Kyilmga.} Cyperacece. 45 



obovoid or oblong, apiculate, pale red-brown, style longer or 

 shorter than the nut. 



In grassy places ; very common. Fl. all the year. 



Throughout the hotter regions of the Old World. 



The wings of the two upper glumes sometimes undeveloped, but the 

 keel is always spinulose, and the species may always be recognised by 

 their glumes having their tips gradually narrowed into long cusps. 



3. K.. triceps, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. 14 (1773I 

 Moon, Cat. 7. Thw. Enum. 345. C. P. 3234. 

 Fl. B. Ind. vi. 587. Rottb. I. c. t. 4. f. 6. 



Rootstock very short or o ; stems 6-8 in., densely tufted, 

 thickened at the base ; 1. as long as the stem or shorter, X2 _ 6 

 in. broad ; spikes 3, rarely solitary, median ovoid-oblong |—J 

 in. diam., lateral shorter, rhachis clothed after the fall of the 

 spikelets with the persistent lower glumes ; bracts 3 or 4, 

 up to 3 in. long; spikelets about ^2 m -> i-fld. ; glume I. 

 lanceolate, acuminate, II. orbicular, 4-veined, III. and IV. 

 membranous, green, not speckled with brown, obtusely 

 apiculate, III. obovate-oblong, 7-veined, IV. rather longer, 

 spathulate-oblong, obtuse, 5-veined; nut oblong or obovate 

 apiculate, chestnut-brown, style rather shorter than the nut. 



Low country, chiefly in the dry region ; rather common. Colombo ; 

 Puttalam. Fl. June, August. 



Also in India, Burma, China, Africa, Australia. 



4. XL. brevifolia, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. 13 (1773). 

 Moon, Cat. 7. Thw. Enum. 345. C. P. 3755. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 588. Rottb. 1. c. t. iv. f. 3. 



Stems short or long, up to 2 ft, solitary or tufted on a 

 creeping arching rootstock; 1. half as long as the stem or 

 shorter, rarely longer, very narrow; spikes 3, rarely solitary, 

 globose or ovoid, \-\ in. diam., rhachis naked after the fall of 

 the spikelets ; bracts 3-4, up to 4 in. long ; spikelets T V in. 

 long, 1- rarely 2-fld. ; glume : I. lanceolate, acuminate, II. 

 nearly orbicular 3-veined on each side, III. and IV. green, 

 sparingly speckled with brown, keels sparingly spinulose, 

 strongly abruptly cuspidate, III. ovate-oblong 5-veined, IV. 

 \ longer, broader, 3-veined; nut obovate, top rounded orretuse, 

 apiculate, yellow-brown, style about as long as the nut. 



Low country, rather rare (?). Galle., Central and Uva Provinces, 

 2000-5600 ft. (Pearson). Fl. Sept. 

 India and all warm countries. 

 Some very long slender states are K. intermedia, Br. 



5. XL. melanosperma, Nees in Wight, Cont?-ib. 91 (1834). 

 Thw. Enum. 345. C. P. 2980 and 818. 



Fl. B. Ind. vi. 588. 



Stem short or long, up to 20 in., rather stout, solitary on a 



