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flavido.—Schenus coloratus, Linn. Spec. vol. i. p. 64. — TÀryocephalon nemorale, Forst. Gen. 65. 
Scirpus cephalotes, Jacq. Hort. Vind. vol. i. p. 42. t. 97.  .Kyllingia triceps, Forst. Prodr. n. 31 et 
Icon. (ined.) t. 15.  Schenus coloratus, Soland. Prim. Fl. Ins. Pacif. (ined.) p. 207.—In swampy 
places, common throughout Viti (Seemann! n. 670, et n. 671; Greffe! n. 55). Also collected in 
the Society (Banks and Solander! Forster! Barclay !), Tongan (Home), and Samoan Islands (Sir 
E. Home !). | 
IX. Mariscus, Vahl, Enum. vol. ii. p. 373; Kunth, Enum. vol. ii. p. 115. Spicæ 1-2, rarius 
3-5-flore. Squamæ distiche ; interiores vacum. Sete squamuleque 0. Stamina 3. Ovarium 
8-angulare. Stylus 3-fidus, deciduus. Achenium 3-angulare, in excavatione rhacheole receptum, 
sepe mucronulatum. Culmi 3-angulares, basi foliati. Capitula v. spice composite, nunc solitaria, 
nunc fasciculato-congesta, nune per umbellas disposita.— Differt a Cyperi sectione stylo 9-fido in- 
structa nonnisi numero florum. Limites inter Cyperum, Mariscum, et Kyllingiam omnino artifi- 
ciales, et genera minime conjungenda sint (Brown, Prod. p. 219). 
1. M. flavus, Kunth, Enum. vol. ii. p. 118; repens; culmo 3-angulari, glabro; foliis culmum 
subsequantibus, rigidulis, carinato-planis, margine scabris ; spicis compositis subquinis, sessilibus, ob- 
longo-ellipticis; involucro 5-phyllo, longissimo ; spicis propriis arcte confertis, oblongo-lanceolatis, - 
acutatis, 2-floris; squamis fertilibus obtusis, mucronulatis, sub-11-nerviis, fuscescenti-lutescentibus, 
lineolis punetulisque ferrugineis conspersis, carina viridi ; cchenio (immaturo) 3-augulari.—M. Mexri- 
canus, Willd. Herb. n. 1423 ; Link, Jahrb. vol. iii. p. 90. M. levis, Humb. Bpl. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. 
vol.i. p.214. M. sylvestris, Humb. Bpl. et Kunth, l.c. in corrig. 377. M. levigatus, Roem. et Schult. 
Syst. vol. ii. p. 243. M. Henkei, Presl in Rel. Henk. vol. i. p. 181.—Common in swampy ground, 
in most Vitian islands (Seemann! n. 669; Sir E. Home! Greffe! n. 55: M‘Gillivray !). Also 
collected in the Tongan Islands (Sir E. Home!). Diffused over tropical America and Australia. 
2. M. phleoides, Nees in lit. ex Steud. Glum. vol. ii. p. 62; culmo 3-quetro basi nodoso 
folioso; foliis linearibus margine scabris culmum zquantibus ; involucro sub-8-phyllo longissimo ; 
spicis 99, subsessilibus cylindricis; spiculis lanceolatis compressis l-floris; squamis 2 inferioribus 
subzequalibus 3-que acute carinatis, carina serrulato-scabris.—Cyperus phleoides, Horace Mann, 
Enum. Hawaiian Plants, p. 208.—In swamps, Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 668). Also eollected in the 
. Hawaiian Islands (Macre !). 
. X. Cyperus, Linn; Kunth, Enum. vol. ii. p. 2. Spies; oc-flore. Squam:e distiche imbricate, 
omnes floriferz, zequales, interdum nonnull inferiorum minores, vacuæ. Setze squamuleve 0. Sta- 
mina 3, rarius ] v. 2. Stylus 3-, rarius 2-fidus, deciduus. Achenium 3-angulare v. rarius com- 
pressum, sepe basi persistente styli mucronatum.— Herbe. Culmi foliati, rarius aphylli. Folia 
graminea, plerumque plana, spicis fasciculatis capitatis v. umbellatis, umbellis simplicibus, com- 
positis v. supradecompositis. 
A number of species belonging to this genus are found in the various Polynesian Islands. 
1. C. pennatus, Lam. Ill. t. 144; Kunth, Enum. vol. ii. p. 80; virescenti-glaucus; culmo 3- 
gono, glabro, basi foliato ; foliis culmum sequantibus v. superantibus, rigidis, planis, margine scabris ; 
umbella composita, 6-8-radiata ; radiis apice brachiato-ramosis ; ramis (5-7) glabris, undique spicis ob- 
longo-lanceolatis compressiusculis 6-10-floris patentissimis obsitis spicasque referentibus divaricatas ; 
involucro 5-6-phyllo, longissimo ; rhacheola flexuosa, alternatim excavato-alata ; squamis ovatogellip- 
ticis, navieularibus, superne carinatis, sub apice brevissime mucronatis, 9—-11-nerviis, subcoriaceis, 
pallidis, dorso ferrugineo-lineolatis ; achenio obovato, 3-angulari, apicato, nigro-castaneo, squama 
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