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CLARKE. 
Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 292. K. monocephala var. Mindorensis Boeck. in Linnaea 
35 (1867-68) 428; Vidal, Phaner. Cuming. Philip. 155; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 284. 
(K. Mindorensis is no variety of K. monocephala; it is the typical state of the 
species.) 
Philippines, (Gallery)-, (Llanos); (Moseley); (1558 Cuming, hb.. Kew). 
Luzon, (Kastalsky) ; (Leclanches) ; (1860 Wichura) ; (3981 Vidal); (86 pro 
parte, 3160, 5103 Merrill); (6026 Leiberg) ; (457 Topping); (3283 Ahern’s 
collector). Mindanao, (249 DeVore & Hoover) ; (548 Copeland) . 
Common in the warm regions of the Old World, as in East Asia and Polynesia. 
From South America I have seen two examples only, which 1 suppose to be 
“allata.” 
2. Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. Descr. et Ic. (1773) 13. t. J, f. 3. 
Keel of the flowering glume not crested, green, minutely scabrous or 
with a few scattered hairs. 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6 : 588. Kyllinga triceps Blanco FI. Filip. 34, non 
Rottb; Steud. Cyp. 72. K. rigidula Steud. Cyp. 71, quoad pi. Philippensem ; 
Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 294. K. caespitosa var. robusta Boeck. in Linnaea 35 
(1867-68) 413, minime Nees; Vidal Phaner. Cuming. Philip. 155; Rev. PI. Vase. 
Filip. 283. • 
Philippines, (552 Cuming). Luzon, (772, 1656 Loher) ; (86A Merrill). 
Basilan, (43 DeVore <£- Hoover). Mindanao, (101 Clemens); (585 Copeland). 
The warmer parts of both hemispheres; the commonest species of the genus. 
3. Kyllinga intermedia R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 219. 
Slender, with small lateral globose or depressed heads; keel of the 
flowering glume green, smooth, not crested. 
Benth. FI. Austr. 7: 521; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 223. 
Kyllinga oligostachya Boeck, in Linnaea 35 (1867-68) 407. Kyllinga monoceph- 
ala Seem. FI. Viti. 318, pro majore parte, non Rottb. K. brevifolia Boeck. ! ms. 
in A. Dietrich No. 717. 
Luzon, Benguet, (4371, 4421, 4695 Merrill) ; (6494 Elmer) -. Lepanto, (4618, 
4624 Merrill). 
Frequent in north and east Australia. I also refer to this species plants 
collected in Formosa and Fiji. It is hardly more than a variety of Kyllinga 
brevifolia Rottb., as indeed Boeclceler sometimes esteemed it. The distribution in 
Formosa and Fiji might therefore be disputed. 
4. Kyllinga pungens Link. Hort. Berol. 1 (1827) 326. 
Ehizome stout, conspicuously squamose; leaves and bracts short; keel 
of flowering glume not crested. 
Dyer FI. Trop. Afr. 8: 269, 277. K. obtusata Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 
183; Boeck. in Linnaea 35 (1867-68) 418. K. bifolia Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 
293. Cyperus aphyllus Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bogor. (1844) 24. 
Luzon, (Loher); (4649 Merrill); (6495 Elmer). 
Abundant in tropical America, frequent in tropical Africa. I have, in all, four 
examples from Malaya, none from India. 
