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MARISCUS SIEBERIANUS Nees in Linnaea 9 (1834) 286; C. B. Clarke in 

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

 Northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao, in most or all islands and 

 provinces. In old clearings, open grasslands, etc., at low and medium 

 altitudes. Fantropic; considered by Kiikenthal to be a variety of M. 

 umbellatus Vahl. 



Local names: Kupiupi (Sub.) ; okokiang (Bon.) ; mangilang (Sub.). 

 MARISCUS TENUIFOLIUS Nees in Mart. Fl. Brazil 2' (1843) 46; C. B. 

 Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 87. 

 Mariscus flabelliformis C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) 

 Bot. 89; Merr. Fl. Manila. (1912) 113, non ? HBK. 

 Northern Luzon to Palawan and Mindanao. Scattered in thickets and 

 secondary forests at low and medium altitudes. India to the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



Local name: Bakis-bakisan (Tag.). 



6. JUNCELLUS C. B. Clarke 

 JUNCELLUS PYGMAEUS (Rottb.) C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 

 (1893) 596, Philip. Jo*um. Sci. 2 XISO'^) Bot. 81; Merr. FL 

 Manila (1912) 109. 

 Cyperus pygmaeus Rottb. Descr. Ic. (1773) 20, t. 14* f. 4, 5; Miq. FL 



Ind. Bat. 3 (1856) 261; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 301. 

 Dichelostylis pygmaea Nees in Linnaea 9 (1834) 289; Kneucker Cyp. 

 Exsic. No. 248. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Rizal, Laguna), Mindanao (Lanao), Merrill Phil. PL 

 509, B S. 22984, 2684 Ramos, 22714 Castillo. In open wet places, river 

 banks, etc., at low and medium altitudes. Africa, India to Korea southward 

 to Australia. 



7. TORULINIUM Desvaux 

 TORULINIUM FERAX (L. C. Rich.) Ham. Prodr. PI. Ind. Occ. (1825) 15 

 iferox) ; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 114. 

 Cyperus ferax L. C. Rich, in Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1 (1792) 106; 

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

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

 Torulinium confertum Desv. ex Ham. Prodr. PI. Ind. Occ. (1825) 15; 

 Usteri Beitr. Ken. Philip. Veg. (1905) 131; C. B. Clarke in Philip. 

 Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 89. 

 Diclidium elatum Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 6 (1854) 27. 

 Cyperus calopterus Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1856) 282; Naves Novis. 



App. (1882) 305. 

 Cyperus holophyllu^ Miq. op. cit. 283; Naves 1. c. 

 Mariscus ferax C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6 (1893) 624. 

 Cyperus haenkei Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 172. 

 Throughout the Philippines. In open wet places at low and medium 

 altitudes. Pantropic. 



Local names: Biliran (S. L. Bis.); pulakgalau (Sub.). 

 8. KYLLINGA Rottboell 

 KYLLINGA BREVIFOLIA Rottb. Descr. Ic. (1773) 13, t. 4, /. 3; Naves 

 Novis. App. (1882) 300; Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 6 

 (1854) 28; C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 78; 

 Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 107. 

 Kyllinga rigidula Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 2 (1855) 71; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. 3 (1856) 294; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 300, quoad pi. Philip. 



