MARISCUS, Sl3 



2- MARISGUS FILIFORMIS. 



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M. culmo tiiquetro, glabio, foHato; foliis margine dorsoque scabris , culratim supcrantl- 

 bus ' spiculis circiter dccem , alternis , conferlis , bi- aut triQoris j involncro tetraphyllo , s|ilculis 

 multo longiciei glumis acuiumalis- akenio Iriquelro. 



Cvpei'Ui filiformis. Swartz. prodr. ao. J.^jusd. FL lud. Occ, \.p. 120, ValiL enum. 2. p. Si^- 



Cypcrus ornitliopus. Persoon. sjnops. i- p. 6i. 



Crescit prope Carickana ^ Cajcara el uhicufique Orinoco amnis per planitiem aquas e\'ol- 



vit. % Floret Majo- 



RiDix fibrosa. Cuoius erectus, (padri- aut ffuiaquepollicaris, IriqucErus, sulcalus, glaber^Lasi folia- 

 lus, FoLiA lineari-selacea, slxiata, glabra, margine dorsoquc scabra, culmo (Uiplo loni^iora ,basi vagi- 

 nanlia. Srici/LA' novem aul decem , allerna:, couferric , involucrata; , liaeaii-subulatji? , Li- aut trifl.orte. 

 Glume qiialuoraul quinque, lancPolaiO-oUoogrc , concava:, acuminatre, septemnerv^fC, j^labrK , fusces- 

 centesi diia: iiiferioies breviores , mutic:^ et vacuti?. SfjtAM^ prorsus ui in pia:^cc(lenle, IfsvOLucnuM 

 teirapbyllum; foHolis foliis siraillimis, iiiiequalibus , spiculas Joflge superantibus. Stylus u^ifidus. Are- 



MUH non obscrvavi, 



1) Spicis densis, soUtariis , ternis aut plurihus^ sessilibus. 



5- MARISCUS FLAVLS- 



M. repens? foliis apice scrrulatis , culmum triquctrum , glabrum suhasquantibus ; spicis 

 subquiuis, oblougo-cylindraccis, spiculis biiloris , lineari-lanceolatis ; involucro subpenta- 

 phyllo, spicis miilto longiore ; glumis acuminato-subulatis ; akenio triquctro. 



Marisciis ilavus. rahl. enum. 1. p. 3^1^- 



Crescit in montanis Andium Qninduensium et Provincice Caracasance , prope Nuem Va- 

 lenciaet lacum Tacari^ua; itemiulitlore maris pacifici prope Gaajaquil^ et in regno Mexi- 

 cano ad radiccs montis ignii^omi Jorullo , alt. 0—700 hex. x Floret Majo-Septembri. 



RiTizOi^iA liorizonule,repens. Culmi erecli, subpedaJes, uiquelri. sulcaii, glabri, basi foliati, For.14 

 lineari-giaminea , plaaa. ^labra , slriata , apicem versus sermlala , basi vaginanua , culinum sub- 

 Kquantia, Vagin^. membranaceie, slrial^, purpurascenles. U.mbella terminalis , tri- cpiadii- aui quin- 

 quoradiatai radiis br.ivisslmis , subiudlis- Snc^ ovalo-oblongEe, obtusje, quatuor aut quinque lineas 

 lODgas. 5picul,f. uumt^ros^, deiisa^, lineari lanceolat;o , acul;e. sessiles , binora:. Involucri.'M subpenLv 

 pbyllum; foliolis foliissimillimis, umbella quadruplo longioribus. Involccell.v (liracle,^ Vabl.),se1acea, 

 spicas suba^quamia, mai-ine serrulato-scabra. CxLuh*: quatuor , ovalo-oblongce , acuminato- subiilatfe, 

 coucavce, noveiuaervia^, f^labrLe, obscure fuscesccnlcsi dua^ ioferiores minorcs , vacu^. Squam^ rbachi 

 aJn^Ua?- Siylus irifidus. Aklmum obovaium , iriquelium, obtusum, ^labrum , punclalo-scabrum. 



Specimiua Vahliaua cum nostris conferre oon poiui , llde Willdenowii (mssO non diversa suut. 



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4 MARISCUS CONFERTUS. t 



M. rcpcns; foliis apice serrulaun, culmo trlquetro, glahro longioribtis ; spicis subseptenis, 

 elli|HJcis; spiculis uvuiis, unl- out bjlloris ; iuvolucto suboctopliyllo ^ lougissimo ; glumis 

 acutis i akcnio triquctro. 



