Kyllinga. | CLYI. CYPERACEZ (CLARKE). 285 
Stems 1 ft. long, rather slender, not thickened at the base, contiguous 
in one row. Leaves often as long as the stem, ;/,—} in. broad, weak. 
Head of 3-1 spikes, green-white; bracts 5-4, lowest up to 4 in. long, 
similar to the leaves. Middle spike more than $ in. long, } in. broad, 
oblong, dense. Spikelets } in. long, with 2 perfect flowers. Nut- 
bearing glume elliptic, acuminate, mucronate, 2—3-nerved on each side ; 
keel wingless, hispid-ciliate. Nut $ the length of the glume, oblong, 
black.— K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 123. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Rubai Hills, near Mombasa, Zaylor ! Nyika 
ey near Mombasa, Zaylor ! -East Ongalea Mountains, 2000 ft., Gregory, 
13! 
This is allied to K. cylindrica, but differs in the hispid-ciliate keel to the 
glumes. 
31. K. bulbocaulis, Boeck. in Flora, 1875, 258. Rhizome hardly 
any. Stems 6-8 in. long, tufted at the base and much thickened by 
the long torn tough brown leaf-sheaths. Leaves longer than the stem, 
3 in. broad. Head of 1 globose straw-coloured spike [4 in. in diam. ; 
bracts 3, lowest 4 in. long, similar to the leaves. Spikelets } in. long, 
3-flowered ; each often perfecting 2 nuts. Nut-bearing glume scarcely 
acute, 5—8-ribbed on each side; keels wingless, smooth.—Oliver in 
Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 167; C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. 
Fl, Afr. v. 527; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 123. Kyllinga 
sp. n. 1, T. Thoms. in Speke, Nile, Append. 654. 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar, Speke & Grant, 13! German East Africa: 
Karagwe; top of a hill, Speke & Grant, 410! 
32. K. Buchanani, C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 155. 
Rhizome hardly any. Stems 6-15 in. long, tufted, not thickened at 
the base; basal sheaths reddish, not torn. Leaves often % as long as 
the stem, 1-1 in. broad. Head of 1 globose or globose-cylindrie spike, 
} in. long, straw-coloured, dense; bracts 3, lowest 4 in. long, similar 
to the leaves. Spikelets 1 in. long, each often perfecting 2 nuts. 
Nut-bearing glume 1-coloured, hardly acute, obscurely ribbed, with a 
few round sunk glandular dots; keel wingless, smooth, not at all green. 
Nut } as long as the glume, yellow-brown. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Blantyre, Buchanan, 
159! Zomba and vicinity, 2800-3500 ft., Whyte ! 
Also in South Africa. 
In K. alba, Nees, and K. controversa, Steud., when the wing of the keel is very 
narrow, it is strongly ciliate. 
33. K. nigripes, C. B. Clarke. Roots fibrous, wiry. Stems 12-14 
in. long, thickened at the base by the torn black basal sheaths 1-1} in. 
long and very harsh rigid. Leaves as long as the stem, 4 in. broad. 
Head of 1 spike, } in. in diam., ovoid, dense, straw-coloured ; bracts 3, 
lowest 24 in. long, similar to the leaves. Spikelets me in. long, each 
usually perfecting 2 nuts. Nut-bearing glume elliptic-lanceolate, sub- 
acute, strongly 4-ribbed on each side ; keel wingless and smooth above, 
