im TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA, _ Kyllingia. 
3. K. umbellata. pee sp. pil. ed. . Willd. 1. 257. Rottb. 
gram. 15, t. 4. f. 2. 
Culms from one to two feet highs dhveslabled) umbel of ses-_ 
sile and peduncled, cylindrical, ragged spikes, involucres 
many; involucels none. Seeds three-sided, linear-oblong. 
Kolpullu. Rheed, Hort. Mal. 12, t. 63. 
Mariscus umbellatus. Vahl. Enum. it 2. 376. 
Beng. Bura-gothoobi. 
__A native of wet or marshy places. 
Root tuberous, rust-coloured, with rust-coloured. fibres. ' 
Culms erect, from one to two feet high, three-fourths naked, 
three-sided, smooth, Leaves sheathing, nearly as long as the 
culm, .Umbel ‘terminal, sessile, composed of sessile, and pe- 
duncled, cylindrical spikes of numerous diverging flowers. 
Involucre ; universal, many Jeaved, unequal; the largest leaf 
often as long as the culm; partial, none, Calyx and corol, 
&c. asin the genus, Seeds three-sided, 
Obs, As this plant wants the partial involucre it syn 
K, sumatrensis of Retzius. 
+ K saiantidles R. 
_ Culms from six to eight inches high, three-sided. U mnbel 
compound, consisting of globular heads of numerous spike- 
lets, mvolucre three-leaved. Seeds oblong, three-sided. 
_An elegant cyperus-looking nese —_— a native of 
} moist, pasture ground, . 
_ Root fibrous. Culms dite, tincsthinds anil easilan's to 
eight inches high, three-sided, smooth. “Leaves sheathing, ‘as 
long as the culm. Znvoluere ; universal, three-leaved, very 
unequal, the largest leaf being as long as the culm, and the 
smallest one inch; pariial, minute. Calyax, corol, &c. as in 
the genus, excepting that there are sometimes’ two hqvieet 
in the si same calyx, 
