^^ The Liberian F^lora 



spikclcts, yV ill- l«'iti ; ^ibout 70 inilcs up the St. Paul's River, 

 Reynolds ! 

 P. chaetophorum, Rocin. and Schitlt. : an elegant grass with much- 

 tUvided loose panicles of oblique obovate dark spikelets, about 

 ^., in. long, the long capillar}- branches and pedicels of the 

 panicle bearing very long fine scattered hairs ; Kakatown, 



P. brevifolium, L. : a much-branched weak grass with short broad 

 leaves and very la.K finely divided panicles of oblong spikelets 

 up to yY in. long ; Kakatown, ]]'//jtc ! 



Oplismenus africanus, Benin'. : a somew^hat weak grass with distant 

 one-sided fascicles of short spikes having stiff awns, green 

 below and purplish at the blunt tips ; Kakatown, ]V/iytc\ 



Setaria sulcata, Kaddi : a perennial grass, up to 8 ft. high, with 

 large leaves (up to 2 ft. by 2 in. or more and folded fan- 

 fashion) and rather loose panicles, i — 2 ft. long, of ovoid 

 spikelets, | in. long, with more or less numerous bri.stles among 

 them ; 70 miles up the St. Paul's River, Rcyjio.'ds ! 



Pennisetum purpureum, ScJiuiii. and Thoini. : a coarse grass up to 

 15 feet high, with .stiff cylindric very dense bristly spikes, 3 — 

 12 in. by I in., of yellowi-sh green to blackish purple spikelets ; 

 Kakatown, ]\ liytc ! 



P. parviflorum, Friii. : a tall branched grass up to 6 ft. high with 

 (Icxunus slender cylindric spikes, 3 — 6 in. by ^ in., of yellowish 

 or purplish spikelets, with involucres of .soft bristles ; Grand 

 Basa, J \i^v/, 93 ! 



Eleusine indica, Gcxcrtii. : a weedy grass with more or less digitate 

 stiff one-sided spikes of crowded greenish spikelets ^ in. long ; 

 about 70 miles up the St. Paul's River, Reynolds ! 



Centotheca lappacea, Desv. : a perennial grass with a loo.se panicle 

 of green several-flowered spikelets, J — | in. long, and often 

 armed with stout reversed bristles; Kakatown, 117/ylel; Cape 

 Pal mas, Voj^r/l 



Eragrostis tremula, Hodist. : a graceful annual grass, i — 2 ft. high, 

 with large very loose panicles of pale green or purplish 10—40 

 flowered spikelets, often nodding on capillary pedicels ; Basa 

 Cove, A}isell\ 



E. sclerantha, Nees.iJ): in woods near Monrovia, Nauiiiaiin. — The 

 determination of this grass, which I have not seen, is certainly 



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