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CLXtr. CYPERACE.®. 
[Kyllinga. 
1. KYLLINGA, Rottb. 
Rhizome sometimes elongate. Culms erect, leafy below. Leaves 
narrow. Spikes i to 3, sessile, capitate, with 3 or 4 leafy bracts 
below, ovoid or cylindric of numerous small compressed spikelets. 
Glumes 4 or 5, distichous, two lowest empty, third bisexual empty 
or male. Style 2-branched. Nut compressed, laterally. Species 33, 
all warm countries. 
Heads white. 
Fertile glume winged in upper half; heads ovoid (i) K. monocephala 
Fertile glume not winged; heads cylindric . (2) K. cylindrica 
Heads green. Fertile glume not winged. 
Rhizome elongate; leaves long . . ■ (3) K. brevifolia 
Rhizome thick and short; leaves very few and 
short. (4) K. melanosperma 
(i) K. monocephala Rotlb. Descr. & Ic. 13, t. 4, fig. 4; Ridl. 
Mai. hi. 58. 
Rhizome usually short, culms tufted, grassy, 6 to 12 in. long. 
Spikes I to 3, ovoid, white, -25 in. long. Spikelets -15 in. long, 
lowest glume linear, second and third ovate, crested in upper half, 
crest toothed. Hah. In waste ground, roadsides, etc., very common, 
all over the Peninsula. Singapore (Wallich) very common. Johor, 
Pahang, Malacca, Selangor, Perak, Penang. Disirib. All the 
tropics. Native name : Runiput Butong. 
{2) K. cylindrica Nees in Wight, Contrih. 91; Clarke in Hook, 
fil. F.B.I. vi. 588; Ridl. Mat. iii. 59. 
Rhizome very short. Culm 6 in. tall. Leaves numerous, 
shorter. Head of 3 spikes, white, median one cylindric, -25 in. 
long, laterals shorter ovoid. Bracts 3 or 4, i to 3 in. long. Spike¬ 
lets narrow. Fertile glume ovate, keel hardly distinct, with few 
teeth, ribs conspicuous. Nut yellow, turning black. Hab. Very 
rare. Singapore in the sandy lawns of the cathedral and Raffles 
School (Hullett). Disirib. India, Africa, Australia. 
{3) K. brevifolia Rottb. Descr. and Ic. 13, t. 4, fig. 3: Ridl. 
Mat. iii. 58. K. cruciata, Nees, Lmncea, ix. 286. 
Rhizome 3 to 4 in, long or more. Culms often distant, 4 to 
12 in. long. Leaves 6 to 8 in, long. Spikes i to 3 ovoid, *25 in. 
long, green. Lowest glumes small, 3 and 4 lanceolate, keel toothed. 
Hah. Common on roadsides and waste ground. Singapore, Pahang, 
Malacca, Selangor, Province Wellesley, Penang. Disirib. All warm 
countries. Native name : Rumput Tuki. Use : The rhizome for 
poulticing sore legs. 
(4) K. melanosperma Nees in Wight, Contrih. 91; Ridl. Mat. 
iii. 59. K. vaginata, Zoll. Verz. Ind^Arch. ii. 63. 
Rhizome short, thick.: Culms 15 to 18 in. tall, triquetrous 
above. Leaves few, i to 4 in. long, *2 in. wide. Head i, ovoid, 
green, *25 in. long. Bracts -75 to 4 in. long. Spikelets narrow. 
Fertile glume ovate, strongly ribbed, keel with few short teeth. 
