Kyllinga.| “OLVI. CYPERACEE (CLARKE). 281. 
Var. ciliata, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv. 414. Nut-bearing glume ciliate (not. 
winged) on the keel,— Boeck. in Flora, 1879, 515 partly; Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. 
Welw. ii. 104; C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 583 partly ; 
K. Welwitschii, Ridley in Trans. Linn, Soe. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 147, 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Loanda; damp places at Zamba Grande, Welwitsch, . 
6793! between Loando and Penedo, Welwitsch, 6995! between Penedo and 
Conceigao, Welwitsch, 69998! Benguella; near Benguella, Welwitsch, 6792! 
Pungo Andongo; banks of the River Cuanza, near Calemba and Calemba Islands, 
Welwitsch, 6779! Muta Lucale, Welwitsch, 6790 partly! between Lombe and 
oh Lucale, Welwitsch, 6796 partly! and between Bumba and Condo, Welwitsch, . 
8! 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi, Tete, Kirk ! 
Also in India, China, and Australia. 
K. triceps, var. pumila, Boeck. i.e., Schweinfurth 2053 is Scirpus kyllingioides, 
Boeck. Much of the material referred to K. triceps, var. ciliata (in Durand & 
Schinz, Conspect. Fl]. Afr. v. 533), I now refer to K. controversa, var. subexalata ;. 
some of the K. triceps of Schweinturth which I have seen is this K. controversa, 
var.; I therefore do not know how much of Schweinfurth’s triceps, which I have 
not seen, belongs to K. controversa. The difference between K. triceps, Rottb.. 
typical, and its var. ciliata (as here understood) is trifling. 
23. K. microstyla, C. B. Clarke in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 229. 
Stems 4-6 in. long, slender, thickened at the base by leaf-sheaths. 
Leaves about half as long as the stems, ;'s in. broad. Head of 3 spikes ; 
bracts 3, lowest 14 in. long, similar to the leaves. Middle spike ¢ by in., 
dense. Spikelets ;!, in. long, each perfecting 1 nut. Nut-bearing 
glume ,j, in. long, ovate; keel wingless, smooth. Nut ? the length of 
glume, ellipsoid or obovoid; style hardly any, its 2 small branches 
hardly half the length of the nut. 
Nile Land. Somaliland, Mrs. Lort-Phillips ! Thuja Steppe, Keller, 84! 
24. K, flava, C. B. Clarke. Rhizome oblique, short, stout, covered 
by torn sheaths. Stems 1-24 in. long, not bulbous at the base. Leaves 
6 in. long, } in. broad. Head of 1 spike, 4 in. (and upwards) long, $ in. 
broad, cylindric, dense, yellow ; bracts 3, lowest 2} in. long, similar to 
the leaves. Spikelets 51, in. long, lanceolate, each perfecting 1 nut. 
Nut-bearing glume acuminate, 3—4-nerved on each side; keel wingless, 
smooth, excurrent in a longish mucro. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Taita; Mbuyuni, Scott-Elliot, 6233 ! 
25. K. pumila, Mich. Fl. Bor.-Amer. ij. 28. Roots fibrous. Stems 
cxspitose, 4-18 in. long, rather slender, not thickened at the base, the 
basal sheaths being rather tight, not torn, usually reddish. Leaves 
4-3 the length of the stem, t-} in. broad. Head of 3-1 green or 
greenish-white spikes dense with small spikelets; bracts 2-4, lowest 
2-6 in. long, similar to the leaves. Middle spike }-} by 3-5 in. short- 
cylindric, or in the same tuft subovoid and hardly longer than broad. 
Spikelets j-1 in. long, each perfecting 1 (rarely 2) nut. Nut-bearing 
glume thin, slenderly nerved, without glands ; keel stronger, green, 
Wingless, scabrous, excurrent in a small mucro. Nut } as long as the 
