Parr 2, 1912] POACEAE 181 
second 5-nerved, crumpled, much larger than the fruiting scale, the third scale usually 3-nerved, 
rarely more, closely appressed to the fruiting scale, which is oval, obtuse, yellowish. 
TYPE LOCALITY : Jamaica. 
DISTRIBUTION : Jamaica ; Cuba; also in Brazil. 
38. Paspalum leptocaulon Nash, sp. nov. 
A glabrous tufted perennial. Stems erect, simple, up to 4 dm. tall, slender; leaf-sheaths 
striate, with a few long hairs at the apex; blades with a white stripe down the center of the 
upper surface, slender, involute, up to 1 dm. long, those on the innovations even longer; 
raceme single, curved, 3-6 cm. long, long-exserted, the rachis about 0.5 mm. wide; spikelets 
singly disposed in 2 rows, appressed, 1.5 mm. long and 0.8 mm. wide, elliptic, obtuse, the first 
scale wanting, the second 5-nerved, the third 3-nerved, the fruiting scale yellowish-green, a 
trifle shorter than the others, elliptic, smooth. 
is rs collected at Lacovia, Jamaica, September 16, 1907, WV. L. Britton 1475 (herb. N. Y. Bot. 
ard.). 
DISTRIBUTION : Known only from the type locality. 
39. Paspalum capillifolium Nash, sp. nov. 
A glabrous, densely tufted low perennial. Stems 1 dm. tall or less, slender, simple; 
leaves striate, mostly on the innovations; blades filiform, curved, 3-6 cm. long; raceme single, 
2-4 cm. long; spikelets singly disposed, 1.75 mm. long, 0.6 mm. wide, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 
glabrous, the first scale wanting, the second and third scales 3-nerved, the fruiting scale elliptic, 
about as long as the outer scales. 
Type collected in palm barren, Santa Clara, Cuba, March 29-31, 1910, Britton G& Wilson 6116 
(herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
40. Paspalum rottboellioides Wright; Sauv. Anal. Acad. 
Ci. Habana 8: 204, 1871. 
Stems tufted, slender, up to 6 dm. tall, glabrous, simple; leaves papillose-hirsute with 
spreading hairs, mostly on the innovations and the base of the stem; blades flat or involute, up 
to 7 cm. long, erect or ascending; racemes 1 or 2, 3-6 cm. long, straight or curved, the flexuous 
rachis about 0.75 mm. wide; spikelets singly disposed, 2.3-3 mm. long, 1-1.2 mm. wide, 
elliptic-oblong, obtuse, the first scale wanting, the second and third scales 3-nerved, the second 
scale pubescent with long appressed hairs, the third glabrous, the fruiting scale elliptic, obtuse, 
a little shorter than the other scales. 
TYPE LOCALITY: In sandy savannas of the Vuelta de Abajo, Cuba. 
DISTRIBUTION : Cuba. 
41. Paspalum Leoninum Chase, Bot. Gaz. 51: 301. 1911. 
Stems tufted, slender, glabrous, 1.5-3.5 dm. tall, simple, with only 1 or 2 leaves; sheaths 
glabrous or sparsely pubescent; blades flat or somewhat involute, 3-7 cm. long, 1-2 mm. wide, 
usually curved, glabrous, or puberulent on the upper surface, with a few stiff hairs on the 
margin; raceme single, 2-3.5 cm. long, curved; spikelets singly disposed, 1.3-1.5 mm. long, 
0.7 mm. wide, elliptic, glabrous, on short flattened hispidulous pedicels, the first scale wanting, 
the second 3-nerved, the third 2-nerved by the suppression of the midnerve which is sometimes 
present at the apex, the fruiting scale about as long as the outer scales. 
TyPE LOCALITY: Obispo Hill, near Sancti Spiritus, Cuba. 
DISTRIBUTION; Cuba. 
42. Paspalum breve Chase; Hitche. in Urban, Symb. 
Ant. 7: 166. 1912. 
A low tufted perennial. Stems simple, up to 8 cm. tall, slender, glabrous; sheaths strongly 
striate, ciliate, often sparingly pubescent at the apex, the uppermost one bladeless; blades flat, 
up to 7 cm. long, 1.5-3 mm. wide, linear, glabrous; raceme single, exserted, straight, 7-12 mm. 
long, the rachis about 0.7 mm. wide; spikelets singly disposed, glabrous, about 1.3 mm. Jong 
and 1 mm. wide, broadly oval, obtuse, the first scale wanting, the second 5-nerved, or sometimes 
