270 CLVI. CYPERACEH (CLARKE). [ Kyllinga 
Stems thickened ut the base. 
Thickened base of stem oblong. 
Basal leaf-sheaths torn, brown. ; . 31. K. bulbocaulis. 
Basal leaf-sheaths torn, black . : . 33. K. nigripes. 
Thickened base of stem ovoid, bulbous. . 34. K. exvigua. 
Spikelets several-flowered, often maturing more than 
2 nuts. 
Stems tufted in a bed of fibrous remains of leaf- 
sheaths . : . 387. K. leucocephala. 
Basal leaf-sheaths not fimbriate into fibres. 
Spikelets 2 in. long : : : . 85. K. albiceps. 
Spikelets } in. long ; spike less than } in. in 
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diam. . : : : : : . 36. K. macrocephala, 
Spikelets 1-3 in. long; spike more than 3 in. 
in diam. < : : : : . 38. K. eximia. 
1. K. squamulata, Vahl, Enum. ii. 381. Root fibrous. Stems 
closely czespitose. Leaves often as long as the stem, } in. broad. Head 
globose, usually of 1 spike, 3 in. in diam., green becoming brown; 
bracts 3, lowest often 4 in. long, similar to the leaves, patent. Spikelets 
numerous, } in. long, perfecting 1 nut. Nut-bearing glume crested by 
toothed scales coalescent into a wing on its keel. Nut 3 the length of 
the glume, orbicular, dull-brown.—Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. 
Pl. 41; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv. 431, and in Flora, 1879, 515; Ridley 
in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 147; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fi. 
Brit. Ind. vi. 589, and in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 582, 
and Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 280; Urban, Symb. Antill. ii. 10, 11; Rendle 
in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 105. XK. dipsacoides, Schumach. & Thonn. 
Beskr. Guin. Pl. 41. KX. cristata, Afzel. Remed. Guin. 71; A. Rich. 
Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 493, not of Kunth (cfr. C. A. Meyer in Mém. Sav. 
Etrang. St. Pétersb. i. [1831] 205). XK. squamulosa, Kunth, Enum. ii. 
135. K, dentata, Hochst. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. ii. 70. A. sguamata, 
Vahl ex Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv. 481. XK. monocephala, Zarb, in Cat. 
Spéc. Bot. Pfund, 39, not of Rottb. 
Upper Guinea. Guinea, Thonning! Senegal, Perrottet, 867! Lécard, 
155! Sierra Leone : between Freetown and Sugarloaf Mountain, Welwitsch, 6987 ! 
and without precise locality, Smeathman ! Niger Territory: Nupe, Baikie! 
_ Nile Land. Kordofan: Obeid, Pfund, 45! Gebel Kurbag, Pfund, 616! and 
without precise locality, Colston, 283! Galabat : region of Matamma, Schweinfurth, 
2052! Abyssinia: near Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1457! Begemeder, Schimper, 89! 
and without precise locality, Schimper, 1733! Quartin-Dillon, 23! British East 
Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 2333 ! 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Lutete, 2000 ft., Hens, A, 292! 
Also in North India and Martinique. 
2. K. controversa, Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. ii. 70. Roots fibrous, 
or root-stock thick and less than 3 in. long. Stems closely cespitose, 
somewhat thickened at the base. Leaves often as long as the stem, 
3-¢ in. broad. Head globose, of 1 spike, }-} in. in diam., pale brown 
when dry ; bracts 3-4, lowest often 3-6 in. long, similar to the leaves, 
suberect at the base. Spikelets numerous, } in. long, each perfecting 
