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of tlic enclosed female spikelets arc cxsertcd ; of Indian origin, 

 cultivated and naturalised all over the tropics ; Kakatowii, 

 U7n'/('l — This is the grass kncjun as "Job's Tears." 



Saceharum officinarum, L. : the "Sugar-cane," cultivated in Liberia, 

 according to Vogel. 



Andropogon leptocomus, />///. ; a perennial much-branched grass, up 

 to 5 ft. high, with loose leafy panicles of vcr\' slender s[)ike-like 

 short racemes of lanceolate finel)' awned si)ikelcts, ! in. long, 

 each raceme supported by a \er\' narrow sheath and borne 

 on a long fine peduncle ; in woods near Monrovia, Naumaiiii. 



A. sorg'hum, Brot.\ the "Sorgho," "Durra" or "Black millet," 

 culti\ated in numerous varieties all over Africa, and also in 

 other warm countries, the most important cereal of Tropical 

 Africa; Kakatown, ]Vhytc\\ Cape Palmas, ]\)gcl. 



Paspalum distichum, L. : a short grass with long creeping rhizomes 

 and paired spike-like racemes of oblong acute spikelets ; 

 Monrovia, Xauiiia)iu. 



P. conjugatum, Hcrg. : a slender grass with 2 or more very slender 

 dense spike-like racemes of spikelets, -L- in. long, quite flat on 

 one side and more or less fringed along the edge with white 

 loosely adprcsscd hairs ; Kakatown, WJiyte ! 



Isachne buettneri, I lack. : a giaceful grass with a loose very finely 

 divided panicle of subgiobose spikelets, not much over ^^ in. 

 long, each containing 2 fruits in the mature state ; Cape 

 Palmas, .h/sr// 1 



Digitaria horizontalis, WiUd. : a rather weak annual with numerous 

 \er\' slender spike-like racemes of lanceolate spikelets, -^^ in. 

 long ; common on culti\'ated ground near Grand Rasa, 

 Vogcl, 27 \ 



Panicum muticum, Forsk.-. a stout grass, up to over 6 ft. high, with 

 lea\cs 6—10 in. by h — § in., and erect panicles of spike-like 

 rather distant dense racemics of ovoid acute green or purplish 

 spikelets, ^ in. long ; Grand Basa, Vogcl, 32 ! — This is known 

 in some parts of the tropics as " Water-grass " and is con- 

 sidered excellent fodder. 



P. lineatum, 7"r///. : with a very loose and scant}- panicle of ellipsoid 

 rather obtuse spikelets ; g long; Kakatown, /fV/r/f! 



P. laetum, Kuutli : a branched grass with a much-divided loose 

 panicle (about 4 in. long and wide when quite oi)enj of greenish 



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