282 CLvi. CYPERACE.E (clarke). [KylUnga. 



glume, ellipsoid, yellow-brown. — Vahl, Enum. ii. 380 ; Kunth, Enufn. ii. 

 132 partly ; C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 

 531 ; Durand & JScbinz, Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 279 ; Durand & De Wild, 

 in Comptes-rendus Soc. bot. Belg. xxxvi. 88 ; Urban, Symb. Antill. 

 ii. 13; Rendle in Cat. Air. PI. Welw. ii. 103. K. gracilis, Afzel. 

 Remed. Guin. 71. A', ononocephala, Nees in Flora, 1828, 331 ; Benth. 

 in Hook. Niger Fl. 552 partly. K. ccespitosa, Nees in Mart. Fl. Bras, 

 ii. i. 12 (excl. syn. Kunth. et var. /3) ; Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxv. 411; 

 Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 145. K. odorata, var. gracilis^ 

 Boeck. in Linn^ea, xxxv. 411. K. polyphylla, Benth. in Hook. Niger 

 Fl. 552 partly, not of Yahl. K. rigidula, Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. ii. 71 

 (as to the Nubian plant); Boeck. in Linnsea, xxxv, 416. K. viridula, 

 Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 492. K. tenuifolia, Steud. 

 Syn. PI. Glum. ii. 69. K. triceps, Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 

 145, not of Rottb. K. brevifolia, forma, Boeck. in Flora, 1879, 516, not 

 of Rottb. A", naur.ianianna, Boeck. in Flora, 1879, 516 ; var. Bennii, 

 and (?) var, /3 tenuis, Boeck. in Engl. Jahrb. v. 89, and in Engl. Gazelle 

 Reise, Bot. 16. K. cylindrica, Henriques in Bolet. Soc. Brot. v. 209, not 

 of Nees. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, Brunner, 157! Leprieur ! Cape Verd Isles, 

 Srunner, 137! Sierra Leone, Bon, 1! Barter! Scott-Elliot, 5187 t;! Liberia: 

 Monrovia, Naumann (ex Boeckeler). Ashanti, Cummins ! Fernando Po, Vogel, 11! 

 219! 



irile liand. Upper Seniiar : Fazokl, Kotschy, 416! Nubia, Kotschy, 516! 

 Abyssinia : mountains near Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1641 ! British East Africa : near 

 Mombasa, Taylor ! 



Jaower Guinea. Princes Island, Neivton, 9! .Island of St. Thomas: Novo 

 Moka, Saudade, 2450-2600 ft., Moller, 19 ! and Fl. Afr. Exsicc. Conimbric, 126 ! and 

 without ])recise locality, Doti, 2 ! Gaboon : Sierra del Crystal, Mann, 1640 ! Mnnda; 

 Sibange Farm, Soyaux, 332 1 Lower Congo ; Boma, Naumann (ex Boeckeler) ; 

 Lutete, 1500-2000 ft.. Hens, A, 254! 305! Bingila, Dupuis ! Angola: Pungo 

 Andongo, 3500 ft. ; in tlie Praesidium, Welwitsch, 6796 partly ! near the Cabondo 

 Hill, Welwitsch, 7153 ! 7158 ! and without precise locality, Welwitsch, 7167 ! 

 6790 partly ! Golungo Alto ; slopes of eastern Queta, near the banks of the river, 

 WeUvitsch, 7012 A ! 



Soutb Central. Congo Free State : Moubuttvi ; Munza, Schweinfurth 

 3405! 



ZVIozaxnb. I>ist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; between Kondowe and 

 Karonga, 2500-6500 ft., Whyte ! 



Abundant in America, from Ohio to South Brazil. 



This species is exceedingly like K. brevifolia, Rottb., except that it wants the 

 creeping rhizome. In reducing so large a number of species, admitted by high 

 authority, I should add that Schimper, 1641 {K. triceps ex Boeck.), Soyaux, 332 

 (^K. naumanniana, Boeck.), Schweinfurth, 3405 {^K. brevifolia, ex Boeck.) are not 

 varieties or forms — they are so far as 1 can see identically one. The greatest 

 variation in the whole set 'u shown by Kotschy, 416 {K. rigidula, Steud.) which is 

 rather sXouier than typical K. pumila, and has spikes up to i in. wide. The 

 American K. pumila, with its range of form, easily covers K. rigidula. 



26. K. cylindrica, Nees in Wight, Contrib. 91. Bhizome or 

 short, except in var. appendiculata. Stem 6-18 in. long, hardly thickened 



