280 CLYI. CYPERACEH (CLARKE). | Kyllinga. 
very short cylindric, dense, greenish-black ; bracts 3, lowest 1} in. long, 
similar to the leaves. Spikelets 4 in. long, each perfecting | nut. 
Nut-bearing glume acute, chestnut-coloured, on each side with 4 lurid- 
yellow nerves; keel wingless, smooth. Nut seen immature.—Steud. 
Syn. P). Glum. ii. 70; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 494; Boeck. in 
Linnea, xxxv. 407; C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. 
Afr. v. 530; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. Append. ii. 49, 104. 
K. aurata, Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 102, not of Nees. X. chlorotropis, 
Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 145 partly. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Keren, Hildebrandt, 358! Mount Amba, near Geleb, 
6300 ft., Schweinfurth, 1861! Abyssinia: near Wadi Schwada, on mountains, 
Schimper, 1375! Sholoda Mountain, 7200 tt., Schimper, 589, partly! and without 
precise locality, Schimper, 263! 1320! Somaliland: Abdalla, Keller, 81! British East 
Africa : Ukamba, Scott-Elliot, 2346! 
22. K. triceps, Roith. Descr. et Ic. 14, t. 4, fig. 6 (excl. the plate of 
Rheede and some syns. cited). Rhizome 0. Stems 2-12 in. long, 
thickened at the base, cespitose. Leaves 5}; in. broad, $ as long as (or 
sometimes as long as) the stem. Head of 3-1 spikes, white or green ; 
bracts 3-4, lowest up to 2—3 in. long, similar to the leaves. Middle 
spike 4-4 in. long, very dense, varying from ovoid to oblong-cylindric. 
Spikelets ;'; in. long, each perfecting 1 nut. Nut-bearing glume ovate, 
very shortly acute, strongly 3—4-striate on each side, sometimes red- 
spotted and with sunk glands; keel wingless, smooth (except var. 8). 
Nut 4-} the length of the glume, ellipsoid, yellow-brown. — Vahl, 
Enum. in. 381; Kunth, Enum. ii. 133; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 0. 
4922; Boeck. in Linnza, xxxv. 413 (excl. var. 8); Schweinf. Beitr. Fi. 
Aethiop. 216; Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 145 (excl. 
varieties) ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 587, and in Durand 
& Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr.v.533; K.Schum. in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 
123; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr.145 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 
ii. Append. ii. 49 partly, 104; Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 103. 
K. bulbosa, Beauv. Fl. Owar. i. 11, t. 8; Kunth, Enum. ii. 138 ; Steud. 
in Flora, 1842, 597, and Syn. Pl. Glum. ii. 71. K. pumila, Steud. in 
Flora, 1842, 596, not of Mich. K. geminiflora, Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 
70. K. cespitosa, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 145 in 
large part. XK. Schimperi, Hochst. ex Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv. 414. 
of fete Guinea. Senegambia, Leprieuwr! Galam, Heudelot, 323! Niger, 
Vogel! 
Wile Land. Eritrea: Ginda, at the foot of Donkollo Mountain, 3100 ft.» 
Schweinfurth, 138, 350. Galabat: region of Matamma, Schweinfurth, 2051 
Abyssinia: Begemeder ; Gafat, 9000 ft., Schimper, 507, 1310! Quartin-Dillon, 
12! British East Africa: Jur ; Kurshook Ali’s Seriba, Schweinfurth, 1705! Jur 
Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1913! 1926! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto; without precise locality, Welwitsch, 
70058! Pungo Andongo, 3000 ft.; in wet places at Mutollo, Welwitsch, 6787! 
67878! between the Presidinm and Quilanga, Welwitsch, 6780! marshy places oD 
the higher parts of the Presidium, Welwitsch, 6791 ! 7160! 
Common in India, extending to South China and North Australia. 
