Kyllinga. | CLVI, CYPERACEZ (CLARKE). 279 
18. K. chlorotropis, Steud. in Flora, 1842, 598. Rhizome 0. 
Stems subsolitary, 1-2 in. long, slender, thickened and bulb-like at the 
base. Leaves longer than the stem, , in. broad. Head of 3-1 spikes; 
bracts 2-3, lowest up to 1 in. long, similar to the leaves. Spikes tby din, 
dense, blackish. Spikelets 4, in. long, perfecting 1 nut. Nut-bearing 
glume ovate, obtuse, with subexcurrent mucro, chestnut-coloured, the 
keel green, wingless, smooth. Nut ? the length of the glume, broad 
ellipsoid, dusky-brown.—Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. ii. 70; A. Rich. Tent. 
Fl. Abyss. ii. 493; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv. 404; ©. B. Clarke in 
Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 527; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 
Afr. 145 (excl. syn. K. nervosa). 
Wile Land. Abyssinia : Samen; mountain sides towards Shoata, Schimper, 
1377! Enjedcap, Schimper, 573! Tigre; near Adowa, 6000 ft., Schimper, 238, 
around Memsah, Quartin-Dillon & Petit, 16! Setamuko, 8500 ft., Schimper, 1303! 
Sholoda Mountain, 7200 ft., Schimper, 859, partly! Without precise locality, 
Hildebrandt, 358! 
19. K. parvula, Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 103. Rhizome 0, 
Stems adjacent, thickened and bulb-like at the base, 2—4 in. long, slender. 
Leaves 3 the length of the stem, 4, in. broad. Head of 1 spike, appa- 
rently lateral, 1-1 in. in diam., globose, dense; bracts 3-2, the lowest 
1-1} in. long, erect. Spikelets minute, ovoid, hardly acute, each per- 
fecting 1 nut. Nut-bearing glume full of sunk round red glands; 
keel not winged. Nut 3 the length of glume, ellipsoid, brown.— 
K. cespitosa, var. angustifolia, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soe. ser. 2, Bot. 
ii, 145. XK. brevifolia, OC. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. FI. 
Afr. v. 527 partly. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo, 3500 ft., without precise locality, 
Welwitsch, 6781! 
__ 20. K. bracheilema, Steud. in Flora, 1842, 598. Rhizome 
slender, seen } in. long, arising from a very delicate stolon. Stems 
subsolitary, 2-4 in. long, thickened at the base by torn black sheaths. 
Leaves about half the length of the stem, 7; in. broad. Head of 1 
spike, ovoid-globose, 4 in. in diam., dense, chestnut-coloured ; bracts 
% in., lowest up to 3 in. long. Spikelets } in. long, each perfecting 1 
nut. Nut-bearing glume ovate-lanceolate, mucronate, chestnut-coloured ; 
keel green, wingless, smooth, Nut seen immature.—Steud. Syn. PI. 
Glum. ii. 70; A. Rich. Tent. FI. Abyss. ii. 495; Boeck. in Linnea, 
xxxv. 405; OC. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 527 ; 
Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 145. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Samen ; Enjedcap, 11,500 ft., Schimper, 1371 ! 
This has a much broader spike than K. chlorotropis, more acuminate flower- 
glumes, and often exhibits the very small stolon or rhizome. 
21. K. nervosa, Steud. in Flora, 1842, 597. a ae 
seen up to in. long. Stems subsolitary, 2-6 in. long, rea near 
the base by the torn blackish leaf-sheaths. Leaves wie ag as ey as 
the stem, ;/, in. broad. Head of 1 spike, up to $ by ¢ m., ovold or 
