272 CLVI. CYPERACEH (CLARKE). [ Kyllinga. 
Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 105. X. cristata, Kunth, Enum. ii. 
136. AK. cartilaginea, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 123. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Rabai Hills, near Mombasa, Taylor ! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; 5000 ft., in the drier pastures of Empalanca, 
Welwitsch, 6805! in the high pastures of Morro de Monino, Welwitsch, 6806! in 
the drier thicket-grown pastures of Catumba, Welwitsch, 6812! German South-west 
Africa: Amboland, Schinz, 364! Damaraland, Hen, Hereroland, Dinter, 487 ! 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Boivin! German East Africa: Usambara ; Tanga, 
Holst, 2082! Unyamwezi; Uyui, Taylor ! Portuguese East Africa : Mozambique, 
Zimmermann! Zambesi Delta; mouth of the Kongone River, Kirk! Lower 
Zambesi; between Lupata and Tete, Kirk! near Morambala Mountain, Kirk! 
British Central Africa: banks of the Zambesi, Holub !.Upper Zambesi, Ficalho ! 
Livingstone! Ngamiland; Kwebe Hills, Lugard, 67! Nyasaland ; near Zomba, 
2500-3500 ft., Whyte ! 
Common in South Africa. 
Var. B alata, C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 526, in 
Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. Append. iii. 28, and in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 151. Stem scabrous 
hairy under the bracts. Heads greenish-golden. Nut-bearing glume with a broad 
wing on keel, crested.— K. alata, Nees in Linnea, ix. 286; Kunth, Enum. ii. 136; 
Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv. 430. 
Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Hereroland, Fleck, 1644! 
Amboland, Nels, 14! Schinz, 365, 366! 
Common in South Africa. 
4. K. nigritana, C. B. Clarke. Roots fibrous. Stems cspitose, 
7-10 in. long. Leaves somewhat shorter than the stem, 1} in. broad. 
Head globose, of 1 spike, } in. in diam., pale cinnamon-coloured ; bracts 
3—4, lowest 2-3 in. long, resembling the leaves, suberect, obscurely 
dilated saccate at the base. Spikelets numerous, }—1 in. long, broadly 
ovate, strongly compressed, in fruit erect (not stellately spreading as 10 
K. alba), each perfecting 1 nut. Nut-bearing glume with a broad wing 
on the keel. Nut 4s long as the glume, brown when ripe. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory: Nupe, Barter ! 
Lower Guinea. Lower Congo: Kimuenza, Gillet, 1624! 
5. K. monocephala, Zoitth. Descr. et Ic. 13, t. 4, Sig. 4, excl. certam 
syns. Rhizome creeping, often 4-10 in. long. Stems distant or contiguous. 
Leaves often as long as the stem, 4-4 in. broad. Head of 3-1 green oF 
green-white spikes, the middle one ovoid 1_1 in. in diam.; bracts 3, 
lowest 2—5 in. long, resembling the leaves, patent. Spikelets numerous, 
yo-$ in. long, each perfecting 1 nut. Nut-bearing glume broadly- 
winged on the upper part of the keel ; wing gland-dotted. Nut 5 as 
long as glume, obovoid, yellow finally brown.—Linn. f. Suppl. 1045 
Vahl, Enum. ii. 379; Kunth, Enum. ii. 129; Boeck. in Linnea, XXXV- 
427; Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soe. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 147; CO. B. Clarke 12 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 588, and in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. 
v. 530; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 123; Rendle in Cat. Aft. 
Pl. Welw. ii. 105. 
Lower Guinea. Princes Island; Welwitsch, 6988! 
