Floscopa robusta C.B.Clarke

Mediocre annuals 1-2 dm. tall, more or less densely puberulent to glabrate throughout. Leaves elliptic-or oblong-oblanceolate, acuminate, gradually nar-rowed to a subpetiolar base, 10-30 cm. long; sheaths 1.0-1.5 cm. long, villous. Inflorescence diffusely and densely paniculate, bearing very many small, purple or white flowers, very densely glandular-puberulent throughout. Capsules perga-mentaceous, very abundantly produced.