Liberia *- 



wrong. /:. sclcrautha is a South African grass of dry 

 localities. 



Oryza sativa, L. : The " Rice," cultivated in Liberia, according to 

 VogeL 



Olyra latifolia, L. : an erect or straggling bamboo-like grass, 415 

 ft. high, with netted-veined leaves, 4 / in. by I -3 in., and 

 panicles of i-flo\vered unisexual spikelets, the male and 

 female of different shape, the female larger, ovoid, caudate, the 

 " fruit" white and shining ; Kakatown, \Vhyte ! 



Oxytenanthera sp. a species of Bambuseae : a bamboo, possibly in- 

 troduced, but growing wild seemingly in many districts near 

 the coast ; Sir //. //. Jolinston (from photographs). 



FILICES 



Pteridium aquiliimm, Knnth : the " Bracken," an almost cosmopolitan 



fern, Liberia, Milieu, 200 ! 

 Polypodium phymatoides, L. : an epiphytic fern with far-creeping 



rhizome, more or less dissected fleshy coriaceous leaves, up to 



3 ft. long, and immersed sori : Monrovia and Sino Basin, \Vliytc\ 

 Gleichenia dichotoma, Willd. : a climbing or rambling fern with 



scattered repeatedly dichotomous leaves, often gregarious ; 



Kakatown, WJiyte \ ; without precise locality, Milieu \ 

 Platycerium aethiopicum, Hook. : an epiphytic fern, the well-known 



" Stag's-horn." 



LYC'OPODIAClwK 



Lycopodium cernuum, L. : an erect shrublet, much branched and re- 

 sembling a miniature tree with minute subulate leaves and 

 nodding spikes of sporophylles at the ends of the branchlcts ; 

 Kakatown, M'hytc\ ; 70 miles up the St. Paul's River, Rcytiolds\ 



SELAGINELLACE^S 



Selaginella vogelii, Spring. : much branched, to over 2 ft. high, 

 ascending from a creeping rhizome, the tips often growing out 

 into whip-like shoots up to 9 in. long, the whole plant more or 

 less shining; Sino Basin, \\'hytc\ 



S. scandens, Spritig. : an often very long climber, rooting from the 

 glabrous stems, primary branches simply branched except near 

 the base, branchlcts ending with spikes ('up to rj in. long) of 

 sporophylles ; Cape Palmas, Scliocnlcni ; Sino Hasin, \\'liytc\ 



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