Kljllingta, TRIANDUIA MONOGYNIA. 1S5 



striated, leafy, jointed, butnot piped. — Leaves sheathing, shorter than 

 the cuhiis, hairy, ciliated on the margin, concave on the inside, not 

 keeled. — Heads sub-globular, compound, axillary, and terminal, the 

 terminal o;ie is considerably ioiiger, they are composed oi" several oval, 

 iniljiicated, many -{lowered, sessile spiii.es. Involucre of the termi- 

 nal head one or at most two s-nall leaves ; of the others, nothing more 

 than ihe sheath of the leaf from whence they issue. — Scales of the 

 aments, or spikes, corol^ 8vC. as in the genus. 



KYLLINGIA. Schnb. Gen. N. 9. 



Ament imbricated. Fiowers vrith cal^x and coj-ol of two chaffy 

 valves each. Seed one. 



1,K. monocephala. Linn. Sp. PL ed. Willd. 1. 256. Vahl. in PL 

 2. 379. 



Rottb. gram. 13. t. 4./. 4. 



CuLhi six to eighteen inches high, tri?.ngular; head terminal, sin- 

 gle; involucres three or four. Seeds cbcordate, without angles. 



Pee-Mottenga. Rheed. mal. 12. p. 99. t. 53. 



Gramen capitatom. Rumpli. amb. 6. p. 8. t. S.f. 2. 



Beng. Sweta gothoobi; ISnbishee, its fragrant aromatic root being 

 accounted an antidote to poisons. 



C unaion over India on low shady pasture ground, when totally 



shaded the heads are generally more green, which is rather uncom- 

 mon. 



Hoot fib'-ous, and stoloniferous. — Culms erect, from six to eigh- 

 teen inches high, generally about eight ; three-sided, smooth, nak- 

 ed except near the base ; angles sharp, and sides hollowed. — Leaves 

 sheathing, as long as the culm, smooth, sharp keeled.— /ieac? teran". 

 nal, sessile 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 obliquely obcor- 

 date, mucli compressed, smooth, light brown. 



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