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Mariscus pilosulus

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Name

Identification
Cyperus pilosulus K.Schum. [family CYPERACEAE ] Mariscus pilosulus (K.Schum.) C.B.Clarke [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by C.B.Clarke,
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Flora

Entry for Mariscus pilosulus C. B. Clarke [family CYPERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 8, page 264, (1902) Author: (By C. B. Clarke.)
Names
Mariscus pilosulus C. B. Clarke [family CYPERACEAE], in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 591.
Cyperus pilosulus K. Schum. [family CYPERACEAE], in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 122.
Information
Shortly hairy all over. Stems approximate, 12–16 in. long, slender, at the base oblong-thickened by coloured leaf-sheaths, rather densely hairy their entire length. Leaves overtopping the stem, 1/8– 1/6 in. broad. Spikes 5–7, sessile, 2/3 by 1/4 in., dense with cinnamon-straw-coloured spikelets; bracts 3–5, lowest up to 5 in. long, similar to the leaves, hardly dilated at the base. Spikelets 1/8 by 1/24 in., slender, producing 3–2 nuts; lower empty glume often with a setaceous arista. Glumes ovate, obtuse, with numerous rather obscure ribs. Nut small, narrowly ellipsoid, trigonous. Style small; branches 3, linear, short.
Distribution
Zanzibar Mozamb. Dist. Taylor!

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