CYPERACE7E OF THE PHILIPPINES. 
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** Tufted. 
5. Kyllinga cylindrica Nees ! in Wight Contrib. (1834) 91. 
Stems tufted, rootstock hardly any ; heads 3-1, the central one usually 
cylindric. 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 588; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soe. 36 (1903) 223. 
Luzon, Benguet, (6500 Elmer). Mindanao, Lake Lanao, (102 Clemens). 
Frequent in warm regions of the Old World, Africa, Asia to tropical Australia. 
The representative species in the New World is Kyllinga odorata Vahl, which 
"may be treated as a geographical variety. 
SPECIES EXCLUDED FROM KYLLINGA. 
Kyllinga albescens Steud., based on 1418 Cuming, is Lipocarpha orgentea 
R. Br. 
2. PYCREUS Beauv. 
In all the Philippine species of this genus the nut is reticulate, not 
zonate. 
1. Pycreus sanguinolentus Nees in Linnsea 9 (1834) 283. 
Stem decumbent, clothed by leaf-sheaths one-third the way up; heads 
of spikelets simply umbelled. 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 590; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 206. 
Cyperus sanguinolentus Vahl Enum. 2: 351; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. 2: 
140. C. Eragrostis Vahl Enum. 2: 322 ? (syn. Retz. excl.); Moritzi ! Verz. 
Zoll. Pfl. 96; Benth. FI. Hongk. 385; Hemsl. Bot. Challenger Voy. 2: 85. C. 
areolatus R. Br. Prodr. 216. C. atratus Steud. ! in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Arcliip. heft. 
2, 62; Miq. FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 259. 
Luzon, Benguet, (4706 Merrill). 
Old World, from the Black Sea to Australia, and from tropical Africa to 
Manchuria; a common plant. 
2. Pycreus pulvinatus Nees in Linnsea 9 (1834) 283. 
A slender annual, heads (short spikes) umbelled, pale; glumes mu- 
cronate. 
Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 206. Pycreus nitens Nees in Nova 
Acta Nat. Cur. 19 (1843) Suppl. 1: 53; Hook. f. FI. Brit'. Ind. 6: 591. Cyperus 
pumilus L. Amoen. Acad. 4 (1788) 302. Cyperus nitens Retz. Obs. 5 (1789) 
13 ? ; Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat 2: 140 ?; Vidal ! Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 283; 
Phaner. Cuming. Philip. 155. C. qymnoleptus Steud. ! Cyp. 3; Miq. FI. Nederl. 
Ind. 3: 255. 
Philippines, (559 Cuming ); (198 Chamisso) . Luzon, (3404 Ahern’s col- 
lector) . 
Old World, from tropical Africa to China and north Australia, a common 
plant. Once received from Martinique. Received in five collections from Florida 
( named erroneously P. leucolepis ) . 
