Kyllinga.'] clvi. CYPERACEiE (clarke). 28 L 



Var, ciliata, Boeck. in Linnaea, xxxv. 414. Nut-bearing glume ciliate (not 

 winged) on the keel.— Boerk. in Flora, 1879, 515 partly; Kendle in Cat. Afr. PI. 

 Welw. ii. 104; C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 533 partly ; 

 K. WeUvitschii, Kidley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 147. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola: Loanda; damp places at Zamba Grande, JF>ZM7»7*rA, 

 6793 ! between Loando and Penedo, Welwitsch, 6995 ! between Penedo and 

 Concei9ao, Welwitsch, 6999b! Benguella; near Benguella, Welioitsch, 6792! 

 Pungo Andongo ; banks of tbe River Cuanza, near Calemba and Calemba Islanda, 

 Welwitsch, 6779 ! Muta Lucale, Welwitsch, 6790 partly ! between Lombe and 

 Muta Lucale, Weltcitsch, 6796 partly ! and between Bumba and Condo, Welwitsch, 

 6798! 



AKozamb. Blst. Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi, Tote, Kirk I 



Also in India, China, and Australia. 



K. triceps, \Sir. pttmila, Boeck. i.e., Schweinfurth 2053 is Scirpus ki/llin^ioides, 

 Boeck. Much of the material referred to K. triceps, var. ciliata (in Durand Sc 

 Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 533), I now refer to K. controversa, var. subexalata ; 

 some of the K. triceps of Schweinfurth which I have seen is this K. controversa, 

 var. ; I therefore do not know how much of Schweinfurth's triceps, whic h 1 have 

 not seen, belongs to K. controversa. The difference between K. triceps, Rottb. 

 typical, and its var. ciliata (as here understood) is trilling. 



23. K. microstyla, C. B. Clarke in Keiv Bulletin, 1H95, 229. 

 Stems 4-6 in. long, slender, thickened at the base by leaf-sheaths. 

 Leaves about half as long as the stems, y\ in. broad. Head of 3 spikes ; 

 bracts S, lowest 1 J in. long, similar to the leaves. Middle spike J by J in., 

 dense. Spikelets -^^ in. long, each perfecting 1 nut. Nut-bearing 

 glume ^^(5" in. long, ovate ; keel wingless, smooth. Nut j the length of 

 glume, ellipsoid or obovoid ; style hardly any, its 2 small branches 

 hardly half the length of the nut. 



irile Iiand. Somaliland, Mrs. Lort-Phillips ! Thuja Steppe, Keller, 84 ! 



24. K. flava, C. B. Clarke. Rhizome oblique, short, stout, covered 

 by torn sheaths. Stems l-^J in. long, not bulbous at the base. Leaves 

 6 in. long, ^ in. broad. Head of 1 spike, J in. (and upwards) long, \ in. 

 broad, cylindric, dense, yellow ; bracts 3, lowest 2J in. long, similar to 

 the leaves. Spikelets -^^ in. long, lanceolate, each perfecting 1 nut. 

 Nut-bearing glume acuminate, 3-4-nerved on each side ; keel wingless,, 

 smooth, excurrent in a longish mucro. 



Nile I.and. British East Africa : Taita ; Mbuyuni, Scott-Elliot, 6233 ! 



25. K. pumila, J/icA. Fl. Bor.-Amer. i. 28. Roots fibrous. Stems 

 caespitose, 4-18 in. long, rather slender, not thickened at the base, the 

 basal sheaths being rather tight, not torn, usually reddish. Leaves 

 J-| the length of the stem, ^-J in. broad. Head of 3-1 green or 

 greenish-white spikes dense with small spikelets; bracts 2-4, lowest 

 2-6 in. long, similar to the leaves. Middle spike {-^ by J-J in., short- 

 cylindric, or in the same tuft subovoid and hardly longer than broad. 

 Spikelets -^-^-^ in. long, each perfecting 1 (rarely 2) nut. Nut-bearing 

 glume thin, slenderly nerved, without glands ; keel stronger, green, 

 wingless, scabrous, excurrent in a small mucro. Nut J as long as the 



