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220 158. CYPERACES. 
Cyperus Wightii, Hance, in Journ. Bot. xvi. (1878) p. 14, non Nees. 
Cyperus lucidulus, C. B. Clarke, in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. xxi, (1881) 
p. 99, et xxv. (1889) p. 80; nec Klein, nec Kunth, 
— Yunnan: Szemao, 5000 feet (A. Henry, 12186!) ; Kwane- 
TUNG: Macao (Abel !), Whampoa (Hance, 19480!); HonaKone 
(C. Wright, 560 partim!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
In Tropical Africa and in India plentiful; extending to Luzon 
and to Queensland. 
l. Mariscus albescens, Gaud. in Freycinet, Voy. (1826) p. 415 ; 
C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 623. 
Cyperus stuppeus, Forst. f. Ins. Austral. Prodr. p. 89. 
Cyperus pennatus, Zam. Ill. i. (1791) p. 144; Kunth, Enum. Pl. ii. 
p. 80; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 387; Hance, in Journ, Linn. Soc., Bot. xiii, 
(1873) p. 131; Henrig. in Bolet. Soc. Broter. ii, (1883) p. 160. 
Cyperus canescens, Vahl, Enum. ii. p. 355, syn. Rheede excl.; Boeck. 
in Linnea, xxxvi. (1869-70) p. 340; Nees, in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. 
Cyperus bromoides, Vachell, ex Nees, l c. 
Cuna (Gaudichaud, 42!); Formosa (A. Henry, 763, 783, 
1032!) Takow (Playfair, 107! A. Henry, 1007!); Kwane- 
TUNG: Macao (Vachell, 67!) ; Honaxone (Harland! C. Wright, 
563 ! Seemann, 556). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
South-east Asia, Tropical Australia, Polynesia, Sandwich 
Isles. 
2. Mariscus cyperinus, Vahl, Enum. ii. p.377; Nees, in Hook. 
et Arn. Bot. Beechey's Voy. p. 223; C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. 
Brit. Ind. vi. p. 621. 
Kyllinga eyperina, Retz. Obs. vi. (1791) p. 21. 
Cyperus umbellatus, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 386, non Roch, 
Formosa (Oldham, 584! A. Henry, 11181), Takow (A. Henry, 
1700); Yunnan: Hsenkai (A. Henry, 9563 D; Kwaneruna: 
Macao (Vachell, 73a! Calléry!); Honaxona (C. Wright, 566! 
Hance, 1244! Lamont, 831!). Mus. Brit.: Herb. Kew. 
A common Malay and Polynesian plant, extending to Japau 
and Kamtschatka. 
This “species” (as M. philippensis and numerous others) is 
united with M. Sieberianus by Bentham under the name Cyperus 
umbellatus, for which an older name is Mariscus biglumis, 
Gaertn. Fruet. ii. (1788) p. 12. t. 2. fig. 8. 
