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land, and county oFSutherland: twenty-four miles fouth 
of Cape Wrath. Lat. 58. 16. N. Ion. 5. 5. W. 
KYLE of TON'GUE, a bay on the north of Scotland, 
and county of Sutherland: thirteen miles weft-fouth-weli 
of Strathy Head. Lat. 58. 35. N. Ion. 4. 13. W. 
KYLL, a river of France, which runs into the Mofelle 
five miles below Treves. 
KYLLIN'GIA, f. [from Petrus Kylling, a Dane; 1696. 
AEl. Dan. 10. 408.] In botany, a genus of the clafs trian- 
dria, order monogynia, natural order of gramina, (cype- 
roiderse, Juff.') The generic characters are—Calyx: ament 
ovate or oblong, imbricated, fcales oblong, diftinguilh- 
ing the flowers. Glume unequal, comprefled, bivalve ; 
valves lanceolate, channelled, acute, much Ihorter than 
the corolla ; the one fliorter than the other. Corolla : 
glume longer than the calyx, comprefled, bivalve; valves 
keeled, unequal, divaricated at the tips, of which one is 
larger, lanceolate, very tharp, complicated, embracing the 
margin of the other; the other fliorter, narrower. Stami¬ 
na : filaments three, awl-fliaped, flat; antherae linear, 
eredt. Piftillum: germ obovate, flattened, gibbofe on 
one edge ; flyle filiform ; ftigmas two or three, capillary. 
Pericarpium : none, the glumes of the corolla preferving 
the feed till ripe. Seed oblong, three-fided, defiitute of 
villi.— EJfential CharaEler. Ament ovate or oblong, im¬ 
bricate ; flowers with a bivalve calyx and corolla. 
Species. 1. Kyllingia monocephala, or one-headed kyl- 
lingia : culm filiform, three-fided; head globular, feflile ; 
involucre three-leaved, very long. Cultn a foot high, 
three-fided, firift, grooved. Leaves the length of the 
culm, linear, keeled, even, fheathing at the bafe. Na¬ 
tive of the Weft Indies, where it is very common; alfo of 
Japan, according to Thunberg, and the Society iiles, ac¬ 
cording to Forfter. 
2. Kyllingia triceps, or three-headed kyllingia : heads 
terminating in threes, or thereabouts, glomerate, feflile. 
Culm half a foot high, commonly decumbent at the bafe, 
■naked, three-cornered. Leaves radical, fliorter than the 
culm, fheathing, linear, keeled, fmooth. Involucre three¬ 
leaved, terminating. It refembles the preceding very 
much, but differs in having a three-lobed head. Frequent 
in moiftifh meadows in Jamaica. In both Indies, accord¬ 
ing to Linnceus’s Supplement, and the Kew Catalogue ; 
in Japan, according to Thunberg; in the Society Ifles, 
according to Forfter. 
3. Kyllingia panicea, or bread kyllingia: umbel termi¬ 
nating with lpikes, feflile and peduncled, cylindrical, im¬ 
bricated ; univerfai involucre, four-leaved, or thereabouts; 
partial none. Culm fetaceous, three-fided, a fpan high, 
without knots, leafy at bottom, naked above. Leaves 
equal to the culm, linear-fetaceous, keeled, foft, reflex at 
the edge ; fheaths entire, furrounding the culm. Native 
of the Eaft Indies; Koenig found it in Malabar; Forfkahl 
alfo found it in the Levant. 
4. Kyllingia filiformis, or filiform kyllingia: umbel ter¬ 
minating, fimple; fpikes feflile and peduncled ovate, fpike- 
lets ovate, acute ; involucre three-leaved, partial none. 
Native of Jamaica and Hifpaniola. 
5. Kyllingia umbellata, or umbellate kyllingia: umbel 
terminating, fpikes feflile and peduncled, cylindrical, 
fquarrofe; univerfai involucre, many-leaved ; partial three- 
leaved. Culm three-fided, ftriated, flender, a foot high, 
and more, leafy at the bafe, naked abofe. Leaves about 
five, linear-lanceolate, ftriated, keeled, foft, rugged back¬ 
wards along the edge and keel, longer than the culm, 
fheathing at the bafe, purple, pale-green, or glaucous. 
It is diftinguiftied from the third fpecies by the fize of all 
the parts, the ftrufture and hardnefs of the habit, the 
multitude of leaves in the involucre, rays and flowers, and 
by the partial involucre. Found in the Eaft Indies by 
Koenig. 
6 . Kyllingia Sumatrenfis, or Sumatra kyllingia: umbel 
terminating; fpikes feflile anti peduncled, cylindrical, 
fquarrofe; aniverlal, involucre many-leaved, partial none. 
