Voh l CYPERACEAE 115 



Kyllinga caespitosa Nees var. robusta Boeck. in Linnaea 35 (1868) 

 413; Scheff. in Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. 34 (1874) 45; Vidal 

 Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 155, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 283. 



Kyllinga longiculmis Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1856) 292; Naves Novis. 

 App. (1882) 300. 



Kyllinga fuscata Miq. 1. c. 294; Naves 1. c. 



Kyllinga squarrosa Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 2 (1855) 68; Naves 1. c. 



Kyllinga sororia Kunth Enum. 2 (1837) 131; Naves 1. c. 



Throughout the Philippines in open grasslands, waste places, etc., at 

 low and medium altitudes; common. Pantropic. 



Local names: Bibi-inok # (Bon.) ; kadkadot (Ig.) ; pugo-pugo (C. Bis.). 



KYLLINGA CYLINDRICA Nees in Wight Contrib. (1834) 91; C. B. Clarke 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 79. 



Luzon (Benguet, Laguna), Mindanao (Bukidnon, Lanao), Elmer 6500, 

 Merrill Phil. PL 571, Williams 1225, B. S. 26039 Fenix, 14033 Robinson, 

 10980 Ramos. In open grasslands at medium altitudes, ascending to 1,600 m. 

 Warmer parts of Africa and Asia, through Malaya to Australia. Consid- 

 ered by Kukenthal to be a variety of K. odorata Vahl. 



KYLLINGA INTERMEDIA R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 219; C. B. Clarke in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 78; Merr. op. cit. 262, 5 (1910) 

 Bot. 333. 

 Kyllinga oligostachya Boeck. in Linnaea 35 (1868) 407. 



Luzon (Ifugao, Bontoc, Lepanto, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Laguna), 

 Mindoro, Negros, Mindanao, B. S. 14249 McGregor, 14125 Robinson, Elmer 

 6494, 10021, 9675, Merrill 6539, 4.618, 4624, 4371, 4h21, 4695, Phil. PL 539; 

 Williams 1228. In open wet places, on slopes, about cliffs, etc., at medium 

 altitudes, ascending to 2,200 m. Formosa, Australia, Samoa. Considered 

 by Kukenthal to be a variety of K. brevifolia Rottb. 



Local names: Busikad (C. Bis.); tabtabulog (Buk.). 



KYLLINGA M ELANOSPERMA Nees in Wight Contrib. (1834) 91; C. B. 



Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1893) 588. 

 Kyllinga pungens C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 



78, non Link. 

 Kyllinga bifolia Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1856) 293; Naves Novis. App. 



(1882) 300. 



Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Ifugao, Kalinga, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya), Min- 

 danao (Lanao), B. S. 27159 Ramos, 14236, 19995 McGregor, Merrill 216, 

 4649, Phil. PL 1761, 572, Williams 1235, Elmer 6292, 6495. In open wet 

 places at medium altitudes, ascending to 2,000 m. India to Madagascar 

 and Malaya. 



KYLLINGA MONOCEPHALA Rottb. Descr. Ic. (1773) 13, t. 4, f. t; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1856) 291; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 199; C. B. 

 Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (190'7) Bot. 77; Merr. op. cit. 3 

 (1908) Bot. 397, Fl. Manila (1912) 108, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 81. 

 Kyllinga triceps Blanco ; Fl. Filip. (1837) 34, ed. 2 (1845) 23, ed. 3, 

 1 (1877) 44; Steud/ Syn. PI. Glum. 2 (1855) 72; Naves Novis. 

 App. (1882) 300 (Linn, f., p. p.). 



