588 CLXXII. CYPERACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Kyllinga. 
Fertile glume ovate, keel smooth green subexcurrent, sides 3-4-striate, straw-colrd. 
Stamens usually 2. Nut 2 length of glume, ellipsoid, obtuse. 
2. K. cylindrica, Nees in Wight Contrib. 91, partly; nearly gla- 
brous, rhizome very short, stem not thickened at base, spikes 3-1 sub- 
cylindric straw-colrd., nut yellow-brown ultimately black. Boeck. m 
Linnæa, xxxv. 415.—K yllingia, Wall. Cat. 3442, partly, 3443 D, partly. 
Scattered widely in INDIA, not plentiful anywhere. TROPICAL HIMALAYA, 
from Kumaon to Sikkim. PARASNATH, T. Anderson. CHITTAGONG, H. f. 4 T. Th. 
NILGHERRIES, King. SINGAPORE, Hullett.—DISTRIB. Afric., Austral. 
Stems 4-12 in. Leaves }—} in. broad, usually much shorter than stem. Head 
often of 3 spikes, median cylindric 2 in. long, lateral much shorter, subovoid ; bracts 
3-4, up to 2-3 in. Spikelets AA in. long. Fertile glume ovate, keel green scarcely 
excurrent, sides not glandular-papillose. Mut % length of glume, ellipsoid, obtuse. 
.3. K. melanosperma, Nees in Wight Contrib. 91 ; glabrous, rhizome 
thick very short, stem elongate, leaves short, head solitary ovoid, nut 
ultimately black. Tkw. Enum. 345; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv. 419 K. 
brevifolia, Nees l. c. 91 (partly, not of Rottb.). K. fuscescens, Boeck. l.c. 
421, partly. K. vaginata (and var. major), Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. ii. 63; 
Mig. Fl. Ind Bat. iii. 290.—Kyllinga, sp. Wall. Cat. 3440. 
NILGHERRIES, Leschenault, &c. CEYLON, Thwaites, Ee, SINGAPORE, Kurz.— 
Distris. Java, S. Africa, Madagasc. 4 
Rhizome about lin. Stems 20 in., sharply triquetrous at top. Leaves often 
by i in., always much shorter than stem. Spike 2 by i in., thicker than m T 
cylindrica ; bracts up to 2-4 in., leaf-like. Spikelets & in. long, usually with 
rarely 2 nuts. Fl. glume ovate, acute, keel green scarcely scabrous, sides 3-4-striate 
fuscous. Stamens often 3. Nut 2 length of glume, oblong-obovoid. 
4. K. brevifolia, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. 13, t. 4, fig. 3; glabrous, rhizome 
creeping elongate, leaves long or short, spikes 3-1 ovoid, fl. glume SU 
mucronate eglandular, keel upwards not winged, nut ultimately yellow- 
brown. Nees in Wight Contrib. 91 (partly); Tw. Enum. 345; Boeck. ` 
Linnæa, xxxv. 424. K. intermedia, Br. Prodr. 219. K. cruciata, Nees m 
Linnæa, ix. 286. K. monocephala, Thunb. FI. Japon. 35; My. ™ T 
Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. 142 (not of Rottb.). K. sororia, Kunth Enum. 1. Y j 
Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii, 293 (partly). K. gracilis, Kunth l.c. 195; Mà. r 
292. K. fuscata, Mig. Le 294. K. aurata, y Hohenackeri, Boeck. ^ 
423. K. triceps, Thunb. Fl. Japon. 35 (not of Rottb.). Schoenus cole 
ratus, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 64, and herb. propr—Kyllingia, Wall. Cat. 99^ 
partly. 
D Throughout Inpia; from the Panjab to Assam, CEYLON, and 
ISTRIB. All warm regions except the Mediterranean. 
; Rhizome 4-12 in. Stems 4-24 in. (or sometimes 4-2 in. curved). 
vo A in. broad, longer than the stems or very much shorter. Head -3 iP. bracts 
green or brownish ; spikes often 1; if 3, median ovoid, scarcely CY Gage keel 
3-4, up to 4in. Spikelets 4-3 in., usually with 1 nut only. 
MALACOA— 
Fl. gl. ovate, 
green 3-nerved slightly excurrent or recurved, lower half setulose-scabrous. pon 
t or sparsely setulose, sides S-4-striate. Stamens 3 or 2. ut $ vf i 
ength of glume, ellipsoid, obtuse ; style as long as half the nut. 
* . ; . 
* Nut-bearing glume winged in upper half of keel. é 
i 9. K. monocephala, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. 13, t. 4, fig. 47, neatly E 
rous, rhizome creeping elongate, spikes 1-3 ovoid, fl. glume “ gubmücro 
