588 CLXxii.'ciPBEACEa;. (C. B. Clarke.) [Kyllinga, 



Fertile glume ovate, keel smooth greeu subexcarrenfc, sides 3-4-striate, straw-oolrd. 

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



2. K. cylindrical Nees in Wight Gontrib. 91, pwtly ; nearly gla- 

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

 cylindrio straw-oolrd., nut yellow-brown ultimately black. Boeck. in 

 lAnnxa, xxxt. 415. — Kyllingia, Wall. Gat. 3442, partly, 3443 D, partly. 



Scattered widely in India, not plentiful anywhere. TfiOPiOAL Himaiata, 

 from Kumaon to Sikkim. Paeasnath, I", .dmiiersom. CniTTAaoNG, J./. ^T. TA. 

 NiLaHEEEiBS, King. Singapokb, Hullett. — Disteie. Afric., Austral. 



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

 often of 3 spikes, median oylindric f in. long, lateral much shorter, subovoid ; bracts 

 3-4, up to 2-3 in. BpiJcelets -jJj-J in. long. Fertile glume oTate, keel green scarcely 

 excurrent, sides not glandular-papillose, N%t § length of glume, ellipsoid, obtuse. 



3. XC. melanosperma, Nees in Wight Gontrib. 91 ; glabrous, rhizome 

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

 ultimately black. Thw. JEnum. 345 ; Boech. in Linnsea, xxxv. 419. K. 

 brevifolia, Nees I. c. 91 (partly, not of Rotth.). K. fuscescens, BoeoJc. I. c. 

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

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



NiiGHEEEiBS, Leschenault, &c. CETliON, Thwaiies, &c. Sin&apobe, Kurz. — 

 DiSTKiE. 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 J in., thicker than in K. 

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

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

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



4. K. brevifolia, Botth. 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- 

 brown. Nees in Wight Gontrib. 91 (pa/rtly) ; Thw. Emm. 345 ; Boeeh. in 

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

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

 Mus. Imgd. Bat. ii. 142 (not of Bottb.). K. sororia, Kunth Fwum. ii. 131 ; 

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

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

 423. K. triceps, Thunb. Fl. Japon. 35 (not of Bottb.). Schoenus oolo- 

 ratus, Linn. 8p. PI. ed. 2, 64, and herb, ^rapr.— Kyllingia, Wall. Gat. 3443, 

 partly. 



Throughout India; from the Paujab to Assam, Oetlon, and Malacca.— 

 Disteie. AU warm regions except the Mediterranean. 



Shizome 4-12 in. Stems 4-24 in. (or sometimes i-2 in. curved). Leaves 

 ■^-i in. broad, longer than the stems or very much shorter. Head J-J in. diam., 

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

 3-4, up to 4 in. _ Spikelets i~i in., usually with 1 nut only. Fl. gl. ovate, keel 

 green 3-nerved slightly excurrent or recurved, lower half setulose-soabrous 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-beamng glume winged in upper half of keel. 



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

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



