340 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
ALABAMA: Close sandy soil; pastures, clearings, roadsides, forming a perfect turf, 
Mobile, Baldwin, Montgomery, and Tuscaloosa counties. Lee County, Auburn. 
Abundant. 
Type locality: “Hab, in pascuis sterilibus Jamaicae vulgaris.” 
Economic uses: Valuable for pasture. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Paspalum paspalodes (Michx.) Scribner, Mem. Torr. Club, 5:29, 1894. 
MICHAUX’sS PASPALUM. 
Digitaria paspalodes Michx. F1. Bor. Am, 1:46, 1803. 
Paspalum furcatum Fluegge, Gram. Monogr. 1810, 
P. digitaria Poir. Encycl. Suppl. 4:316. 1816. 
Milinm paspalodes Ell. Sk.1: 104. 1817. 
Paspalum michaurianum Kunth, Rev. Gram, 1:25. 1885. 
P. elliottii Wats. in Gray, Man. ed. 6, 629, 1891, 
Ell. Sk,1;104. Gray, Man, ed. 6, 629. Chap. F1.570. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 
2:500. 
West INDIES. 
Louisianian area, North Carolina, along the coast to Florida, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Shady copses. Mobile and Mont- 
gomery counties. Autauga County, Prattville (£. 4. Smith). Flowers May to June; 
not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in pascuis aridis, juxta Charleston [S.C.].” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Paspalum membranaceum Walt. Fl. Car. 75. 1788. WALTER'S PASPALUM, 
Paspalum vaginatum Ell, Sk. 1:109. 1816. Not Sw. 
P. walterianum Schult. Mant. 2:166, 1824. 
Ell. Sk. 1:109. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 628. Chap. F1. 570. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:498. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Delaware, along the coast to Florida, west to 
Texas, 
ALABAMA: Coast plain, Low damp tields and meadows. Mobile County. Bald- 
win County, Stockton. Frequent. August to September. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Paspalum conjugatum Bergius, Act. Acad. Holm. 7:129, 8. 1778. 
CONJUGATED PASPALUM, 
Chap. Fl. Suppl. 666; ed. 3, 578. Griseb, Fl, Brit. W. Ind. 541. 
West INpIEes, MEXICO TO BRAZIL, TROPICAL A FRICA, AUSTRALIA. 
Louisianian area, Louisiana, Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Shaded damp banks. Mobile County. June. Rare. 
Probably adventive from the tropics. 
Type locality not ascertained. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr, 
Paspalum distichum L. Amoen, Acad. 5:391, 1759. JOINT-GRASS, 
Ell. Sk. 1:108. Gray, Man. ed. 6,629. Chap. Fl. 570. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:499. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 541. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2-257. 
West INDIES, MEXICO TO ARGENTINA, CHILE, East INDIES, AUSTRALIA, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida, west to ‘Texas, and 
across the plains to southern California. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region; damp fields, low banks. Montgomery County, 
Pentulalla Creek. Mobile County, ditches; common. A pernicious weed in cotton 
fields. June to August. 
Type locality not given. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Paspalum vaginatum Sw. FI. Ind. Oce, 1: 135. 1779. Sar JOUNT-GRASS, 
Paspalum distichum var, vaginatum Griseb, F 1. Brit. W. Ind, 541. 1864, 
Chap. Fl. 570. Griseb.].¢. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 499. 
West INpIESs, MEXICO TO ARGENTINA, 
Lounisianian area. Florida west to Texas along the seacoast. 
ALABAMA: Littoral region, salt marshes. Mobile County, Dauphin Island, West- 
fowl River. Baldwin County, Bon Secour. Flowers June to August. Abundant. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab, in argillosis graminosis Jamaicae.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
