588 CLXXII. CYPERACE2E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Kyllinga. 



Fertile glume 'ovate, keel smooth green subexcurrent, sides 3-4-striate, straw-colrd. 

 Stamens usually 2. Nut f length of glume, ellipsoid, obtuse. 



2. K.. cylindrica 9 Nees in Wight Contrib. 91, partly ; nearly gla- 

 brous, rhizome very short, stem not thickened at base, spikes 3-1 sub- 

 cylindric straw-colrd., nut yellow-brown ultimately black. BoecJc. in 

 Linnsea, xxxv. 415. Kyllingia, Wall. Cat. 3442, partly, 3443 D, partltj. 



Scattered widely in INDIA, not plentiful anywhere. TROPICAL HIMALAYA, 

 from Kumaon to Sikkim. PARASNATH, T. Anderson. CHITTAGONG, H.f. Sf T. Th. 

 NILGHERRIES, King. SINGAPORE, Hullett. DISTRIB. Afric., Austral. 



Stems 4-12 in. Leaves - in. broad, usually much shorter than stem. Head 

 often of 3 spikes, median cylindric -| in. long, lateral much shorter, subovoid ; bracts 

 3-4, up to 2-3 in. Spikelets T V~& i n - l n g- Fertile glume ovate, keel green scarcely 

 excurrent, sides not glandular-papillose. Nut f length of glume, ellipsoid, obtuse. 



3. K. melanosperma, Nees in Wight Contrib. 91 ; glabrous, rhizome 

 thick very short, stem elongate, leaves short, head solitary ovoid, nut 

 ultimately black. T/iw. Enum. 345 ; BoecJc. in Linnsea, xxxv. 419. K. 

 brevifolia, Nees 1. c. 91 (partly, not of Rottb.}. K. fuscescens, BoecJc. I. c. 

 421, partly. K. vaginata (and var. major), Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. ii. 63 ; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind Bat. iii. 290. Kyllinga, sp. Wall. Cat. 3140. 



NILGHERRIES, Leschenault, &c. CEYLON, Thwaites, &c. SINGAPORE, Rurz. 

 DISTRIB. Java, S. Africa, Madagasc. 



Rhizome about 1 in. Stems 20 in., sharply triquetrous at top. Leaves often 4 

 by i in., always much shorter than stem. Spike f by ^ in., thicker than in K. 

 cylindrica ; bracts up to 2-4 in., leaf-like. Spikelets % in. long, usually with 1 

 rarely 2 nuts. Fl. glume ovate, acute, keel green scarcely scabrous, sides 3-4-striate 

 fuscous. Stamens often 3. Nut length of glume, oblong-obovoid. 



4. K.. brevifolia, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. 13, t. 4, fig. 3 ; glabrous, rhizome 

 creeping elongate, leaves long or short, spikes 3-1 ovoid, fl. glume sub- 

 mucronate eglandular, keel upwards not winged, nut ultimately yellow- 

 bfown. Nees in Wight Contrib. 91 (partly) ; Thw. Enum. 345 ; BoecJc. in 

 Linnsea, xxxv. 424. K. intermedia, Br. Prodr. 219. K. cruciata, Nees in 

 Linnsea, ix. 286. K. monocephala, Thunb. Fl. Japon. 35 ; Miq. in Ann 

 Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. 142 (not of Rottb.). K. sororia, Kuntli Enum. ii. 131 ; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 293 (partly). K. gracilis, Kunth 1. c. 134 ; Miq. I. c. 

 292. K. fuscata, Miq. 1. c. 294. K. aurata, y Hohenackeri, BoecJc. I. c. 

 423. K. triceps, TJmnb. Fl. Japon. 35 (not of Rottb.). Schcenus <jolo- 

 ratus, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 64, and kerb, propr. Kyllingia, Wall. Gat. 3443, 

 partly. 



Throughout INDIA ; from the Panjab to Assam, CEYLON, and MALACCA. 

 DISTRIB. All warm regions except the Mediterranean. 



Bhizome 4-12 in. Stems 4-24 in. (or sometimes |-2 in. curved). Leaves 

 -jV-J in.' broad, longer than the stems or very much shorter. Head -5 in. diam., 

 green or brownish ; spikes often 1 ; if 3, median ovoid, scarcely cylindric ; bracts 

 3-4, up to 4 in. Spikelets f-<t in., usually with 1 nut only. Fl. gl. ovate, keel 

 green 3-nerved slightly excurrent or recurved, lower half setulose-scabrous, upper 

 smooth or sparsely setulose, sides 3-4-striate. Stamens 3 or 2. Nut -| or ^ the 

 length of glume, ellipsoid, obtuse ; style as long as half the nut. 



** Nut-bearing glume winged in upper half of keel. 



5. K. monocephala, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. 13, t. 4, fig. 4 ; nearly gla- 

 brous, rhizome creeping elongate, spikes 1-3 ovoid, fl. glume submucronate 



