224 158. CYPERACES. 
Var. f. oligostachya, C. B. Clarke. 
Kyllinga oligostachya, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv. (1867-8) p. 407. 
Kyllinga monocephala, Seem. Fi. Vit. p. 318, pro majore parte. 
Formosa: Takow, Apes’ Hill (4. Henry, 1012, A, B!). 
Herb. Kew. 
Fiji. 
This species is perhaps, as Boeckeler sometimes thought, only 
a small-headed var. of A. brevifolia, Rottb. 
4. Kyllinga melanosperma, Nees, in Wight, Contrib. p. 91 ; 
Kunth, Enum. Pl. i. p. 131; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv. (1867-8) 
p. 419 ; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 588. 
Kyllinga fuscescens, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv. (1867-8) p. 421 partim. 
Kyllinga vaginata, Steud. in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. ii, p. 63, var. 8 
incl. 
Yunnan: Mengtze, 4600 feet (A. Henry, 101641), Tapintze 
(Delavay, 1747). Herb. Kew. 
Scattered in the tropic and subtropic regions of the Old World, 
from Central and South Africa to Java. 
5. Kyllinga monocephala, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. p. 13, t. 4. fig. 4; 
Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. p. 129; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 388 partim ; 
Debeaux, Fl. Tchefou, p. 146? ; Franch. in. Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. 
Cherb. xxiv. (1884) p. 262 ?; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv. (1867-8) 
p. 427 ; in Engl. Jahrb. vi. (1885) p. 51; Ridl. in H. O. Forbes, 
Eastern Archip. p. 521; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. J. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
vi. p. 588. 
Kyllinga triceps, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 104 partim; non Rottd. 
Kyllinga brevifolia, Moritzi, Verz. Zoll. Pfi. p. 95. 
Kyllinga sororia, Mig. FI. Ind. Bat. iii. p. 293 partim ; non Kunth. 
Kyllinga gracilis, Steud. in Zoll. Verz, Ind. Archip. ii. p. 63, non 
Kunth. 
Kyllinga mindorensis, Steud. Cyp. p. 67. 
Kyllinga intermedia, Seem. in Bonplandia, ix. (1861) p. 261, non R. Br. 
Kyllinga monocephala, var. subtriceps, Kunth, Enum. PI. ii. p. 129. 
Schænus niveus, Linn. Syst. Feget. ed. Murray, xiii. p. 81. 
Scirpus cephalotes, Jacg. Hort. Vindob. i. p. 42, t. 97. 
Thryocephalon nemorale, J. R. et G. Forst. Gen. Pl. p. 130, t. 65. 
Cyperus leucocephalus, Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar. p. 87, non Retz, 
Formosa: South Cape (4. Henry, 1329!) KWANGTUNG: 
Macao (Calléry, 377! Tate!), Pakhoi (Playfair, 202 !); Hoxe- 
KONG (C. Wright, 567 partim!) ; Kwanast ( Wenyon !); HAINAN 
