GYP BRACED OF THE PHILIPPINES. 
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Cypebus minutiflorus Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1 : 351, non Nees. C. micranthus 
Presl, 1. c. 178. C. breviflorus Dietr. Sp. PI. 2: 316. C. multiflorus Kunth, 
Enum. 2: 562 (err. typogr.) 
Luzon, fide Presl. 
Cyperus Philippensis Presl Rel. Haenk. 1 : 174. 
Luzon, fide Presl. 
Cyperus spicatus Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1 : 173. 
Luzon et Mexico, fide Presl. 
According to Fenzl 2 this species must be near Cyperus radiatus Vahl, and C. 
elatus Linn. 
5. MARISCUS Vahl. 
As Cyperus , but spikelets in fruit deciduous. Style 3-fid. 
Sect. I. Stem at base apparently thickened by the inflated scariose-colorate 
basal leaf sheaths. 
1. Mariscus Merrillii C. B. Clarke, sp. nova. 
Culmo 4 ad 7 cm. longo, 1-cephalo ; foliis culmo longioribus, basi 
inflatis, searioso-coloratis ; capite 10 ad 12 mm.. in diam., globoso, spiculis 
densissimo; spiculis maturitis oblongo-linearibus, 4 ad 8-floris, sub-2- 
nucigeris; glumis lanceolato-elongatis, striatis; nuce anguste oblongo, 
subliheari, trigono, nigro ; stylo 3-fido. 
Luzon, Province of Cavite, Maragondong (4170 Merrill). 
Species M. Dregeano Kunth, affinis et similis, ab spiculas nuces angustas 
diversa. Spiculae iis M. flabelliformis Kunth, magis simile videntur. 
Sect. II. Leaf sheaths herbaceous; spikelets ripening 1 to 3 nuts. 
2. Mariscus cyperinus Vahl Enum. 2 (1806) 377. 
Umbel simple, rays short; spikes cylindric, dense, with suberect 2- 
flowered spikelets. 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 621; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 220; 
Merrill in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 1: 30. Mariscus umbellatus 
Moritzi ! Verz. Zoll. Pfl. 98, vix Vahl. M. Sundaicus Miq. ! FI. Nederl. Ind. 3: 
289. . Kyllingia cyperina Retz. Obs. 6: 21. Cyperus Manilensis Boeck. ! in Engler 
Jahrb. 5 (1884) 501. 
Philippines, (Moseley). Luzon, Manila, (1871 Wichura) ; (766 Jagor) ; 
(780, 781, 789, 790 Loher) ; (3311 Ahern’s collector) ; (464, 456 Topping) ; (485 
(in part) Whitford) ; (6675 Elmer). 
Southeastern Asia, from Ceylon to Petropaulovski and Otaheiti, frequent. 
3. Mariscus tenuifolius Nees in Mart. FI. Brasil. 2 1 (1843) 46. 
Stolons slender; umbel simple, small, spikes loose; spikelets slender, 
usually maturing two nuts. 
Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 6: 622; Schrader ms. Cyperus umbellatus var. laxata 
C. B. Clarke in Journ. Linn. Soc. 21 (1884) 201. 
Luzon, Arayat, (782 Loher). Mindanao, (617 Copeland). 
India from Beliar to Ceylon and to Malacca; a very rare plant in herbaria. 
Denkschr. Acad. Wissen. Wien. 8 (1855) 47. 
