^ T he Libe ria n Flo ra 



*. 1 ♦„„-u,„ic i';y,,-' ■ T ^1 ft hieh, 'v^itli fibrous roots 



Pycreus polystacnyus, hiaiir. . i ■^•> "•. iiit,i'. 



and more or less compound umbellcd spikes of^ 10—50 per- 

 manently erect brownish spikelcts, 5 in. by A in. ; Cape 

 Palmas, A>/sc/l\ 

 Cyperus haspan, L.: with stems 4-28 in. long, distant on long 

 crecpino- rhizomes and with usually compound or decompound 

 umbels" (sometimes overtopped by bractsj of digitate clusters 

 of 2-6 compressed spikelets, 1-^ in. by ^^-\\ m. ; m the 

 town of Monrovia, Xaiiinaiiii. 

 C. tenax, Bocck.: with trigonous stems, 4-16 in. long, and usuall)^ 

 simple umbels of upwards of 7 spikes of 3—16 digitate 

 dark chestnut-coloured spikelets, i- ^ in. by t^^ in.; the umbels 

 overtopped by leaf-like bracts, Monrovia, Naiiinaini. 

 C. sphacelatus, Rntth. : an annual with slender tufted stems, 6-24 

 in long, and simple or compound umbels of spikes of 5 — 12 

 speckled spikelets, strau-coloured and h in. long, the umbels 

 often over-topped by the lowest bract; Grand Basa, A;m^/n 

 C zollingeri, .SV.v/./. : with trigonous slender stems, 1—2 ft. high, 

 and irregular straggling or much-contracted umbels of loose 

 spikes of 3—9 yellowish green spikelets, i in. by ^ in., the 

 umbels when contracted much overtopped by the leaf-like 

 bracts ; Monrovia, Naumaini. 

 Mariscus umbellatus. VahL: with stems 1-2^ ft. long, thickened 

 at the base and trigonous at the top, and with simple 5—12- 

 rayed umbels of solitary cylindric spikes of very numerous 

 straw-coloured spikelets, spreading rectangularly when ripe, 

 the umbels supported by 5-10 leaf-like bracts; Monrovia. 

 Xauvianu, Whytc ! ; Kakatown and Sino Basin, W hytc ! 

 M rufus, //. B. K. : with robust stems 1—4 ft. long, trigonous at the 

 top! and umbels of numerous cylindric congested .spikes of 

 spreading or reflexed reddish brown spikelets, i in. by ^V i"-' 

 the umbels supported by 4-7 bracts ; Monrovia, Naumanu. 

 Eleocharis capitata, R. Br.: a leafless annual with tufted stems, 2 to 

 over 12 in. high, with a solitary terminal lanceolate dense dull 

 greenish red spikelet, ^ — i in. long ; Cape Palmas, Vogel. 

 *E. naumanniana, Boeck. : a very slender flaccid olive-coloured water- 

 plant, proliferously branched, i\ ft. long, with solitary very 

 slender i-flowered spikelets, 1 in. long; Monrovia, Naumanu.^ 

 Fimbristylis diphylla, VaJii: an annual with tufted stems, 7—28 in. 



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