Kyllinga.'] clvi. CYPERACEiE (clarke). 283 



at the base by leaf -sheaths. Leaves often longer than the stem, ^J in. 

 broad. Head of 3-1 (often 3) white or very pale brown spikes ; bracts 

 3-4, lowest 1-6 in. long, similar to the leaves. Middle spike J by J in., 

 short-cylindric, green or whitish, dense. Spikelets J in. long, each 

 producing 1 nut. Nut-bearing glume ovate, acute, not mucronate, 

 without glands, thin ; keel wingless, smooth or very nearly so. Nut 

 § the length of the glume, yellow-brown finally black. — Nees in Linnjta, 

 ix. 286; Kunth, Enum. ii. 133 ; Boeck. in Linnrea, xxxv. 415 ; Ridley 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 146; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. vi. 588, inDurand &, Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 528, and in 

 Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 153.; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 123; 

 Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 140 ; Eendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 

 104. K. triceps, Afzel. Bemed. Guin. 70, not of Rottb. K. triceps, var. /3 

 chtusiflora, Boeck in Linnsea, xxxv. 414 ; Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 ser. 2, Bot. ii. 145. K. triceps, var. longispicata, Ridley in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 146. K. monocephala, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 552 

 partly. K. macrocephala, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 22, and vii. 

 225, not of A. Rich. K. odorata, var. ^gracilis, Boeck. in Linnaea, xxxv. 

 411 partly. K. cmspitosa, Ridley in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot.ii. 145 

 partly. Cyperus Schimperi, K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 121. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! Welwitach, 6989 ! Liberia : Bassa 

 Cove, Ansell ! Niger Territory: Old Calabar, Robb ! Cameroons : Upper 8loj)e8 

 of Cameroon Mountain, 8000-10,000 ft., Johnston ! Mann, 2104 ! Fernando Po ; 

 Clarence Peak, 7500-8500 ft., Mann, 659 ! 1474 ! 



Wile Iiand. British East Africa : Ruwenzori, 9000 ft., ScoLt-ElUot, 7757 ! 



iMOvrer Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; 3500 ft., by tbe River Casalale, 

 Welwitsch, 6789 ! Golungo Alto ; Monte de Queta, Welwitsch, 7005 ! Huilla, 5000, ft. ; 

 near streams in Morro de Lopollo, Welwitsch, 6795 ! near Humpata, Welwitsch, 

 fruit, 1080 ! 



I^ozamb. »i8t. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 5000-6000 ft., Taylor ! 

 Volkens, 693 ! 



Also in South Africa, Madagascar, India, South China, and Australia. (The 

 American K. odorata, Vahl, is hardly specifically separable.) 



Var, major, C. B. Clarke in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 528. 

 Larger than typical cylindrica ; middle spike more than \ in. broad ; spikelets \-\ 

 in. long. — K. cylindrica, Nees ? ex Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. ii. 353. 



XVXozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Kilinianjaro, 60O0 ft., Johnston, 75 



Var. appendiculata, C. B. Clarke. Rhizome 4 in. long, densely covered with 

 scales. — K. appendiculata, K. Schum. in Preuss, Exsicc. 923. 



17pper Guinea. Cameroons : Buea, 8250 ft., Preuss, 923 ! 



Preuss, 923 is a distinct-looking plant ; but the series collected by G. Mann in 

 the Cameroons and Fernando Po fills up the gap between this variety and the type 

 cylindrica : Mann, 1474 is var. appendiculata almost. 



27. K. rtiwenzoriensis, C. B. Clarke. Rhizome seen, 1 in. long, 

 thick. Stems 2-4 in. long, thick, nol; bulbous at the base ; basiil leaf- 

 sheaths entire, reddish. Leaves often as long as the stem, J-J in. broad. 

 Heads of 3-1 spikes, dusky-white tinged with yellow ; bracts 4, lowest 

 up to 21 in. long, similar to the leaves. Middle spike h in. long, more 

 than i^in. broad, cylindric, dense. Spikelets rather more than J in. 