This differs from K. umbellata of Rottboell only in the 
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want of a partial involucre. It was found in Sumatra by 
Wennerberg. 
7. Kyllingia Cyperina, or Eaft Indian kyllingia : culm 
three-fided, ftriated, leafy at the bafe ; umbel fimple j 
fpikes ftrict, feflile ; univerfai involucre many-leaved, 
very long 5 partial none. Culms a foot high and more, 
leafy at the bafe, three-fided, ftriated ; leaves twice the 
length of the culm, narrow, fheathing at the bafe ; the 
flieath truncated. Native of the Eaft Indies. 
KY'LY, or Kyela, a feaport on the weft coaft of the 
ifland of Celebes, with a fpacious harbour. Lat. 1. 15. S. 
KYMI'TO, an ifland in the Baltic, near the coaft of 
Finland, twenty miles long, and from one to two broad. 
Lat. 60. 16. N. 
KYM'MEN,a riverof Finland,which flows from thelake 
of Pejend, or Pejana, into the centre of the gulf of Finland. 
KYNE, a town of Sweden, in Eaft Bothnia: eighteen 
miles north-eaft: of Wafa. 
KY'NETON. See Kington, p. 750 of this volume. 
KYN'TO, a lake of Rufiia, in the government of Olo* 
netz, almoft forty-eight miles in length, and from twelve 
to fixteen in breadth. Lat. 65. 40. N. Ion. 28. 48. E. 
KYTER (Albert), a phyfician, was born at Konigf- 
berg, in Pruifia, and probably took the degree of M. D. 
at Leyden, where he was ftudying in the year 1642. He 
was afterwards chofen firft profeflor of phyfic in the new 
medical fchool eftabliftied at Breda in 1646 ; but he quit¬ 
ted this ftation two years afterwards, in order to take 
pofleflion of a medical chair, to which he was elected, at 
Leyden ; an appointment which he held till his death, 
which occurred in September 1655, at fihe time when he 
was reftor of that univerfity. He publifhed feveral works ; 
as, 1. Methodus Medicinam ; Leyd. 1642. 2. Inftituti- 
ones Phyficae, 1647. 3. Anthropologia, 1647. 4. Initi- 
tutiones Medics; ad hypothefln de circulari fanguinis motu 
compofitse, Amft. 1654. 5. Collegium Medicum, xxvi. 
Difputationibus breviter compleftens quae ad Inftitutiones 
pertinent, Leyd. 1655. This volume contained alfo fome 
mifcellaneous and political tracts. Eloy. DiEl. Med. 
KY'PHONISM. See Cyphonism, vol. v. p. 526. 
KY'RA, a town of Hindooftan, in Rohilcund : twenty 
miles fouth of Budayoon. 
KY'RA, a town of Sweden, in eaft Bothnia: eighteen 
miles north-eaft of Wafa. 
KYRADAW', a town of Hindooftan, in Malwa: fe- 
ven miles fouth-weft of Kimlaflh. 
KYRADEE', a town of Bengal: fourteen miles weft- 
fouth-weft of Curruckdeab. 
KYRALFAL'VA, a town and caftle of Hungary : 
twelve miles fouth-weft of Sirat. 
KYRAGUR', afortrefsof Hindooftan, in Goondwanat 
eighty miles fouth-weft of Ruttunpour, and 100 eaft of 
Nagpour. Lat. 21.26. N. Ion. 81. 30. E. 
KYRAN'TY, a town of Bootan: fixty miles fouth of 
Talfafudon. 
KYRCZ'YCE, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of 
Volhynia: fifty-fix miles north-weft of Zytomiers. 
KYR'IE, the firft word of every mafs in miilic. It 
furnilhes, with ckifon, the only articulations of the firft 
movement of all mafies ancient and modern. Kyrie, the 
vocative cafe, implies “O Lord;” and, joined with ckifon , 
is equal to “Lord, have mercy on us.” Kyrie, in fpeak- 
ing of a mafs in mu lie, is often ufed fubltantively ; as.. 
There is a well-written kyrie in that mafs, or fervice. 
KYRI'LA, a town of Sweden, in Eaft Bothnia: thirty- 
fix miles eaft-north-eaft of Chriftiar.ftadt. 
KY'RITZ, a town of Brandenburg, in the Mark of 
Pregnitz : forty miles north-welt of Berlin, and twenty- 
nine north of Brandenburg. Lat. 52. 26. N. Ion. 12. 26. E. 
KYR'KAS, a town of Sweden, in the province of 
Jamtland ; feven miles north-eaft of Ofterfund. 
KYRK'SLATT, a town of Sweden, in the province of 
Nyland : fixteen miles weft of Helfing. 
KY'RQ, a town of Sweden, in North Finland, on a 
Jake of the fame name : forty-two miles eaft of Bioernborg. 
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