620 CLXXII. OYPERACEH. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Mariscus. 
1. M.Dregeanus, Kunth Enum. ii. 120; stolons 0, umbel eege 
into 1 very dense ovoid head, spikelets ovoid bearing 2-6 nuts. B n n 
ratus, Nees in Hook. Kew Journ. vi. 98. M. kyilingizeformis, oec Nee 
Flora, xlii. 449, 496 (style wrongly 2-fid.). Cyperus dubius, Rotti. WI 
Schr. Gesell. Freunde Berlin, iv. 193 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 189. Wall. Ca d ; 
Nees in Wight Contrib. 85; Thw. Enum. 344; Boeck. in Linnea, Zog (not 
(in small part); C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 285 and pe n 
of Holtb.). C. kyllingiwoides, Vahl Enum. ii. 312; Kunth Wat 
C. cruentus, Boeck. l. c. 338 (not of Roxb.). Scirpus glomeratus | al 
Pl. 32. Schoenus .coloratus, var. B Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. ii. 64. Sch. , 
Linn. Syst. Veget. (ed. xiii.), 81. 
LowER BENGAL; Wallich. S. Deccan; up to 5000 ft.; Bottler, DS 
CEYLON : Thwaites, C.P. 855, 2942, &c. MALAY PENINSULA ; from Pegu, 91 
DISTRIB. Afric., Borneo. istent 
Glabrous. Stems 4-16 in., at top triquetrous, rather slender; lowest ported, 
as torn fibrils. Leaves often as long as stems, ẹ;—ẹ in. broad, weak; $ 4-6 in. long, 
ferruginous or reddish. Inflorescence iin. in diam. ; bracts 3-5, up P achila short 
leaf-like. Spikelets numerous, 1_} in. long, nearly terete ; nodes o Beer 
with elliptic wings. Nutbearing glume ovate, blunt, triangular, hat obovoid, 
Stamens 3-2 ; anthers linear-oblong, muticous. Nut oblong or som ranches linear, 
trigonous, ashy black, 2-2 length of glume ; style shorter than nut ; > brought 
somewhat long.—Cyperus dubius, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. 20, t. 4, fig. % 1 appearance 
by all authors, is a Kyllinga, probably K. brevifolia, Rottb.; the Eoo is always 2-fid, 
of the head will not do for M. Dregeanus ; also in Kyllinga the styte 18 
in Mariscus always 3-fid. 
bel 
2. M. bulbosus, C. B. Clarke (not of Steud.) ; stolons slender eel 
simple with short rays or subcapitate, spikes cylindric dense p 90 (partly). 
broad-oblong, bearing 1 nut. M. pictus, Nees in Wight Contre. em. & Se 
Kyllinga bulbosa, Kanig ms.; Vahl Enum. ii. 376, in notes 267 nly) 
Syst. it. 247, in Obs. (not of Beauv.).—Mariscus, Wall. Cat. 34 
Kyllinga, Wall. Cat. 3441 A (partly). . 
Deccan PENINSULA, Rottler, Heyne; Palavarum to Permacoil, 
Wight; N. Canara, Young. Jongate, Ze in 
Glabrous. Stems 3-8 in., thickish, trigonous, striate ; stolons lon Ds 8 t 
in diam., clothed by oblong striate pale-brown scales. Leaves as 10 g 
in the hills, 
. on ray? 
4 in. broad; lower sheaths much inflated, striated, brown. „Spikes about fa Ai iD, 
0-3 in., up to $ by 4 in. ; bracts 5-7, up to 4-7 in., leaf-like. Spine © 2 straw 
spreading at right angles. Nut-bearing glume ovate, acute, Uer? 
colour. Nut ellipsoid, trigonous, black-chestnut, 2 length of glume. " 
ickened bY 
Subgen. II. Ev-Marıscus. Base of stems not oblong Ee d 
much dilated leaf-sheaths (though often shortly nodose). he two lowes 
spikelets only breaking up at one node, viz. that above the 
empty glumes. 
Sect. 1. Umbellati. Leaves green. Spikelets green or et e d 
bearing 1-2 (very rarely 3) nuts. Lowest glume of spikelet Bentham " 
some) very acute, aristate—{Nearly all are considered by 
varieties of his Cyp. wmnbellatus.] (Sp. 3-7.) umbel 
r, DÉI 
_ 3. M. paniceus, Vahl Enum. ii., partly ; stolons long pr ey 
simple, bracts 4—5 long, rays unequal usually short, spikes 807 plate 
dric dense ebracteate, spikelets small 1-füd. in fruit ir uh i. 895 
trigonous curved more or less recurved. Nees im Wigh 
