Kyllinga.] clvi. cyperace^ (clarke). 271 



1 nut. Nut-bearing glume acuminate, strongly winged on the keel, 

 wing ciliate. Nut ^ the length of the glume, obovoid, brown becouiing 

 black. — Boeck. in Linnaja, xxxv. 429 ; C. B. Clarke in Durand Jc 8chinz, 

 Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 527. K. alba, Steud. in Flora, 1842, .097 ; A. Rich. 

 Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 494; not of Nees. K. monocephala, Hochst. in Floi-a, 

 1844, 102 ; not of Rottb. K. ccespitosa, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 ser. 2, Bot. ii. 145 partly. K. triceps, Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. 

 Append, ii. 49, not of Vahl. A", dorsocrena, Nees ex Boeck. in Liantea, 

 xxxv. 430. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : at the edge of tlie River Lobe, near Batan^a, 

 Bates, 143 ! 



Ulle Iiand. Eritrea: Mogod Vidley, 45O0 ft., Schweinf urth ^ Riva, 1580! 

 Abyssinia: Tigre ; Hamedo, 6000 ft., Schimper, 856 ! hills )icar Eiiderder, Schimper, 

 681 ! and without precise locality, Schimper, 296 ! 836 ! Quartin-Dillon ^' Petit ! 



Jao-wer Guinea. Angola: Pungo Atidongo ; in damp forest-meadows between 

 Bumba and Condo, 3300 ft., Welwitsch, 6798 ! Muta Liicala, Welwitsch, 6790 

 partly! between Lombe and Muta Lucala, Welwitsch, 6796 partly ! 



Mozamb. Slst. Portuguese East Africa ; near Lupata, Kirk ! 



Var. suhexalata, C. B, Clarke. Spikes usually 3 to the head. Wing on the 



keel of the nut-bearing glume narrow. Sheaths of the leaves mucli torn. 



K. triceps, var. /3 ciliata, Boeck. in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 535, in Liuna?a, 

 xxxv. 414, and in Flora, 1879, 515 partly; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 216; 

 C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 533 partly. K. ccespitosa, 

 Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 145 partly. K. blepharinota, Hochst. ex 

 Boeck. in Linnaea, xxxv. 414. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot, 399 I Niger Territory : Nupe, 

 Barter, 1588 ! 



Wile I.and. Kordofan : Gebel Kurbag, Pfund, 359! 623! Abyssinia: sandy 

 places by the River Tacazze, near Gursarfa, 3000-4000 ft., Schimper, , 2201 \ and 

 without precise locality, Hildehrandt, 360 ! 



This variety has been brought hither from K. triceps, principally because the 

 spikes and florets are too large for that species. 



3. K. alba^ Nees in Linncea, x. 140. Roots fibrous, or rhizome very 

 short. Stems caespitose, 8-24 in. long, sometimes minutely scabrous 

 (scarcely hairy) under the bracts. Leaves often as long as the stem, 

 \-\ in. broad. Head globose, of 1 spike, J in. in diam., white even in 

 fruit ; bracts 3-4, lowest often 3-8 in. long, similar to the leaves, patent, 

 finally pendent. Spikelets numerous, J in. long, each perfecting 1 nut. 

 Nut-bearing glume having a wing (though often but narrow) on tlie 

 keel, frequently crested. Nut J the length of the glume, ellipsoid, 

 chestnut-coloured. — Kunth, Enum. ii. 136; Boeck. in Linniea, xxxv. 

 430 ; Ficalho & Hiern in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 26 ; Ridley 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 147 ; C. B. Clarke in Durand k 

 Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v; 526 (excl. Barter, 1588), in Bull. Herb. 

 Boiss. iv. Append, iii. 28, and in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 151 ; Engl. Hoch- 

 gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 146 ; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 123; 



