196 MR. C B. CLARKE ON INDIAN SPECIES OE CTPERUS. 



155. C. Anderssonii (Boeck. in Linncea, xxxvi. p. 388); um- 

 bella simplice; spicis digitatis, densis, cylindricis, terminali 

 saepius multo longiore ; spiralis anguste oblongis, 2-4-floris ; nuce 

 cum | parte glumae sequilonga, ellipsoidea, utrinque angustata, 

 triquetra. 



(A Kew sub nomine ft brachystacliyo, Hook, f., distributa.) 



Ins. Galapagos {Douglas, h. Calcutta). 



[Allied closely to this last appear to be Mariscus Mutisii et 

 M. Jacquini, H. B. K., to one of which I suppose Fendler n. 1601, 

 from Tovar in Venezuela, to belong.] 



156. C. LiGiTLARis (Linn. Arnoen. Acad. v. p. 31, Sp. PI. 

 p. 70); robustior, foliacea; umbella specie simplice; spicis cylin- 

 dricis, densissimis, digitatim l-3nis ; spiculis 3-5-floris, rufes- 

 centibus ; rhachillse (in articulos insolubilis) alis latis insolubili- 

 bus ; nuce acute triquetra, acuta, insequali. — Kunth, Enum. ii. 

 p. 69; Boeck. in Linncea, xxxvi. p. 332 ; C. B. Clarke in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xx. p. 295. 



Mariscus brachystachyus, Hook, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. p. 1 79. 

 Africa ; Australia ; America tropicalis. 

 Para: Santarem (Spruce, h. Calcutta). 



Galapagos archip. : James et Charles ins. (Douglas, h. Cal- 

 cutta). 



157. C. flaws (C. B. Clarke, necPresl, nee Boeck.); involucri 

 bracteis numerosis, longis ; umbella simplice, congesta, radiis 

 subnullis ; spicis cylindricis, densis ; spiculis 3-6-floris, 2-4-nuci- 

 geris ; nuce cum ^ parte gluma sequilonga, late ellipsoidea, 

 utrinque subacuta, acute trigona, paullo inaequali, castanea. 



Mariscus flavus, Vahl, Enum. ii. p. 374; Kunth, Enum. ii. p. 118. 



Khizoma perenne. Culmi 3 dm., robustiores, apice triquetri. 

 Folia plura 5-6 mm. lata, cum culmo sequilonga. Involucri 

 bractese 4-7, usque ad 18 cm. longae, divaricate. 



Para: Santarem (Spruce, h. Calcutta). 



This species is exceedingly like C. ligularis, but has the rays of 

 the umbel obsolete. I am very possibly wrong (in the absence 

 of authentic type specimens) in taking it as the original Mariscus 

 flavus ; but it certainly is not Boeckeler's Cyperus flavus (Linnsea, 

 xxxvi. p. 384), which has the nut " late obovata basi leviter an- 

 gustata apice obtusissima, subretusa, apicata," and is a plant 

 exceedingly like in general aspect to what I call C. flavus, but 



