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along the midrib; inflorescence, reddish-brown flower spikelets, 1 to 2 cm long, and 2 to
4 leaf-like bracts, 1 to 12 cm long, borne on unequal rays, to 6 cm long, in loose
terminal umbels borne at the top of three-angled flowering stems (culms), 10 to 40 cm
tall; fruit, about 1.5 mm long, brown, oblong, 3-sided achene. Weed in gardens; growing
in extensive stands as lawns; in swamps in Meneng. 3(58686), 4(149N), 5(89), 6, 7, 8.
Eleocharis ochrostachys Steud.
syn. E. lmifora (Thw.) H. Pfeiff.
'I sedge "
Recent introduction. Asia. Rare. Erect perennial sedge, 35 to 70 cm tall, with
pithy stems; leaves, reduced to basal sheaths; inflorescence, a cylindrical spikelet, 10 to
20 cm long and 3 to 4 mm across, with numerous green to yellowish-brown scales, 4 to
5 mm long, and 5 to 7 bristles; fruit, 1.5 to 2 mm long, 2-sided, obovate, shiny brown to
gray achene. Planted ornamental. 6(210).
Fibrystylis cymosa R. Br. "sedge", "beach sedge"
ibugibugi, ibiugbiugi; te uteute ni mane (K); mouku (T)
syns. F. spathacea Roth; F. pyncnocephala Hillebr. ; F. glomerata (Retz.) Nees
ex K. Schum. non (Schrad.) Nees; F. atollensis St. John; F. wightiana
Nees
Indigenous. Pantropical. Abundant. Perennial tufted sedge, 10 to 50 cm high, with
erect 3-angled stems; leaves, 5 to 30 cm long and 1.5 to 4 mm wide, numerous, stiff,
linear, densely-clumped; inflorescence, a head or simple umbel with 3 to 8 primary rays,
1 to 4 cm long, and single or clustered brown spikelets, 1 to 4 mm long, in globose
heads, 5 to 10 mm in diameter, borne on 3-angled flowering stems (culms), 10 to 60 cm
high; fruit, less than 1 mm long, 2- to 3-sided, obovate, brown-black achene. Found
growing in clusters or tufts in open and semi-open places on the coastal strip and in
mined areas on the plateau. No reported use on Nauru. 2, 3(58613, 58670), 5, 6(210), 7.
Dioscorea alata L.
te iam (K); 'ufi (T)
DIOSCOREACEAE (Yam Family)
"yam", "greater yam", "winged yam"
Pre-World War I1 introduction. S. E. Asia. Rare. Herbaceous or shrubby,
twining, K@i-CIimb-ing-tuberous vine witli sqm, Kie lEKwiTggSl ,-uKarmd; -mi-
angled stems; leaves, up to 12 to 25 cm or longer and 8 to 15 cm wide, opposite, ovate
or heart-shaped (cordate), palmately 5- to 11-nerved; petiole, nearly -half, to nearly as
long as blade; flowers, rarely-seen, small, greenish, in narrow terminal axillary panicles,