280 CLvi. CYPERACE^ (clabke). [Kylltnga, 



very short cylindric, dense, greenish-black; bracts 3, lowest IJ in. long, 

 similar to the leaves. Spikelets ^ in. long, each perfecting 1 nut^ 

 Nut-bearing glume acute, chestnut-coloured, on each side with 4 lurid- 

 yellow nerves; keel wingless, smooth. Nut seen immature. — Steud» 

 Syn. PI. Glum. ii. 70; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 494; Boeck. in 

 Linnaea, xxxv. 407 ; C. B. Clarke in Durand &■ Schinz, Conspect. FL 

 Afr. V. 530 ; Schweinf . in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. Append, ii. 49, 104. 

 JC. aurata, Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 102, not of Nees. K. chlorotropis^ 

 Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 145 partly. 



Wile ]«and. Eritrea : Keren, Hildehrandt, 358 ! Mount Amba, near Geleb, 

 6300 ft., Schioeinfurthy 1361 ! Abyssinia : near Wadi Schwada, on mountains, 

 Schimper, 1375 ! Sholoda Mountain, 7200 ft., Schimper, 589, partly ! and without 

 precise locality, Schimper, 263 ! 1320 ! Soraaliland: Abdalla, Keller, 81 ! British East 

 Africa : Ukamba, Scott-Mliot, 2346 ! 



22, K. triceps, Rotib. Descr. et Ig. 14, t. ^^fig. 6 {excl. the plate of 

 Rheede and sortie syna, cited). E-hizome 0. Stems 2-12 in. long, 

 thickened at the base, csespitose. Leaves -^jj in. broad, J as long as (or 

 sometimes as long as) the stem. Head of 3-1 spikes, white or green ; 

 bracts 3-4, lowest up to 2-3 in. long, similar to the leaves. Middle 

 spike i-J^ in. long, very dense, varying from ovoid to oblong-cylindric. 

 Spikelets -f^ in. long, each perfecting 1 nut. Nut-bearing glume ovate,, 

 very shortly acute, strongly 3-4-striate on each side, sometimes red- 

 spotted and with sunk glands ; keel wingless, smooth (except var. /3). 

 Nut J-J the length of the glume, ellipsoid, yellow-brown. — Yahl, 

 Enum.il. 381; Kunth, Enum. ii. 133; A. Eich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 

 492 ?; Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxv. 413 (excl. var. /3) ; Schweinf. Beitr. Fi. 

 Aethiop. 216; Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 145 (excl. 

 varieties) ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 587, and in Durand 

 & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 533 ; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 

 123; Engl.HochgebirgsJa. Trop. Afr. 145 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 

 ii. Append, ii. 49 partly, 104; Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 103. 

 K. bulbosccj Beauv. Fl. Owar. i. 11, t. 8 ; Kunth, Enum.ii. 138 ; Steud. 

 in Flora, 1842, 597, and Syn. PL Glum. ii. 71. K. pumila, Steud. in 

 Flora, 1842, 596, not of Mich. K. gemhiiflora, Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. ii. 

 70. X. ccespitosa^ Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc, ser. 2, Bot. ii. 145 in 

 large part. K. Schimperi, Hochst. ex Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxv. 414. 



Vppeir Guinea. Senegambia, Leprieur ! Galam, Seudelot, 323 ! Niger, 



Vogel! 



Utile Xiand. Eritrea : Ginda, at the foot of Donkollo Mountain, 3100 ft.,. 



Schweivfurth, 138, 350. Galabat: region of Matarama, Schweinf urth, 2051 



Abysfinia: Begemeder ; Gafat, 9000 ft., Schimper, 507, 13101 Quartin- Dillon, 



12 ! British East Africa : Jur ; Kurshook All's Seriba, Schweinfurth, 1705 ! Jur 



Ghatlas, Schweivfurth, 1913! 1926! 



Xto^irer Guinea. Angola: GolungoAlto; without precise locality, TFie/Jit^zY^cA^ 



7005b : Pungo Andongo, 3000 ft.; in wet places at Mutollo, TFelwitsch, 6787! 



6787b! between the Prsesidinm and Quilanga, Welwitsch, 67801 marshy places oft 



the higher parts of the Praesidium, Welwitsch, 6791 ! 7160 ! 



Common in India, extending to South China and North Australia. 



