VoL1 CYPERACEAE 113 



MARISCUS MERRILLII C. B. Clarke in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 87. 



Luzon (Cavite), Merrill 4170. On wet banks in ravines, altitude about 

 300 m. Endemic. 



MARISCUS NIVEUS (Murr.) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 14 (1919) 369. 

 ■Schoenus niveus Murr. in Linn. Syst. Veg. ed. 13 (1774) 81. 

 Scirpus glomeratus Linn. Sp. Pi! (1753) 52, excl. syn. Gronov., non 



Mariscus glomeratus Barton. 

 Schoenus coloratus Linn. var. /3 Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2 (1762) 64. 

 Cyperus kyllingiaeoides Vahl Enum. 2 (1806) 312. 

 Mariscus dregeanus Kunth Enum. 2 (1837) 120; C. B. Clarke in Hook. 



f. FL Brit. Ind. 6 (1893) 620. 

 Cyperus irr'oratus Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 6 (1854) 28. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte), 32826 Ramos. On dry open rocky slopes at low 

 altitudes. India to tropical Africa, the Malay Peninsula, Singapore, and 

 Borneo. 



MARISCUS PENNATUS (Lam,) comb. nov. 



Cyperus pennatus Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1 (1791) 144; Miq. Fl. Ind. 



Bat. 3 (1856) 281; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 304; Vidal Phan. 



Cuming. Philip. (1885) 155, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 283. 

 Cyperus siuppeus Forst. f. Prodr. (1786) 89, nomen nudum. 

 Mariscus siuppeus Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 398, 



Fl. Manila (1912) 113, Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 80. 

 Cyperus canescens Vahl Enum. 2 (1806) 355; Nees in Hook. Journ. 



Bot. Kew Miscel. 6 (1854) 27; Boeck. in Linnaea 36 (1869) 340; 



Scheff. in Nat. Tijdschr. NederL Ind. 34 (1874) 51. 

 Mariscus albescens Gaudich. Bot. Freyc. Voy. (1826) 415; C. B. 



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

 Cyperus holciflorus Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 (1828) 173; Steud. Syn. PL 



Glum. 2 (1855) 43; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1856) 282; Naves Novis. 



App. (1882) 305. 

 Cyperus bracteolatus Steud. Syn. PL Glum. 2 (1855) 49; Miq. Fl. Ind. 



Bat. 3 (1856) 286; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 305. 

 Cyperus bracteatus Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 155. 

 Cyperus ovatus Naves Frag. PL Filip. (1851) 15; F.-Vill. & Naves 



in Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 3, 3 (1880) 10. 

 Cyperus nitidulus Boeck. in Linnaea 36 (1869) 363; Naves Novis. 



App. (1882) 305; Scheff. in Nat. Tijdschr. NederL Ind. 34 (1874) 



51; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 155, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. 



(1886) 283. 

 Cyperus anomalus Steud. Syn. PL Glum. 2 (1855) 37; Miq. FL Ind. 



Bat. 3 (1856) 277; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 305. 

 Cyperus stigmatosus Steud. in Zoll. Verz. Ind. Archip. (1854) 96, Syn. 



PL Glum. 2 (1855) 38; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 305. 



Along shores of tidal streams, inner borders of mangrove swamps, etc., 

 within the influence of salt or brackish water throughout the Philippines. 

 Tropical Africa to southeastern Asia, Malaya, and Polynesia. 



Local names: Kai-kai (Mbo.) ; obod-obod (Ibn.) ; tuhog-dalag (Tag.). 



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