234 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
HERBARIUM SPECIMENS FROM MEXICO: 
Nuevo Lr6n: Monterey, shady rich soil, Hitchcock 5562; by wet irrigation 
ditch, Hitchcock 5573. 
San Luis Porosi: Las Candas, fields, Pringle 3991. 
Veracruz: Cérdoba, clay cut, Hitchcock 6417. Jalapa, Hitchcock 6644}. 
Yucatan: Cozumel, Millspaugh 1480. 
18. Paspalum planifolium Fourn. Mex. Pl. 2: 10. 1886. 
Dimorphostachys botteri Fourn. Mex. Pl. 2: 14. 1886. 
Dimorphostachys paspaloides Fourn. Mex. Pl. 2: 14. 1886. 
Type locality, ‘‘San Luis de Potosi” and ‘‘Orizaba”’ given. ‘ 
Ranae: San Luis Potosi to Guatemala. 
HERBARIUM SPECIMENS FROM MExIco: 
San Luis Potosi: Las Candéas, low fields, Pringle 3779; moist grassy ground, 
Hitchcock 5760. Sierra de Guascama, Purpus 5423. 
Jauisco: Tequila, Palmer 144 in 1886. 
Cota: Alzada, rich wooded hillside, Hitchcock 7074. 
Veracruz: Pital, Liebmann 184. Orizaba, open rocky hill, Hitchcock 6377; 
Seaton, 112a; Botteri 659. Jalapa, open edge of forest, Hitchcock 6603. Ri{o 
Blanco, roadside ditch, Hitchcock 6328, 6347. Cérdoba, clay cut, Hitchcock 
6416. 
MoreEtos: Cuernavaca, along road, Hitchcock 6826. 
Oaxaca: Oaxaca, along streamlet, Hitchcock 6153; along ditch between Tule 
and Oaxaca, Hitchcock 6182, 6185. Tomeilin, along ditch, Hitchcock 6209. 
19. Paspalum variabile (Fourn.) Nash, N. Amer. Fl]. 17: 180. 1912. 
Dimorphostachys schaffneri Fourn. Mex. Pl. 2: 15. 1886,! not Paspalum schaffneri 
Fourn. op. cit. 6. 
Dimorphostachys variabilis Fourn. Mex. Pl. 2: 15. 1886.1 
Paspalum schaffnert Scribn. in Millsp. Field Mus. Bot. 2: 24. 1900, not Fourn. 
1886. 
Type locality, Mexico, the type specimen collected by Ghiesbreght being without 
data. 
Rance: Known only from Veracruz. 
HERBARIUM SPECIMENS: 
Veracruz: Cordoba, Bourgeau 1658; clay cut, Hitchcock 6411; under coffee trees, 
Hitchcock 6439, Jalapa, in shrubs along railway, Hitchcock 6608; railway cut 
through jungle, Hitchcock 6644, 6645. Orizaba, roadside ditch, Hitchcock 
6323; Bourgeau 2598. 
20. Paspalum squamulatum Fourn. Mex. Pl. 2: 11. 1886. 
Type locality, ‘‘In graminosis prope Chinantla,” the first specimen cited (agreeing 
perfectly with the description) being taken as the type. 
RanGE: Northern Mexico to Costa Rica. 
HERBARIUM SPECIMENS FROM MEXIco: 
Lower Ca.irornia: San José del Cabo, Brandegee 40 in 1899. 
SINALOA: Culiacdn, moist field, Rose, Standley & Russell 14859. 
Ja.isco: Zapotlan, pine woods, hillside, Hitchcock 7246. 
MicHoacdn: Urudpan, in bushes along road, Hitchcock 6961; pine woods on hill, 
Hitchcock 6978. 
Puesia: Chinantla, Liebmann 198. 
VERACRUZ: Orizaba, shaded rich loam near top of hill, Hitchcock 6387; Bourgeau 
2640. Jalapa, Smith in 1894; along railway, Hitchcock 6654, 6638. 
Oaxaca: Totontepec, Nelson 727. 
’ The spikelets of the type of D. variabilis are smaller than those of the type of D. 
schaffneri,; the two forms may prove to be distinct. 
