Mariseus.] CLXXII. CYPERACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 621 
Kunth Enum. ii. 119 (in small part). M. Wallichianus, Kunth l.c. 117. 
M. Pullu, Steud. Syn. Cyp. 66. Kyllinga panicea, Rottb. Descr. et Ie. 15, 
t. 4, fig. 1. Cyperus paniceus, Boeck. in Linnæa, xxxvi. 381 (fig. of Rottler 
oly). C. umbellatus, Thw. Enum. 345 (not of Roxb.). C. umbellatus, var. 
ne C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 296, and xxi. 201.—Mariscus, 
all. Cat. 3433, 3435, partly, 3437 B, partly. 
From Lower Ben@at to CeyLon,—Distris, Mauritius. 
Glabrous, slender. Stolons 2-3 by ə in., clothed by lanceolate striate rich- 
brown scales, Stems 4-12 in., trigonous, nodose at base. Leaves often as long as 
stem, 1— in. broad, flaccid. Rays of umbel 0-1} in.; bracts often 4 in., leaf-like. 
Spikes $ by 3 in., exactly cylindric, ultimately pale. Spikelets (ripe) $ by əş in., 
apparently 4-glumed ; 2 lowest glumes empty, persistent; 3rd glume nut-bearing, 
ovate, deciduous, its upper margins broad scarious nerveless enclosing nut; 4th 
glume (really the rhacheola of the upper suppressed flower), lanceolate, tip rudi- 
mentary glume) elongated. Nut oblong, trigonous, black, 2 length of glume. 
Var, 8 Rowburghiana ; larger, stems up to 2 ft., rays of umbel up to 2 in., 
bracts 5-7, spikelets larger lin. long (1.-fld.). M. cyperinus, Nees in Wight Con- 
trib. 90, var. a (not of Vahi). Kyllinga umbellata, Rowb. Ic. Ined. t. 191. Scirpus 
echinatus, Linn. Sp. Pl. 50, the Ceylon plant, see Trimen in Jeurn. Linn. Soc. xxiv. 
135.—Mariscus, Wall. Cat. 3434, 3435 B (partly).—From Simla to Ceylon.— 
Distrib, Java.—Rhachilla (above the nut-bearing glume) winged, as long as nut, 
terminated by a rudimentary glume or by a very small triangular-lanceolate plate. 
. 4 M. cyperinus, Vahl Enum. ii. 377 ; rhizome hardly any, umbel 
Simple, bracts 5-7 long, rays short or curved, spikes solitary broad-cylin- 
€ dense, spikelets linear-lanceolate usually 2-fld. in fruit suberect brown- 
Steen. Nees in Wight Contrib. 90 (8 only). M. umbellatus, Moritzi Verz. 
Zoll, Ef. 98; Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. ii. 63. M. sundaicus, Mig. Fl. Ind. 
Bat. iii. 289, Kyllinga cyperina, Retz Obs. vi 21. Cyperus umbellatus, 
Benth. FI, Hongk. 386; Thw. Enum. 345 (partly). C. paniceus, Boeck, in 
"a, xxxvi. 381 (the 2-fld. Java plants). C. umbellatus forma cyperina, 
C B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. 200.—Mariscus, Wall. Cat. 3431, 
A, partly, 3436. 
NonTH-wEsT Inp1a; Moradabad, Thomson. CoRoMANDEL, Aozburgh, &c. 
Cerros, Thwaites. MALAY PENINSULA, Grifith, &c.—DISTRIB. As. trop., Poly- 
a. 
, Glabrous, Rhizome perennial, hardly 3 in. Rays of umbel 5-10, rigid, acutely 
quetrous. Spikes 2 by 4 in., ebracteate. Spikelets 1 by A, in., in fruit obliquely 
erect, dusky reddish-green.—Otherwise as M. paniceus. * 
Var, B bengalensis ; umbel contracted into 1 head, spikes shortly cylindric or 
void, spikelets linear bearing 2—4 nuts in fruit spreading at right angles. C. Ander- 
s 1/05, Boeck. in Engler Jahrb. v. 502 (from descript.).— Mariscus, Wall. Cat. 
343 Bengal, alt. 0-4000 ft.; UPPER Assam, Sikkim, and KHASIA Hits, — 
2 ft., stronger. Inflorescence 2-1} in. in diam. Spikelets § by de in.; 
with ripe nuts) somewhat distant. 
Stems i 
glumes ( 
5. M. pictus, JVees in Wight Contrib. 90 (chiefly) ; rhizome short, 
umbel simple contracted, bracts long, spikes solitary cylindric dense, spike- 
8 mear-oblong bearing 1 nut suberect yellow in fruit, rhacheola very 
(paw Cyperus pictus, Wallich ms. C. umbellatus, Thwaites Enum. 345 
GZ C. paniceus, Boeck. in Linnea, xxxvi. 327 (partly). C. umbel- 
tus, var, a typical (partly), C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. 200 
(not var, y picta, 201).— Mariscus, Wall. Cat. 3435 A (partly). 
ECCAN PENINSULA, Heyne, &c. : i 
Sembles M. cyperinus or paniceus B, but differs much in the structure of 
