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1. Kyllinga triceps, Rotth. Descr. et Ic. 14, t. 4, fig. 6 (excl. cit. 
Rheede); F. B. I. vi, 587; Prain, Beng. Pl. 1135; Cooke Fl. 
Bomb. 877. K. monocephala, Nees in Wight Contrib. 91 (not of 
Rottb.). . 
A glabrous or nearly glabrous plant, cespitose in habit with no hori- 
zontally running rhizome. Stems 2-13 ins. high, covered at the 
base by the more or less fibrous leat-sheaths. Leaves linear, yy in. 
broad or less, about 4 the length of the stems or nearly as long as 
them. Bracts 3 or 4, $ to 2 ins. long very similar to the leaves, 
Spikes ovoid-oblong, about ;8; ins. long and } in. in diameter, usually 
3 aggregated into a compact head, in which case the central spike 
is larger than the lateral ones. Spikelets with one fertile flower, 
Two lowest glumes empty, the outermost lanceolate, the other 
lanceolate-elliptic, each about 5 in. in length. Third glume boat 
shaped, ,'; in. long with 3 ribs on each side of a well-marked, smooth 
keel, apiculate. Fourth glume more elongated, y; in. long, more 
membraneous and the ribs not so strongly marked. Stamens usually 
2. Nut oblong or ellipsoid-oblong, laterally compressed, about ,'; in. 
long ; style with the 2 filiform arms about ; in. long. 
Moradabad (Thomson), Dehra Dun (Duthie), Agra (Jameson), Gwalior 
(Maries), Udaipur. Distris.: Throughout India, Burma, Ceylon 
and also in Tropical Africa and Tropical! Australia. 
2. Kyllinga brevifolia, Rotth. Descr. et Ic, 13, t. 4, fig. 3; F. 
B. I. vi, 588 ; Prain, Beng. Pl. 1135 ; C. B. Clarke Ill. Cyp. t. I. 
f. 1-4. pel 
Quite glabrous, except the glume keels, generally with long, slender, 
horizontally running rhizojnes which are covered with brown not 
fibrous, acute scale-leaves.“ Stems 3} to 12 ins. high, covered towards 
the base with leaf-sheaths which are usually brown, shiny and not 
fibrous. Leaves linear, about ,; in. in breadth and generally shorter 
than the stem, acuminate. Bracts up to 2 to 4 ins. long, very similar 
to the leaves. Spikes oblong-cylindrical, about j in. long and ¢ in. 
in diameter, usually simple. Spikelets lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 
about } in. in length, containing one flower. The lowest glumes 
mpty and subequal, obtuse, about j;in. long. Third glume boat- 
shaped acuminate, +), in. long, 2 nerves on either side of the keel 
which is serrated. Fourth glume slightly larger, thinner in texture 
and with the nerves scarcely marked, Stamens 2. Nut obovate- 
ellipsoid, strongly compressed laterally, about 5 in. long; style 
with two filiform arms, about jin. long. 
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