Liberia ^ 



long, and compound umbels of usually numerous solitary straw- 

 coloured brown spikclets, ^ — h in. long, tlie umbel supi)orted 

 b\' leaf-like bracts ; about 70 miles up the St. Paul's River, 

 R('vin>/ds ! 

 £. feiTuginea, / 'd/i/. : with densely tufted stems, 8 — 2<S in. long, and 

 umbels of 5 — 10 or more reddish or variegated densely flowered 

 spikelets, t in. by ^ in., the umbels supported by usually short 

 bracts ; Monrovia, Naiintaini ; Grand Basa, J^ogel, 55 ! 



F. exilis, Rocm. and Schult. : an annual with tufted slender stems, 

 4 — 16 in. long, usually spreadingly hairy and with an umbel 

 of 3 — 14 reddish spikelets, |- — J in. by ^ in., the umbels sup- 

 ported by bracts as long as the rays ; Grand Basa, Auselll 



F. obtusifolia, KitntJi: with stems 4 — 16 in. long, very rigid leaves 

 and compound umbels of small heads of spikelets {ox the whole 

 umbel contracted into a head) g- in. long, the umbel supported 

 by leaf-like bracts; Grand Basa, Vogcl\ 



Bulbostylis barbata, KiDitJi : a densely tufted annual with very slender 

 stems, I — 10 in. long, setaceous leaves and heads of 3 — 12 

 spikelets, reddish to dark brown and ^—^ in. long, supported by 

 setaceous bracts ; Grand Basa, / 'oge/. 



B. laniceps, C. B. Clarke : a perennial with densely tufted stems, 

 8 — 16 in. long, setaceous leaves and more or less hairy globose 

 heads of about 20 spikelets, ^ — i in. long, the heads supported 

 by setaceous bracts ; Grand Basa, J\i^v/, 92 ! 



Fuirena umbellata, Rottb. : a more or less hairy perennial, with a 

 wood}' rhizome and stems ih — 5 ft. high, leafy all along and 

 with irregular panicles of often numerous dense clusters of dull 

 green or brown hairy spikelets, ^— ^ by ^ — I in. ; Monrovia and 

 Kakatown, JVAj'Ul; Basa Cove, A7iscll\ 



Lipocarpha triceps, Nees. : an annual with tufted triangular stems, 

 4 — 16 in. high, basal leaves and solitary heads of cylindric 

 usually purple or dark reddish spikelets, ^ in. by \ in. ; Cape 

 Pal mas, Ansel I \ 



Rhynchospora wallichiana, Kuiith : a perennial with tufted slender 

 stems, 6 — 20 in. long, basal setaceous leaves and solitary 

 heads of many rusty brown spikelets I — \ in. long, the heads 

 supported by often villous or ciliate long bracts ; Grand Basa, 

 / 'ogel, 105 ! 



R. aurea, Vahl : with robust stems, 3 — 6 ft. high, leafy all along, 



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