Marigeus.'] olxxii. CTPEEAOEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) 621 



Kunth Mnum. ii. 119 (in small part). M. Walliohianns, Kurdh I. c. 117. 

 M. Pullu, Stevd. Syn. Oyp. 66. Kyllinga panicea, Bottl. Descr. et Ic. 15, 

 t. 4 fig. 1. Oyperus paniceua, Boeck. in Linnoea, xxxvi. 381 (Jig. of Bottler 

 only). C. umbellatua, Thw.Emm,. 345 (not of Boxh .). 0. nmbellatus, var. 

 panicea, C. B. Clarke in Jov/rn- Linn. Soc. xx. 296, and xxi. 201. — Mariscus, 

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



From LowEE Bensal to Ceylon. — Distbib. Mauritius. 



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

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

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

 Spihes i by i in., exactly cylindric, ultimately pale. Spikelets (ripe) J by -^V i°-! 

 apparently 4-glumed ; 2 lowest glumes empty, persistent ; 3rd glume nut-bearing, 

 ovate, deciduous, its upper margins broad scarious nerveless enclosing nut; 4tb 

 glume (really the rhacheola of the upper suppressed flower), lanceolate, tip rudi- 

 mentary glume) elongated. Nut oblong, trigonous, black, f length of glume. 



Var. j3 Roxhv/rghiana ; larger, stems up to 2 ft., rays of umbel up to 2 in., 

 bracts 5-7, spikelets larger i in. long (1-fld.). M. oyperinus, Nees in Wight Oon- 

 tfib. 90, var. a (not ofVahl). Kyllinga umbellata, Rossb. Ic. Ined. t. 191. Scirpus 

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

 135.— Mariscus, Wall. Oat. 8434, 3435 B (partly).— Vmm Simla to Ceylon.— 

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

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



4. ItX. cyperinus, Vahl JEnum. ii. 377 ; rhizome hardly any, umbel 

 simple, bracts- 5-7 long, rays short or curved, spikes solitary broad-cylin- 

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

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

 Zoll. Pfl. 98 ; Zoll. Verz. Ind. Arehip. ii. 63. M. sundaicus, Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 -Bai. iii. 289. Kyllinga cyperina, Betz 06«. vi. 21. Oyperus umbellatus, 

 Benth. Fl. Songlc. 386 ; Thw. Enwm. 345 (partly). 0. paniceus, Boeck. in 

 lAwneEa, xxxvi. 381 (the2-fld. Java plants). 0. umbellatus, /brma cyperina, 

 C. B. Ola/rke in Journ. Linn. Soc. xsi. 200. — Mariscus, Wall. Cat. 3431, 

 3435 A, partly, 3436. 



NoKTH-WEST Ihdia ; Moradabad, Thomson. Cobomandei, Boxiurgh, &c. 

 Ceylon, Thwaites. Malay Peninsula, G-riffith, &c. — Distbib. As. trop., Poly- 

 nesia. 



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

 triquetrous. Spikes f by ^ in., ebracteate. Spikelets \^J -fo '"■) '■* fru^ obliquely 

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



Var, ;3 bengalensis ; umbel contracted into 1 ,head, spikes shortly cylindric or 

 ovoid, spikelets linear bearing 2-4 nuts in fruit spreading at right angles. 0. Ander- 

 sonianus, Boeck. in Engler JaArb. v. 502 (from descript.). — Mariscus, Wall, Gat. 

 3437 P. Bengal, alt. 0-4000 ft. ; Uppeb Assam, Sikkim, and Khasia Hills. — 

 Stems 1-2 ft., stronger. Inflorescence f-lj in. in diam. Spikelets i by Jg- in. ; 

 glumes (with ripe nuts) somewhat distant. 



5. nx. 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. Oyperus pictus, Wallich ms. 0. umbellatus, Thwaites Enum. 345 

 (pa/rtly). 0. paniceus, Boeck. in Linntea, xxxvi. 327 (-partly). 0. umbel- 

 latus, var. a typical (pa/rtly), C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soe. xxi. 200 

 (not va/r, y piota, 201). — Mariscus, Wall. Gat. 3435 A (partly). 



Deocan Peninsula, Heyne, Sec. 



Besembles M. cyperinus or paniceus /3, but differs much in the structure of 



