Liberia <*- 



long, and compound umbels of usually numerous solitary strdw- 

 coloured brown spikelets, ^ — i in. long, the umbel supported 

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

 Retinoids ! 



£. ferruginea, / 'nld. : with densely tufted stems, 8 — 28 in. long, and 

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

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

 bracts ; Monrovia, Nauvtann ; Grand Basa, Vogel, S 5 ! 



F. exilis, Roem. 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, Ansell\ 



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

 and compound umbels of small heads of spikelets (or the whole 

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

 by leaf-like bracts; Grand Basa, Vogell 



Bulbostylis barbata, Kunth : 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, Vogel. 



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, | — \ in. long, the heads supported 

 by setaceous bracts ; Grand Basa, Vogel, 92 ! 



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

 woody rhizome and stems i| — 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, Whyte\; Basa Cove, Ansell\ 



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, Anselll 



Rhynchospora wallichiana, KuntJi : a perennial with tufted slender 

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

 heads of many rusty brown spikelets J — ^ in. long, the heads 

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

 I'ogel, 105 ! 



B. aorea, Vahl. : with robust stems, 3 — 6 ft. high, leafy all along, 



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