlds. 



2. F. (Dichelostylis) ferruginea, Vahl Enum. ii. 291; Kunth Enum. ii. 236; 



Bcklr. in Linnsea xxxvii. 16 ; Boiss. Flor. Orient, v. 388 ; Delile Fl. JEgypt. t. 



6, f. 3. 



Socotra. Common. B.C.S. nn. 314, 469, 499, 500. Schweinf. n. 421. 



Distrib. Round the world in the tropics. 



3. F. (Trichelostylis) hispidula, Kunth Enum. ii. 227 ; Bcklr. in Linnsea 

 xxxvii. 27. 



F. oligostachys, Hochst. in herb. Schimp. Abyss, sect. ii. n. 1268 ; Ach. Rich. Tent. Flor. Abyss. 



ii. 505. 

 Isolcpis (Trichelostylis) pubiculmis, Hochst. in herb. Schimp. Abyss, ed. Hohenack. n. 2165. 



Socotra. At Galonsir and Tamarida. B.C.S. nn. 120, 294. 

 Distrib. Tropical Africa. 



4. F. (Trichelostylis) autumnalis, Roem. et Schult Syst. ii. 97 ; Kunth 

 Enum. ii. 227 ; Bcklr. in Linnsea xxxvii. 38. 



F. complanata, Link Hort. Berol. i. 292 ; Kunth Enum. ii. 228 ; Ach. Rich. Tent. Flor. Abyss, 

 ii. 505. 



Socotra. On Haghier. B.C.S. n. 279. 



Distrib. Tropics of both worlds. Not widely spread in tropical Africa. 



Our plant is a very slender form of the species. 



5. F. (Trichelostylis) glomerata, Nees ab Essenb. in Linnsea ix. 290; 

 Kunth Enum. ii. 246 ; Bcklr. in Linnsea xxxvii. 47. 



F. rigida, Kunth Enum. ii. 231. 



Socotra. Abundant. B.C.S. nn. 33, 310. Schweinf. n. 620. 

 Distrib. Tropics and warmer regions of both old and new worlds. 



5. FUIRENA. 



Fuirena, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. PI. 70, t. xix. f. 3 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. iii. 1053. 

 A small genus dispersed over the warmer regions of the whole globe. 



F. glomerata, Lamk. 111. i. 150; Kunth Enum. ii. 184; Bcklr. in Linnsea 

 xxxvii. 107. 



Scirpus ciliaris, Linn. Mant. 182; Rottb. Descr. et Ic. PI. 55, t. xvii, f. 1. 

 Socotra. On Haghier. B.C.S. n. 839. 

 Distrib. Tropical Africa and Asia. 



