Mariscus.l 
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green. Spikelets linear. Fertile glumes i or 2, narrow. Nut 
narrow linear-oblong, brown, bluntly angled. Hab. Common m 
waste ground. Whole Peninsula up to 3800 ft. altitude, on Kedah 
Peak (Robinson). Disirib. Africa and Asia to Polynesia. Native 
name : Mendarong Ekor Tapai (squirrel-tail sedge). 
var. evoluiior Clarke l.c. Cyperus cylmdrostachys Boeck. 
Linnaa, xxxvi. 383. A big plant with some of the umbel rays 3 
in. long and the floriferous portion 1*25 m. long. Hab. Johor, 
Serom. Pahang, Pekan. Selangor, Batu Caves. Penang, 1 ulau 
^^^vaf. ^^uhcomposiia Clarke. Is bigger still with the floriferous 
portion branched. It occurs in Singapore. ^ 
(3) M. cyperinus Vahl. Eniim. ii. 377; Clarke in Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. vi. 621; Ridl. Mat. iii. 73- 
Rhizome hardly any. Culm 18 in. tall. Leaves narrow, m 
sandy spots, rather stiff. Umbel simple with very short rays, 
•25 in long or less. Spikes lax, *5 in. long. Spikelets spreading, 
linear, -25 in. long, reddish. Glumes narrow, keeled, 5. Nut 
linear-oblong curved, chestnut brown, trigonous. Hab. Common 
in waste ground, whole Peninsula. Disirib. Tropical Asia and 
Polynesia. Native names : Rumput Pinang; Rumpur Payong. 
(4) M. tenuifolius Schrad. in Mart. FI. Brazil, ii. 46 Clarke 
in Hook. pi. F.B.I. vi. 622. , r- 1 ^ a ^ -a 
Stolons slender, hardly -04 m. through. Culms slender flaccid, 
I ft. tall. Leaves narrow, 13 to 15 in. long, -i in. across. Umbel 
simple, contracted, rays *i in. long. Spikes solitary cyhndnc or 
ovoid loose, ’25 in. long. Spikelets with i to 3* usually 2 nuts, 
dusky green. Hab. Malacca (Griffith). Rare. Disirib. Ceylon. 
This plant looks like a very depauperate weak long-leaved form of 
M. cyperinus. 
(5) M. albescens Gaud. Freyc. Boi. Voy. 41$ ; Clarke in Hook, 
fil. F.B.I. vi. 623: Ridl. Mat. iii. 75. Cyperus pennatus Lam. 111 . 
i. 144, C. canescens Vahl. Fnum. ii. 355. 
A coarse tufted plant with many stiff leaves longer than the 
culms, -25 in. wide or less. Culms stiff, triangular, about 3 fL 
Umbels usually large and dense, 3 to 12 in. across, the rays 4 in. 
long. Spikelets crowded. -25 in. long. Glumes short, ovate obtuse, 
striate not keeled, pale or reddish. Nut obovoid trigonous, hardly 
half as long as the glume, pale brown. Hab. Sea-shores, rocks, 
sand or tidal mud; rare inland. Common. Singapore, Tanjong 
Ru- Bajau. Johor, Tana Runto; Batu Pahat. Pahang, Sungci 
Meang. Malacca (Griffith); Alor Gajah; Ayer Panas (Ridley). 
Kedah Yan. Kelantan, Kamposa. Disirib. Tropical Africa, Asia 
and Australia. Native names : Rumput Sulingsen; Rumput Surai. 
(6) M. microcephalus Presl. Rel Haenk. i. 182; Clarke in 
Hook. fd. F.B.I. vi. 624; Ridl Mat. iii. 74. M. diliitus Nees in 
WiNit, Contrib. 90. . . „ t 1 
A large tufted plant. Culms 18 to 3b m. tall. Leaves nearly as 
