282 CLVI, CYPERACEE (CLARKE). [Kyllinga. 
glume, ellipsoid, yellow-brown.—Vahl, Enum. ii. 380 ; Kunth, Enum. ii. 
132 partly; C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v, 
531; Durand & Schinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 279; Durand & De Wild. 
in Comptes-rendus Soc. bot. Belg. xxxvi. 88; Urban, Symb. Antill. 
ii, 13; Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 103. XK. gracilis, Afzel. 
Remed. Guin. 71. A. monocephala, Nees in Flora, 1828, 331; Benth. 
in Hook. Niger Fl. 552 partly. X. ceespitosa, N ees in Mart. FI. Bras. 
ii. i. 12 (excl. syn. Kunth. et var. 8); Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv. 411; 
Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soe. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 145: X. odorata, var. gracilis, 
Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv. 411. X. polyphylla, Benth. in Hook. Niger 
Fl. 552 partly, not of Vahl. X. rigidula, Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i. 71 
{as to the Nubian plant); Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv. 416. _K. viridula, 
Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 492. X. tenuifolia, Steud. 
Syn. Pl. Glum. ii. 69. KX. triceps, Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 
145, not of Rottb. brevifolia, forma, Boeck. in Flora, 1879, 516, not 
of Rottb. XK. naumaniunna, Boeck. in Flora, 1879, 516; var. Bennit, 
and (?) var. B tenuis, Boeck. in Engl. Jahrb. v. 89, and in Engl. Gazelle 
Reise, Bot. 16. KX. cylindrica, Henriques in Bolet. Soc. Brot. v. 209, not 
-of Nees. 
Upper Guinea. Senegal, Brunner, 157! Leprieur! Cape Verd Isles, 
Brunner, 137! Sierra Leone, Don, 1! Barter! Scott-Elliot, 51873! Liberia: 
Monrovia, Naumann (ex Boeckeler). Ashanti, Cummins! Fernando Po, Vogel, 11! 
219! 
Wile Land. Upper Sennar: Fazokl, Kotschy, 416! Nubia, Kotschy, 516! 
Abyssinia: mountains near Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1641! British East Africa : near 
Mombasa, Taylor ! 
ower Guinea. Princes Island, Newton, 9! Island of St. Thomas: Novo 
Moka, Saudade, 2450-2600 ft., Moller,19! and Fl. Afr, Ersice. Conimbric, 126! and 
without precise locality, Don, 2! Gaboon : Sierra del Crystal, Mann, 1640! Munda; 
Sibange Farin, Soyaux, 332! Lower Congo; Boma, Naumann (ex Boeckeler) ; 
Latete, 1500-2000 ft... Hens, A, 2541 805! Bingila, Dupuis! Angola : Pango 
Andongo, 3500 ft.; in the Presidium, Welwitsch, 6796 partly! near the Cabonde 
Hill, Welwitsch, 7153! 7158! and without precise locality, Welwitsch, 7167! 
‘6790 partly ! Golungo Alto ; slopes of eastern Queta, near the banks of the river, 
Welwitsch, 7012 4! 
: mes Central. Congo Free State: Monbuttu ; Munza, Schweinfurth 
405! 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : 
Karonga, 2500-6500 ft., Whute! 
Abundant in America, from Ohio to South Brazil. 
This species is exceedingly like K, brevifolia, Rottb., except that it wants the 
‘Creeping rhizome. In reducing so large a number of species, admitted by high 
authority, I should add that Schimper, 1641 (K. triceps ex Boeck.), Soyaux, 332 
(XK. naumanniana, Boeck.), Schweinfurth, 3405 (K. brevifolia, ex Boeck.) are not 
varieties or forms—they are so far as I can see identically one. The greatest 
- Variation in the whole set is shown by Kotschy, 416 (K. rigidula, Steud.) which is 
rather stouter than typical K. pumila, and has spikes up to + in. wide. The 
American K. pumila, with its range of form, easily covers K. rigidula. 
Nyasaland ; between Kondowe and 
26. K. cylindrica, Nees in Wight, Contrib. 91. Rhizome 0 or 
Short, except in var, uppendiculata, Stem 6-18 in. long, hardly thickened 
