^ The Lil)cri;m Mora 



spike-lets, ,' rt in. lojio ;; about 70 milr.s up the St. Paul's Ki\<r, 

 Reynolds \ 



P. chaetophorum, Rosin, and Schtilt. : an decant i^ra^s \\ ith much- 

 divided loose panicles of oblique obuvah- dark spikelets, about 

 Y 1 ^ in. long, the long capillary branches and pedicels of the 

 panicle bearing very long fine scattered hairs ; Kakatown, 

 Whyte\ 



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

 leaves and very lax finely divided panicles of oblong spikelets 

 up to T ^- in. long ; Kakatown, Whyte\ 



Oplismenus africanus, Beauv. : a somewhat weak grass with distant 

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

 below and purplish at the blunt tips ; Kakatown, \\'liytc ! 



Setaria sulcata, Raddi: 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 bristles among 

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



Pennisetum purpureum, Schum. and TJionn. : a coarse grass up to 

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

 12 in. by I in., of yellowish green to blackish purple spikelets ; 

 Kakatown, }Vhyte\ 



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

 flexuous slender cylindric spikes, 3 6 in. by \ in., of yellowish 

 or purplish spikelets, with involucres of soft bristles ; Grand 

 Basa, Vogel, 93 ! 



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

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

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



Centotheca lappacea, Desv. : a perennial grass with a loose panicle 

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

 armed with stout reversed bristles; Kakatown, \Vliytc\\ Cape 

 Pal mas, Vogel\ 



Eragrostis tremula, Hochst. : a graceful annual grass, I 2 ft. high, 

 with large very loose panicles of pale green or purplish 1040 

 flowered spikelets, often nodding on capillary pedicels ; Basa 

 Cove, Ansell\ 



E. sclerantha, Nees.(t}'- in woods near Monrovia, \\iuniann. The 

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



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