Mariscus. | CYPERACES (Clarke). 191 
This form (as the two preceding) cae from M, sieberianus by the much 
broader nuts, giving the ripe sp ae a nisin srt triangular section. 
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+ macro Maly Es ° M flav Vv Ben 
— var, has 2-3 sere pR o the eee differing only by the less bract-like 
St it is less surprising that Ridley unites them than that Bentham 
well the 
12. M. luzuliformis (C. B. Clarke in Durand and Schinz, Con- 
spect. Fl. Afr, v. 589); glabrous; rhizome 0; stem 10in. long, tri- 
s0nous, smooth at the top; leaves overtopping the stem, 3 in. broa 
bracts 6-7, similar to the lea aves, several of the lower 6 in. long; 
umbel 12 in, diam., of numerous spikelets, simple; rays many, hardly 
+ in, long ; spikes of 8-12 spikelets spicately arranged, diverging at 
‘ight angles ; spikelets } by ~,in., maturing 3-5 nuts, nearly terete, 
greenish. white ; thachilla winged, deciditotis below the lowest fertile 
glume ; glumes rounded on the back, conspicuously 9—13-striate ; 
Enum. ii. 85. CL 1 luzulifor mis, Baek: in Lernes, XXXVi. 
Souta Arrica: wit e out locality, Harvey, 89! 
Kastern Region: Trans kei , Bushee River, Drége, 4424! 
The Ton «ae with 5-7 lo wers (3-5 nuts) would appear to distinguish this 
hte shin othe Eu-Marisci, but the plant is so like M. radiatus A (Kra uss 35), 
cept as to inet of flowers, that its distinctness may be dou 
13. M. deciduus (C. B. Clarke) ; glabrous, slender ; rhizome (seen) 
very short, horizontal, woody, sle nder r; stem 12-18 in. long, very 
slender, s mooth ; leaves about 1 the length of the ater: ‘hardly 2 Lin. 
broad; umbel of 3— —5, slender, unequal rays, each terminated by very 
small condensed cor ymb of spikelets; bracts 3, similar to the leaves, 
lowest shorter than the umbel; spikelets 5 in. long, very green, 
2-4-flowe red, early caducous above the 2 empty basal elumes ; 
glumes bavadl-oblons eats, ee on the back, not nervose ; 
thachilla wingless ; stamens 3; anthers linear-oblong, slightly apicu- 
late ; style as long. as ‘the Fon ovary, branches 3, linear, long. 
Cyperus Patri ‘Boeck sa Flora, 1879, 547; C. B. Clarke in 
wand and Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 555. 
Katanant Rucion : Transv: yaal; Houtbosch, Rehmann, 5642 ! 
Also in Dammara-land. 
at fag : vag has 3 linear branches, ttn must = ie ni 1s. ee the 
Rtrinis oe plant in putting it with Pycreus. crag the ae ae th sgt iat mi 
its viel : 8, small leaves and bracth mr whole habit, indica 
Place here e among t the Eu- no 
vs 14. M. 2 ako (C. B. Clarke); glabrous, medium- to large- 
nes thizome short, horizontal, woody (no stolons seen except 
i t. B) ; stem 9-24 in. long, triquetrous at the top, smooth, throw- 
mat short Inoral shoots at the “base ; leaves often as long as the stem, 
t Sually open simple (cf. varr. ); rays 2-7, up to 4-6 in. long; 
? overtopping the need similar to the leaves ; spike (at the 
