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Miq. Fl. Nederl. lud. 3: 292. K, monocephala var. Mindorcnsis Boeck. in Liimjea 
35 (1867-68) 428; Vidal, Plianer. Cuming. Philip. 155; T^ov. PI. Vase. Filip. 284. 
{K. Mindorensis is no variety of K. monocephala; it is the typical state of the 
species. ) 
Philippines, {Callcrp) ; {Llanos); [Moseley] ; (1558 Cuming, hb. Kcw). 
Luzon, {Kastalsky) ; [LeclaTiches) ; (1860 Wichura) ; (3981 Vidal) ; (86 pro 
parte, 3160, 5103 Merrill); (G026 Leiherg) ; (457 Topping); (3283 Ahern's 
collector). Mindanao, {MQ DcV ore & Hoover) ; [54:8 Copeland) . 
Common in the warm regions of the Old World, as in East Asia and Polynesia. 
From South America I have seen two examples only, which 1 Suppose to be 
"allata." 
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2. Kyllinga brevifolia Kottb. Descr. et le. (1773) 13. t. 4 f. 3. 
Keel of the flowering glume not -crested, green, minutely scabrous or 
with a few scattered hairs. 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 588. Kyllinga triceps Bhxnco Fl. Filip. 34, non 
Rottb; Steud, Cyp. 72. K, rigidula Steud. Cyp. 71, quoad pi. Philippensem; 
Miq. Fl. Nederl. Ind. 3: 294. K. caespitosa var. rohusta Boeek. in Linnsea 35 
(1867-68) 413, minime Xees; Vidal Phaner. Cuming. Philip. 155; Pev. PI. Vase. 
Filip. 283. 
Philippines, (552 Cuming). Luzon, (772, 1656 Loher) ; (86A Merrill). 
Basilan, (43 DeVore & Hoover). Mindanao, (101 Clemens); (585 Gopeland) . 
The warmer parts of both hemispheres; the commonest species of the genus. 
3. Kyllinga intermedia B. Br. Prodr. (1810) 219. 
Slender, with small lateral globose or depressed heads; keel of the 
flowering glume green, smooth, not crested. 
Benth. PI. Austr, 7: 521; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 223. 
Kyllinga oligostacJiya Boeck, in Limiaea 35 (1867-68) 407. Kyllinga monoceph- 
ala Seem. Fl. Viti. 318, pro majore parte, non Bottb. K. hrevifolia Boeck. ! ms. 
in A. Dietrich No. 717. 
Luzon, Benguet, (4371, 4421, 4695 Merrill) ; (G494 Elmer) : Lepanto, (4618, 
4624 Merrill). 
Frequent in north and east Australia. I also refer to this species plants 
collected in Formosa and Fiji. It is hardly more than a variety of Kyllinga 
hrevifolia Rottb,, as indeed Boeckeler sometimes esteemed it. The distribution in 
Formosa and Fiji might therefore be disputed. 
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4. Kyllinga pungens Link. Hort. Berol. 1 (1827) 326. 
Rhizome stout, conspicuously squamosc; leaves and bracts short; keel 
of flowering glume not crested. 
'Dyer Fl. Trop. Afr. 8: 269, 277. K. ohtusata Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 
183; Boeck. in Linmea 35 (1867-68) 418. K. UfoUa Miq. Fl. Nederl. Tnd. 3: 
293. Cyperns aphylhis Hassk. Cat. Hort. '^<y^oi. (1844) 24. 
Luzon, {holier); (4649 MemU) ; (6495 i?Zmcr). 
Abundant in tropical America, frequent in tropical Africa. I have, in all, four 
examples from Malaya, none from India. 
