Kyllinga. | CLYI. CYPERACEE (CLARKE). 283 
at the base by leaf-sheaths. Leaves often longer than the stem, }—} in. 
broad. Head of 3-1 (often 3) white or very pale brown spikes; bracts 
3-4, lowest 1-6 in. long, similar to the leaves. Middle spike } by } in., 
short-cylindric, green or whitish, dense. Spikelets 4 in. long, each 
producing 1 nut. Nut-bearing glume ovate, acute, not mucronate, 
without glands, thin; keel wingless, smooth or very nearly so. Nut 
% the length of the glume, yellow-brown finally black.—Nees in Linnea, 
ix. 286; Kunth, Enum. ii. 133; Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv. 415; Ridley 
in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 146; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. 
Brit. Ind. vi. 588, in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 528, and in 
Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 153; K. Schum. in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. CO. 123; 
Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 146 ; Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii. 
104. K. triceps, Afzel. Remed. Guin. 70, not of Rottb. X. triceps, var. B 
obtusiflora, Boeck in Linnea, xxxv. 414; Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. 
ser. 2, Bot. ii. 145. XX. triceps, var. longispicata, Ridley in Trans. Linn. 
Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 146. K. monocephala, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 552 
partly. . macrocephala, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soe. vi. 22, and vii. 
225, not of A. Rich. X. odorata, var. B gracilis, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxv. 
411 partly. X. cespitosa, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soe. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 145 
partly. Cyperus Schimperi, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 121. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius! Welwitsch, 6989! Liberia : Bassa 
Cove, Ansell ! Niger Territory: Old Calabar, Robb! Cameroons: Upper slopes 
of Cameroon Mountain, 8000-10,000 ft., Johnston! Mann, 2104! Fernando Po ; 
Clarence Peak, 7500-8500 ft., Mann, 659! 1474! 
Wile Land. British East Africa : Ruwenzori, 9000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 7757 ! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; 3500 ft., by the River Casalale, 
Welwitsch, 6789! Golungo Alto ; Monte de Queta, Welwitsch, 7005! Huilla, 5000, ft.; 
near streams in Morro de Lopollo, Welwitsch, 6795! near Humpata, Welwitsch, 
fruit, 1080 ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 5000-6000 ft., Taylor ! 
Volkens, 693! 
Also in South Africa, Madagascar, India, South China, and Australia, (The 
American K. odorata, Vahl, is hardly specifically separable.) 
Var. major, C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 528. 
Larger than typical cylindrica ; middle spike more than ¢ in. broad ; spikelets 4-4 
in. long.— K, cylindrica, Nees ? ex Oliver in Trans. Linn, Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 353, 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 6000 ft., Johnston, 75 
Var. appendiculata, C. B. Clarke, Rhizome 4 in. long, densely covered with 
seales.— K. appendiculata, K. Schum, in Preuss, Exsicc. 923. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Buea, 8250 ft., Preuss, 923! 
Preuss, 923 is a distinct-looking plant ; but the series collected by G. Mann in 
the Cameroons and Fernando Po fills up the gap between this variety and the type 
cylindrica : Mann, 1474 is var, appendiculata almost. 
27. K. ruwenzoriensis, (. B. Clarke. Rhizome seen, 1 in. long, 
thick. Stems 2-4 in. long, thick, not bulbous at the base; basal leaf- 
sheaths entire, reddish. Leaves often as long as the stem, 3-1 in. broad. 
Heads of 3-1 spikes, dusky-white tinged with yellow ; bracts 4, lowest 
up to 2} in. long, similar to the leaves. Middle spike } in. long, more 
than } in. broad, cylindric, dense. Spikelets rather more than } in. 
