270 CLVi. CYPERACE^ (clarke). [KylUnya 



Stems thickened at the base. 

 Thickened base of stem oblong. 



Biisal leaf-sheaths torn, brown . . . 31. K. bulhocaulis. 



Basal leaf-sheaths torn, black . . .33. K. nigripes. 



Thickened base of stem ovoid, bulbous . . 34. K. exigua. 



Spikelets several-flowered, often maturing more than 

 2 nuts. 

 Stems tufted in a bed of fibrous remains of leaf- 

 sheaths . . . • . . . S7. K. leucocephala. 

 Basal leaf-sheaths not fimbriate into fibres. 



Spikelets ^ in. long . . . . .35.-2'. albiceps. 



Spikelets I in. long ; spike less than i in. in 



diam. ....... 36. K. macrocephala. 



Spikelets 4-^ in. long; spike more than \ in. 



in diam. ...... 38. K. eximia. 



1. K. squaxnulata, Vahl, Enum, ii. 381. Koot fibrous. Stems 

 closely caespitose. Leaves often as long as the stem, ^ in. broad. Head 

 globose^ usually of 1 spike, J in. in diam., green becoming brown; 

 bracts 3, lowest often 4 in. long, similar to the leaves, patent. Spikelets 

 numerous, \ in. long, perfecting 1 nut. Nut-bearing glume crested by 

 toothed scales coalescent into a wing on its keel. Nut § the length of 

 the glume, orbicular, dull-brown. — Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. 

 PI. 41 ; Boeck. in Linnsea,, xxxv. 431, and in Flora, 1879, 515 ; Ridley 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 147 ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. vi. 589, and in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 532, 

 and Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 280; Urban, Symb. Antill. ii. 10, 11 ; Bendle 

 in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 105. K. dipsacoides, Schumach. & Thonn. 

 Beskr. Guin. PL 41. K. cristata, Afzel. Remed. Guin. 71; A. Rich. 

 Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 493, not of Kunth (cfr. C. A. Meyer in Mem. Sav. 

 Etrang. St. Petersb. i. [1831] 205). K. squamulosa, Kunth, Enum. ii. 

 135. X. dentata, Hochst. ex Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. ii. 70. K.squamata, 

 Vahl ex Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxv. 431. K. monocephala, Zarb, in Cat. 

 Spec. Bot. Pfund, 39, not of Rottb. 



Upper Guinea. Guinea, Thonning ! Senegal, Perroitet, 867 ! Lecard, 

 155 ! Sierra Leone : between Freetown and Sugarloaf Mountain, Welwitsch, 6987 ! 

 and without precise locality, Smeathman ! Niger Territory : Nupe, Baikie ! 



Wile Iiand. Kordofan: Obeid, P/M»(i, 45 ! Gebel Kurbag, P/«w(^, 616! and 

 without precise locality, Colston, 283 ! Galabat : region of Matamma, Schweinfurth, 

 2052! Abyssinia: near Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1457! Begemeder, Schimper, 89! 

 and without precise locality, Schimper, 1733 ! Quarfin- Dillon, 23 ! British East 

 Africa : Jur ; Jur Ghattas, Schtoeinfurth, 2333 ! 



Iiower Guinea. Lower Congo : Lutete, 2000 ft., Hens, A, 292 ! 



Also in North India and Martinique. 



2. K. controversa, Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. ii. 70. Roots fibrous, 

 or root-stock thick and less than \ in. long. Stems closely caespitose, 

 somewhat thickened at the base. Leaves often as long as the stem, 

 ^-^ in. broad. Head globose, of 1 spike, \-^ in. in diam., pale brown 

 when dry ; bracts 3-4, lowest often 3-6 in. long, similar to the leaves, 

 suberect at the base. Spikelets numerous, J in. long, each perfecting 



