Mariscus.] CYPERACE. 1145 
2427. Cyperus rotunpus Linn.; F. I. i. 197; F. B. I. vi. 614; 
In all the provinces. 
A slender, glabrous sedge; stolons thickening into 
black, woody, ovoid tubes; a very troublesome weed. 
“hikes Motha; Oraon tein) banda; Santal. Tandi, 
3 Mundari Batha-biji 
2428. oats TUBEROSUS Rottb. ; F Ei. 190; Ff. B, 204. i. 616. 
al. 
eng 
x slender, glabrous sedge, much resembling the pre- 
ceding, but with more slender umbel-rays and spikelets. 
2429, Crpmnes RADIATUS Pica F. B. I. vi. 617. C. verticillatus 
i. 206. 
m. “ope C. panels E. Bengal ; Sundribuns ; Chitta- 
gong. 
A glabrous sedge ; stems 1-3 feet high. Beng. Burethi. 
2430. Cyperus ExaLratus Retz; F. B. I. vi. 617; E. D.C. 2597. 
C. umbellatus F. 1. i. 205. C. alopecwroides F. I. i. 208. 
In most of the provinces. 
A large, glabrous sedge; stems 3-6 feet high. 
2430/2. Var. prves Clarke; F. B. I. vi. 617. 
Sundribuns; Chittagong. 
A large, glabrous sedge ; stems 4-6 feet high. 
2431. Cypzrus prerratus Roxb.; F. I. i. 205; F. B. I. 
vi. 618. 
= Bengal. 
glabrous sedge ; stem 1°5-4°5 feet high. 
2432, ban ELATUS Linn. var. ? MAcRONUX Clarke; F. B. I. 
vi. 618, 
Tippera. 
A “ell sedge, 5-6 feet high; keel of leaves beneath 
scabrous, cutting. 
1036. Mariscus Vahl. 
Perennial, rarely annual herbs; rootstock creeping or 0; leaves 
mostly or all towards the base of the stem, sometimes a few 
cauline. Spikelets in globose or um s or spikes; 
involucrate bracts 1 or more, foliaceous, with bracteoles under the 
Secondary divisions of the inflorescence; rachilla of spikelets dis- 
articulating above the 2 lowest glumes. Glwmes distichous; 
