112 ENUMERATION OF PHILIPPINE PLANTS 1^22 



5. MAR ISC US Gaertner 



MARISCUS CYPERINUS (Retz.) Vahl Enum. 2 (1806) 377; Nees in Hook. 

 Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 6 (1854) 28; C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. 

 Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 87; Merr. op. cit. 3 (1908) Bot. 398, 5 (1910) 

 Bot. 333, Fl. Manila (1912) 113. 

 Kyllinga cyperinus Retz. Obs. 6 (1791) 21. 

 Mariscus sundaicus Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1856) 289. 

 Cyperus sundaicus Naves Novis. App. (1882) 306. 

 Mariscus umbellatus' Moritzi Verz. Zoll. Pflanz. (1845) 98, vix Vahl. 

 Cyperus umbellatus Naves Novis. App. (1882) 305, vix Benth. 

 Cyperus manilensis Boeck. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 5 (1884) 501. 

 Mariscus phUippensis Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 2 (1855) 66; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. 3 (1856) 290; C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) 

 Bot. 88. , 



Cyperus steudelianus Naves Novis. App. (1882) 306; Boeck. in; Engl. 



Bot. Jahrb. 5 (1884) 91. 

 Mariscus umbellatus Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 191, non Vahl. 

 Cyperus cylindrostachys Boeck. in Linnaea 36 (1869) 383, p. p.; 

 Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 155, Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 283. 

 Throughout the Philippines at low and medium altitudes, in open waste 

 places, old clearings, etc. India to Malaya and Polynesia. 



Local names: Alusang (Tag.); alusang-parang (Tag.); bubuyangkat 

 (Sub.) ; busikad-dako (C. Bis.) ; hand (Iv.) ; saka-an (Ig.) ; silal (Buk.) ; 

 ubud-ubud (Tag.). 



MARISCUS DILUTUS (Vahl) Nees in Wight Contrib. (1834) 90; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 7 (1912) Bot. 231, Fl. Manila (1912) 113, Sp. 

 Blancoanae (1918) 80, 81. 

 Cyperus dilutus Vahl Enum. 2 (1806) 357; Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. 

 Kew Miscel. 6 (1854) 27; Nees in Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. 19 

 (1843) Suppl. 1: 65; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1856) 285; Naves Novis. 

 App. (1882) 305; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 155; Vidal 

 Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 283. 

 Mariscus microcephalus Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 182; Steud. Syn. 

 PL Glum. 2 (1855) 66; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1856) 290; C. B. 

 Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 88. 

 Cyperus haenkeanus Kunth Enum. 2 (1837) 93. 

 Cyperus quadriflorus Naves Frag. PI. Filip. (1851) 17 (cuadriflorus) ; 



F.-Vill. & Naves in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 3 ' (1880) 12. 

 Cyperus lu^oniensis Llanos 1. c. ; F.-Vill. & Naves op. cit. 11. 

 Cyperus septatus Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 2 (1855) 46; Naves Novis. 



App. (1882) 305. 

 Cyperus microcephalus Naves Novis. App. (1882) 304, non R. Br, 

 Sphaeromariscus m,icrocephalus Camus in Not. Syst. 1 (1910) 239. 

 Duvaljouvea diluta Palla in Allgem. Bot. Zeitschr. 17 (1911) Beil. 

 8; Kneucker Cyp. Exsic. No. 246. 

 Throughout the Philippines, in all or most islands and provinces. Com- 

 mon in open wet places at low and medium altitudes. Tropical Asia to 

 Malaya and the Mascarene Islands. 



Local names: Baki-baking-pula (S. L. Bis.); durugi (Sub.); giron 

 (Bag.) kadang-kadang (Bik.) ; tikai (Tag.). 



