Kyliinga.'] clvi. cyperace^ (clakke;. 279 



18. K. chlorotropis, Steud. in Flora, 1842, 598. Rhizome 0. 

 Stems subsolitary, 1-2 in. long, slender, thickened and bulb-like at the 

 base. Leaves longer than the stem, -f^ in. broad. Heiid of ::>-l spikes ; 

 bracts 2-3, lowest up to 1 in. long, similar to the leaves. Spikes i by ^1^ in., 

 dense, blackish. Spikelets ~ in. long, perfecting 1 nut. Nut- bearing 

 glume ovate, obtuse, with subexcurrent mucro, chestnut-coloured, the 

 keel green, wingless, smooth. Nut | the length of the glume, broad 

 ellipsoid, dusky-brown. — Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. ii. 70; A. Rich. Tent. 

 Fl. Abyss, ii. 493; Boeck. in Linnaea, xxxv. 404; C. B. Clarke in 

 Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 527 ; Engl. Hochgebirgstl. Trop. 

 Afr. 145 (excl. syn. K. nei^vosa). 



STile Xiand. Abyssinia : Sanien ; mountain sides towards Shoata, Schimper, 

 1377 ! Enjedcap, Schimper, 573 ! Tigre ; near Adowa, 6000 ft., Schimper, 238, 

 around Memsali, Quart in- Dillon Sf Petit, 16! Setamuko, 8500 ft., Schimper, 1303! 

 Sholoda Mountain, 7200 ft., Schimper, 859, partly ! Without precise locality, 

 Hildehrandt, 358 ! 



19. K. parvula, Rendle in Cat. Afr. PL Weliu. ii. 103. Rhizome 0. 

 Stems adjacent, thickened and bulb-like at the base, 2-4 in. long, slender. 

 Leaves | the length of the stem, ^ry i^^- broad. Head of 1 spike, appa- 

 rently lateral, ^-\ in. in diam., globose, dense ; bracts 3-2, the lowest 

 1-1|^ in. long, erect. Spikelets minute, ovoid, hardly acute, each per- 

 fecting 1 nut. Nut-bearing glume full of sunk round red glands; 

 keel not winged. Nut '^ the length of glume, ellipsoid, brown. — 

 K. ccespitosa, var. angustifolia, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. 

 ii. 145. K. brevifolia, C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. 

 Afr. V. 527 partly. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo, 3500 ft., without precise locality, 

 Welwitsch, 6781 ! 



20. K. bracheilema, Steud. in Flora, 1842, 598. Rhizome 

 slender, seen J in. long, arising from a very delicate stolon. Stems 

 subsolitary, 2-4 in. long, thickened at the base by torn black sheaths. 

 Leaves about half the length of the stem, -jV in. broad. Head of 1 

 spike, ovoid-globose, \ in. in diam., dense, chestnut-coloured ; bracts 

 I in., lowest up to | in. long. Spikelets | in. long, each perfecting 1 

 nut. Nut-bearing glume ovate-lanceolate, mucronate, chestnut-coloured ; 

 keel green, wingless, smooth. Nut seen immature. — Steud. Syn. PI. 

 Glum. ii. 70 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 495 ; Boeck. in Linnaea, 

 xxxv. 405 ; C. B. Clarke in Durand k Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 527 ; 

 Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 145. 



Wile Iiand. Abyssinia : Samen ; Enjedcap, 11,500 ft., Schimper, 1371 ! 

 This has a much broader spike than K. chlorotropis, more acuminate Hower- 

 iglumes, and often e.vhibits tlie very small stolon or rhizome. 



21. K. nervosa, Steud. in Flora, 1842, 597. Rhizome small 

 seen up to f in. long. Stems subsolitary, 2-^ in. long, thickened ne^ir 

 the base by the torn blackish leaf-sheaths. Leaves often a.s long as 

 the stem, yV in. broad. Head of 1 spike, up to J by \ in., ovoid or 



