CYPERACEAE. 290 
cilis 13-pedalis, folia plana setaceo-acuminata margine scabra culmo 
breviora; umbellae 10—12-radiatae radii stricti setacco-compressi_ 
glabri 4—5 poll. longi; spicae solitariae cylindraccae subpollicares, 
spiculis lanceolato-linearibus divergentibus bifloris; involuerum um-_ 
bell plus duplo longius; squamae lanceolatae acutae obsolete ner- 
vosae. Mariscus concinnus Schrad. Nees in Mart. Flor. brasil. 5 
p. 46. Steud. l.c. p. 61. 
Java. 
1. Mariscus philippensis steu. l.c. p.66. Radix fibrosa, culmus 
erectus tenuis triqueter basi foliatus 14-pedalis, folia lincaria plana 
angusta flaccida striata laevia culmo breviora, involucri 5 —J-pbylli 
foliola inaequalia, majora umbellam simplicem multo superantia, radii_ 
51 inaequales 4—14-pollicares tenues apiee spiculis patentibus sub- 
distichis remotiusculis lineari-lanceolatis l- raro 2-floris obsiti, basi 
bracteolà lanceolatâ brevi munitis; squamae ovato-lanceolatae acutae 
viridi-albae 5—?7-nerviae, achaenium oblongum obtuse triquetrum griseo- 
fuscum laeve. 
Philippijnsche eilanden (cumixo). 
8. Mariscus microcephalus erzsr. Relig. Haenk. T. p. 182. Rhi- 
zoma subobliquum radicibus fuscis, culmus teres pedalis basi foliosus 
apice trigonus angulis scaber; folia plana rigida margine serrulato- 
scabra culmum multo superantia; involucri tetraphylli foliola duo um- 
bellam longe excedentia, intimum et quintum accessorium brevia; um 
bella composita 8-radiata patens, radijs teretiusculis usque 24 poll 
longis; involucella 3 — S-phylla lineari-setacea scabra umbellalà bre- 
viora, radiolis 3—9 usque 6 lin, longis patentissimis, intermedio bre- 
vissimo ; spiculis fere 3 lin. longis subtriftoris ferrugineis, squamis oblon 
gis ovatis striatis 9-nerviis; achaenium oblongo-triquetrum nigricans. 
Cyperus Haenkeanus Kunth !. e.p. 93. 
Luzon, 
IL KYLLINGIA ports. Capitula solitaria rarius gemina vel 
terna compacta involucrata, spiculae compressae 1—2-florae, flore_ 
superiore masculo, rarius triflorae; squamae distichae, fertiles cari- 
natae, steriles (2 inferiores) parvae; squamulae nullae; stamina 
13; ovarium et achaenium lateribus compressa; stylus bi 
fidus. — A Oyperis distylis non nisi forum numero differt. 
1. Kyllingia vaginata ram. Culmi robusti triangulares striati ine 
ferne vaginati aphylli 3—5-pedales, involucri triphylli foliola lon- 
gissima plana latiuscula rigida margine spinuloso-scabra; capitulum 
