* The Liberian Mora 



and long panicles of corymbs (2 5 in. in diameter) of numerous 

 clustered brown spikrk-ts .', in. long ; Monrovia, \uninann ; 

 Kakatown, \\'liytc \ 



Hypolytrum nemorum, .V//v//v. : a perennial with lcaf\ stems, i 5 30 

 in. high, leaves 12 ft. by \ I in., and panicles (4-6 in. long 

 and broad) of 50 150 solitary or clustered spikes of 1020 

 spikelets, J- in. long; Kakatown and Sino Basin, \\'liytc\ 



H. africanum, Nees. : a perennial with leafless stems, i 2 ft. long, 

 from the axils of the crowded basal leaves, 16 30 in. by i in., 

 and with corymbs of 8 80 slender cylindric brown spikes, in. 

 long ; Sino Basin, Wliytc ! 



Scleria spiciformis, A /////. : a perennial i 2 ft. high with 3-winged 

 leaf-sheaths, spike-like oblong axillary panicles of dusky brown 

 spikelets, j in. long, and hard white smooth almost globose 

 fruits ; Grand Basa, \ 7 ogel\ 



S. ovuligera, Nees. : a hairy perennial, i 2 ft. high, with triquetrous 

 leaf-sheath, 3 4 remote pyramidal panicles of almost glabrous 

 spikelets, V in. long, and hard white smooth almost globose 

 fruits ; Monrovia, Naiunann ; Grand Basa, Vogel> 60! ; Ansell\\ 

 Sino Basin, Whyte \ 



S. barter!, Boeck. : a rambling or climbing .perennial, up to 20 ft. 

 long, with rough-edged leaves, 8 in. by J in., remote axillary 

 pyramidal panicles (i ii in. by i in.) of chestnut-brown 

 spikelets, I in. long, and white or brown to purple shining 

 fruits ; about 70 miles up the St. Paul's River, Reynolds \ ; 

 Grand Basa, Dinklage, 2010! 



S. vogelii, C. />'. Clarke : with stems 3 6 ft. high, unequally 3-winged 

 leaf-sheaths, rough-edged blades, i 2 ft. by J 1 in., axillary 

 panicles 2 3 in. long (running into a terminal compound 

 panicle) of pale spikelets J in. long, and shining white or brown 

 fruits; Kakatown, \Vliyte\\ Grand Basa, / '<>&/, 59 ! ; Sino Basin, 

 Whyte\ 



GRAMINE^E 



Zea mays, /,. : the well-known "Maize" or "Indian Corn," a cciv.il 

 of American origin, cultivated in Liberia, according to Vogel. 



Coix lacryma, L. : a branched soft-leaved grass with ivory-like more 

 or less globose ultimately hard receptacles with an orifice at 

 the top from which the short male spikelets and the stigmas 



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