110 CYPERACE. 
posite side of the rachis and immediately below it, to which 
it indeed forms a sort of membranous envelope. The ap- 
pearance of scales originates from these margins becoming 
occasionally torn, ak I think that 1 have observed this to 
take place more readily on one side than on the other. The 
above is true perhaps with regard to all genuine species of 
Cyperus. If then Kyllingia had а 2 flowered spicula, with 
the second originating from about the base or middle of the 
inner squama, as Mr. Brown has stated Prod. | (219) 75, 
where would be the difference between it and Cyperus. 
Pubna river: September 10th, 1835. 
KYLLINGIA. 
1. Kyllingia brevifolia, Roxb. et ab. E. in Wight contr. 
1-91 : 
Spiculz in capitulo globoso sessili dense imbricatz, uniflore 
bisquamate. Squame membranacee diaphane carinate l- 
nervie, nervo prominulo carinam formante denticulato sca- 
bro, preesertim squamze inferioris (quz minor est) mucronate, 
superior major genitalia arctius involvens. Setæ hypogynz 
О. Stam. 3 duo lateralia squamis alternantia, l anticum carina 
squamze inferioris oppositum. Ovar. chartaceum lateraliter 
compressum: obtuse (antice posticeque) marginat. Stylus 
lI-filiformis continuis demum paulo supra basim decedens. 
Stigmata 2, exserta, anticum posticumque. 
Pedalis ; fol. breviorib. margine scabris. Involucro capi- 
tule longe superante. 
Cum precedentibus legi: September 13th, 1835. 
—Monente oculatiss. Brunonio, squama major superior pro 
tache spicula abortive consideranda est. Ob situm partium 
procul dubio est, stamina et genitaliae sinu squamae inferio- 
ris originem ducunt. 
