Kyllingia,. TRIANDRIA'MONOGYNIA, 18] 
_ Pee-Mottenga. Rheed. Mal. 12. p» 99, t. 53. Ad 
Gramen capitatum. Rumph, Amb. 6. p. 8. t. 8.f- 2. > 
_ Beng. Sweta gothoobi; Nirbishee, its fragrant aromatic 
root being accounted an antidote to poisons. 
Common over India on low shady pasture ground, when 
totally shaded the heads are — more ils wan is 
rather uncommon... iy 
Root fibrous, and’ seoleaiadecnal Culms erect, Some six to 
eighteen inches high, generally about eight; three-sided, 
smooth, naked except near the base ; angles sharp, and sides 
hollowed. Leaves sheathing, as long as the culm, smooth, 
sharp keeled, Head terminal, oniile oval, generally white. 
Involucre. three-leaved, unequal, the. largest leaf as long as 
the culm. Back of the glumes of the corol hispid. Stamens 
‘three. Stigma three-cleft, Seed pues: stapes ‘much 
compressed, smooth, light brown. 
12. K, triceps; Linn. sp. pl. ed, Willd. 1,256. 9. 
Culms from six to twelve inches high, three-cornered, 
Heads terminal, sessile, from three to six; involucres three 
or four ; florets diandrous, Seed oblong, without angles. — 
..Mottenga. Rheed. Hort. Mal. 12. p. 97. t. 52. 
A native of low shady pasture ground, ipiit 
Root somewhat tuberous, with capillary fibres, - Culms 
straight, from six totwelve incheshigh, smooth, naked, except 
at the base, obtusely three-sided ; angles rounded. — ‘Leaves 
sheathing, nearly as long as the peibi: smooth, Head termi- 
nal, composed of from three to six sessile, oval, white spikes, 
the largest one is in the centre, the rest in the circumference, 
Involucre as in K. monoceplfala, Stamens seldom more‘ that 
two. Stigma two-cleft. Seed eats much compressed, 
white, no angles, _ tsa 8 FS scabs Eke ge? 
‘Obs. It didiere feos, Ky onoce hata nt onlin av no a 
bor long ls ical pee a have found i ceviant olin = 
with more than one flower in the calyx. wee a . 
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