MariscusJ] CLXXII. CTPERACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) 621 



KuntJi Enum. ii. 119 (in small part). M. Wallichianus, KuntUl.c. 117. 

 M. Pullu, Steud. Syn. Gyp. 66. Kyllinga panicea, Rottb. Descr. et Ic. 15, 

 t. 4, fig. 1. Cyperus paniceus, Boeck. in Linncea, xxxvi. 381 (fig- of Rottler 

 only}. C. umbellatus, Thw. Enum. 345 (not ofRoxb.). C. umbellatus, var. 

 panicea, C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 296, and xxi. 201. Mariscus, 

 Wall. Cat. 3433, 3435, partly, 3437 B, partly. 



From LOWER BENGAL to CEYLON. DISTRIB. Mauritius. 



Glabrous, slender. Stolons 2-3 by -J-g- in., clothed by lanceolate striate rich- 

 brown scales. Steins 4-12 in., trigonous, nodose at base. Leaves often as long as 

 stem, i-i in. broad, flaccid. Rays of umbel 0-1| in,; bracts often 4 in., leaf-like. 

 Spikes % by i in., exactly cylindric, ultimately pale. Spikelets (ripe) ^ by -^ in., 

 apparently 4-glurafed j 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, f length of glume. 



Var. (3 Roxburghiana ; larger, stems up to 2 ft., rays of umbel up to 2 in., 

 bracts 5-7,' spikelets larger | in. long (1-fld.). M. cyperinus, Nees in Wight Con- 

 ifib. 90, var. a (not of Vahl). Kyllinga umbellata, Roxb. Ic. Ined. t. 191. Scirpus 

 echinatus, Linn. Sp. PI. 50, the Ceylon plant, see Trimen in Jcurn. Linn. Soc. xxiv. 

 135. Mariscus, Wall. Cat. 3434, 3435 B (partly}. From Simla to Ceylon. 

 Distrib. Java. Rhachilia (above the nut-bearing glume) winged, as long as nut, 

 terminated by a rudimentary glume or by a very small triangular-lanceolate plate. 



- 4. 3VT, cyperinus, VaTil Enum. ii. 377 ; rhizome hardly any, umbel 

 simple, bracts 5-7 long, r.iys short or curved, spikes solitary broad-cylin- 

 dric dense, spikelets linear-lanceolate usually 2-fld. in fruit suberect brown- 

 green. Nees in Wight Contrib. 90 (/3 only). M. umbellatus, Moritzi Verz. 

 Zoll. Pfl. 98 ; Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. ii. 63. M. sundaiciiB, Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. iii. 289. Kyllinga cyperina, Retz Obs. vi. 21. Cyperus umbellatus, 

 Benth. Fl. Hongk. 386 ; Thw. Enum. 345 (partly}. C. paniceus, B'oecJc. in 

 Linncea, xxxvi. 381 (the 2-fld. Java plants). C. umbellatus forma cyperina, 

 C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. 200. Mariscus, Wall. Cat. 3431, 

 3435 A, partly, 3436. 



NORTH-WEST INDIA ; Moradabad, Thomson. COROMANDEL, Roxburgh, &c. 

 CEYLON, Thivaites. MALAY PENINSULA, Griffith, &c. DISTEIB. As. trop., Poly- 

 nesia. 



Glabrous. Rhizome perennial, hardly f in. Rays of umbel 5-10, rigid, acutely 

 triquetrous. Spikes f by i in., ebracteate. Spikelets % by -^ in., in fruit obliquely 

 erect, dusky reddish-green. Otherwise as M . paniceus. 



Var. j3 bengalensis ; umbel contracted into 1 head, spikes shortly cylindric or 

 ovoid, spikelets linear bearing 2-4 mits in fruit spreading at right angles. C. Ander- 

 sonianus, Boeck. in Engler Jahrb. v. 502 (from descript.). Mariscus, Wall. Cat. 

 3437 F. Bengal, alb. 0-4000 fb. ; UPPER ASSAM, Sikkim, and KHASIA HILLS. 

 Stems 1-2 ft., stronger. Inflorescence f-H in. in diam. Spikelets % by ^ in. ; 

 glumes (with ripe nuts) somewhat distant. 



5. IKE. pictus, Nees in Wight Contrib. 90 (chiefly} ; rhizome short, 

 umbel simple contracted, bracts long, spikes solitary cylindric dense, spike- 

 lets linear-oblong bearing 1 nut suberect yellow in fruit, rhacheola very 

 short. Cyperus pictus, Wallich ins. C. umbellatus, Thwaites Enum. 345 

 (partly). C. paniceus, Boeck. v^i Linncea, xxxvi. 327 (partly}. C. umbel- 

 latus, var. a typical (partly], C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. 200 

 (not var. y picta, 201). Mariscus, Wall. Cat. 3435 A (partly). 



DECCAN PENINSULA, Heyne, &c. 



Resembles M. cyperinus or paniceus (3, but differs much in the structure of 



