Liberia 



long, and compound umbels of usually numerous solitary straw- 

 coloured brown spikelets, J J in. long, the umbel supported 

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



f. ferruginea, /'<////.: with densely tufted stems, 8 28 in. long, and 

 umbels of 5 10 or more reddish or variegated densely flowered 

 spikelets, r in. by in., the umbels supported by usually short 

 bracts ; Monrovia, Xauinann ; Grand Basa, Vogel, 55 ! 



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

 4 1 6 in. long, usually spreadingly hairy and with an umbel 

 of 3 14 reddish spikelets, \ \ in. by j 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) J in. long, the umbel supported 

 by leaf-like bracts; Grand Basa, Vogel \ 



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 | J in. long, supported by 

 setaceous bracts ; Grand Basa, Vogel. 



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

 8 1 6 in. long, setaceous leaves and more or less hairy globose 

 heads of about 20 spikelets, J J in. long, the heads supported 

 by setaceous bracts ; Grand Basa, Vogel, 92 ! 



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

 woody rhizome and stems ij 5 ft. high, leafy all along and 

 with irregular panicles of often numerous dense clusters of dull 

 green or brown hairy spikelets, J by J- in. ; Monrovia and 

 Kakatown, Whyte\\ Basa Cove, Ansell\ 



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

 4 1 6 in. high, basal leaves and solitary heads of cylindric 

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

 Pal mas, Ansel I \ 



Rhynchospora wallichiana, KnntJi : a perennial with tufted slender 

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

 hrads of many rusty brown spikelets 1 J in. long, the heads 

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

 / V^'v/, 105 ! 



E. aurea, / 'aJil. : with robust stems, 3 6 ft. high, leafy all along, 



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