Kyllinga.^ clvi. cyperace^ (clarke). 285 



Stems 1 ft. long, rather slender, net thickened at the base, contiguous 

 in one row. Leaves often as long as the stem, jV-^ in. broad, weak. 

 Head of 3-1 spikes, green-white ; bracts 5-4, lowest up to 4 in. long, 

 similar to the leaves. Middle spike more than h in. long, I in. broad', 

 oblong, dense. Spikelets J in. long, with 2 perfect flowers. Nut^ 

 bearing glume elliptic, acuminate, mucronate, 2-8-nerved on each side ; 

 keel wingless, hispid-ciliate. Nut J the length of the glume, oblon^^ 

 black.— K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 123. °' 



wile Ziand. British East Africa: Rubai Hills, near Mombasa, Taylor ! Nyika 

 country, near Mombasa, Taylor! East Ongalea Mountains, 2000 ft. Qrenoru 

 13! • J y^ 



This is allied to K. cylindrical but differs in the hispid-ciliate keel to the 

 glames. 



31. K. bulbocaulis, Boeck. in Flora, 1875, 258. Rhizome hardly 

 any. Stems 6-8 in. long, tufted at the base and much thickened by 

 the long torn tough brown leaf-sheaths. Leaves longer than the stem, 

 J in. broad. Head of 1 globose straw-coloured spike \-\ in. in diam. ; 

 bracts 3, lowest 4 in. long, similar to the leaves. Spikdets ^ in. long, 

 3-flowered; each often perfecting 2 nuts. Nut-bearing glume scarcely 

 acute, 5-8-ribbed on each side; keels wingless, smootli. — Oliver in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 167 ; C. B. Clarke in Durand t Schinz, Conspect. 

 Fl. Afr. V. 527; K. Schum. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 12;!. Kyllinga 

 sp. n. 1, T. Thoms. in Speke, Nile, Append. G54. 



Mozamb. Blst. Zanzibar, Spehe Sf Grant, 13 ! German East Africa : 

 Karagwe ; top of a hill, Speke <Sf Grant, 410 ! 



32. K. Buchanani, C. B. Clarke in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. 155. 

 Rhizome hardly any. Stems 6-15 in. long, tufted, not thickened at 

 the base ; basal sheaths reddish, not torn. Leaves often § as long as 

 the stem, \'\ in. broad. Head of 1 globose or globose-cylindric spike, 

 J- in. long, straw-coloured, dense ; bracts 3, lowest 4 in. long, similar 

 to the leaves. Spikelets \ in. long, each often perfecting 2 nuts. 

 Nut-bearing glume 1 -coloured, hardly acute, obscurely ribbed, with a 

 few round sunk glandular dots ; keel wingless, smooth, not at ail green. 

 Nut J as long as the glume, yellow-brown. 



IMEozaxnb. Sist. British Central Africa : Nyasalaud ; Blantyre, Buchanan, 

 159 ! Zomba and vicinity, 2800-3500 ft., Whyte ! 



Also in South Africa. 



In K. alba, Nees, and K. controversa, Steud., when tbe wing of tlie keel h very 

 narrow, it is strongly ciliate. 



33. K. nigripes, (7. ^. C/ar^e. Roots fibrous, wiry. Stems 12-14 

 in. long, thickened at the base by the torn black ba&il sheaths 1-1 j in. 

 long and very harsh rigid. Leaves as long as the stem, J in. broad. 

 Head of 1 spike, J in. in diam., ovoid, dense, straw-coloured ; bracts :i, 

 lowest 2 J in. long, similar to the leaves. Spikelets J-!, in. long, eacli 

 usually perfecting 2 nuts. Nut-bearing glume elliptic-lanceolate, sub- 

 acute, strongly 4-ribbed on each side ; keel wingless and smooth above, 



