94 POACEAE 
a palea: fertile lemma indurate, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, the margins of the 
lemma slightly inrolled.—A bout 30 species, mostly natives of tropieal Ameriea. 
Spikelets 2-2.5 mm. long, obscurely silky pubescent: midnerve 
suppressed. 1. A. compressus. 
Spikelets more than 4 mm. long, glabrous: midnerve evident. 2. A. furcatus. 
A. compressus (Sw.) Bea Tufted, often producing ne leafy stolons 
with short broad obtuse leaf. Dudes flowering stem 20-40 cm. tall: leaf- 
sheaths pp das racemes mostly 2 or 3, 
ce ng, 8-10 em. long, long-exserted on 
ender pedu icles. terminal and axillary 
IS 2—2.5 mm. long. joaus Nash com- 
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A.) 
2. A. furcatus (Flügge) » Hitehe. Plant 
pase ps than A. compressus, the ste 
fe tuft, ends stoloniferous: 
ac 
the fruit: foliage rarely pubesce [An \ 
strophus paspaloides Nash 2 fircatum Fliigge|—Moist pinelands and 
open grounds, Coastal Plain, Fla. to Tex. and Va. 
5. REIMAROCHLOA A. Hitche. Spreading or stoloniferous ER 
with flat leaf-blades and slender subdigitate racemes, stiflly spreading o 
flexed at maturity. Spikelets strongly dorsally compressed, lanceolate, ca 
nate, rather distant, subsessile and alternate in two rows along one side of a 
narrow, flattened rachis, the back of the fertile lemma turned toward it: both 
palea obsolete: fertile lemma ae in- 
d 
gins inrolled at the base only, the palea 
free nearly half its length.—Four species, 
natives of tropical America. 
1. R. oligostachya (Munro) A. Hitche. 
Plant glabrous: stem compressed, 40-80 em 
long: racemes 1-4, 5-7 em. long: spikele ts E 
about 5 mm. long. [Reimaria oligostachya Munro]—In water or wet soil, 
Fla.—(Cuba.) 
26. PASPALUM L. Mostly perennials, with 1 to d spike-like racemes, 
these single | or paired at the summit of the stem or racemosely arranged alon 
Spikelets plano-convex, usually obtuse, fb cele solitary or in 
pairs, in two rows on one side of a narrow or dilated rachis, the back of the 
fertile lemma toward it: first glume usually wanting: second glume and sterile 
lemma commonly me equal: fertile lemma usually obtuse, chartaceous- 
