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94. Paspalum clavuliferum Wright; Sauv. Anal. Acad. Ci. 
Habana 8: 203. 1871. 
Paspalum Falcula Doell, in Mart. Fl. Bras. 22: 60. 1877. 
Paspalum Pittieri Hack.; Beal, Grasses N. Am. 2: 88. 1896. 
Stems tufted, up to 4 dm. tall, slender, glabrous, later with leafless flower-bearing branches 
from the uppermost axil; leaf-sheaths papillose-hispid or sometimes ciliate only; blades up to 1 
dm. long, 2-3 mm. wide, flat, papillose-hispid, erect; racemes usually in conjugate pairs, or 
sometimes single, 2-5 cm. long, curved, 0.5 mm. wide or less; spikelets 1.2-1.5 mm. long, 
0.8 mm. wide, obovate, commonly in pairs, the first scale wanting, the second and third scales 
3-nerved, or the second sometimes 2-nerved by the suppression of the midnerve, the second 
scale pubescent with spreading glandular-tipped hairs, the third glabrous, the fruiting scale 
yellowish, strongly papillate longitudinally. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba. 
DISTRIBUTION : Cuba; southern Mexico; also in Colombia. 
95. Paspalum notatum Fliigge, Gram. Monog. 106. 1810. 
Stems tufted, up to 8 dm. tall, commonly less than 5 dm., glabrous, simple; leaf-sheaths 
usually ciliate, otherwise glabrous; blades up to 2.5 dm. long, commonly much shorter, 4-8 
mm. wide, glabrous, or pubescent on the upper surface with short hairs; racemes conjugate, 
erect or ascending, up to 1 dm. long, usually shorter, the rachis about 1 mm. wide; spikelets 
singly disposed, 2.7-4 mm. long, 1.8-2.7 mm. wide, glabrous, oval, the first scale wanting, the 
second and third scales 3—-5-nerved, the fruiting scale minutely roughened with longitudinal 
rows of papillae. 
TYPE LOCALITY: St. Thomas. 
DISTRIBUTION : Mexico to Costa Rica; Jamaica and Cuba to Grenada; also in tropical South 
América. 
ILLUSTRATION: Trin. Ic. fl. 114. 
96. Paspalum minus Fourn. Mex. Pl. Gram. 6. 1881. 
Stems up to 4dm. tall, commonly less than 3 dm., glabrous, simple; leaf-sheaths usually 
ciliate, otherwise glabrous; blades up to 1.5 dm.long, commonly shorter, 4-6 mm. wide, flat, 
glabrous, or sometimes pubescent above with short or very long hairs; racemes conjugate, erect 
or ascending, up to 6 cm. long, the rachis about 1 mm. wide; spikelets 2-2.5 mm. long, 
1.5-1.7 mm. wide, oval, glabrous, the first scale wanting, the second and third scales 3—-5-nerved, 
the fruiting scale minutely roughened with longitudinal rows of papillae. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Cordoba, Vera Cruz. ; ; . 
DISTRIBUTION : Cuba and Jamaica; southern Mexico and Guatemala ; also in Colombia. 
97. Paspalum distichum L,. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 855. 1759. 
Digitaria paspalodes Michx. F1. Bor. Am.1: 46. 1803. 
Paspalum Digitaria Poir. in Lam. Encyc. Suppl. 4: 316. 1816. 
Paspalum Michauxianum Kunth, Rév. Gram. 25. 1829. 
Panicum polyyhizum J. Presi, in Presl, Rel. Haenk. 1: 296. 1830. 
? Paspalum distachyon Poit.; Trin. Mém. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. 37: 142. 1834. 
Paspalum Schaffneri Griseb.; Fourn. Mex. Pl. Gram. 6. 1881. 
A perennial with long stout branched subterranean rootstocks, flat or involute leaf-blades, 
and pubescent spikelets. Stems 1-6 dm. tall; leaf-sheaths compressed, keeled, usually crowded 
and overlapping, especially at the base and on the innovations, glabrous or more or less 
hairy on the margins; blades commonly less than 1 dm. long, 3-6 mm. wide, usually 
glabrous; racemes terminal, in pairs at the apex of the stem, ascending, 2-5 cm. long, the 
rachis 1-1.5 mm. wide; spikelets singly disposed, ovate, 2.5-3 mm. long and 1-1.5 mm. 
wide, acute, the first scale wanting, or rarely present, the second and third scales firm, 
5-nerved, or rarely 7-nerved, the second scale appressed-pubescent, the third scale glabrous, 
the fruiting scale apiculate, strongly pubescent at the apex, yellowish-white. 
E LOCALITY : Jamaica. : : ; 
Dees : ee Jersey to Arizona, south to Florida and Mexico, and on the Pacific coast 
as far north as Washington; Bermuda; West Indies; continental tropical America. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Vasey, Agr. Grasses U. S. ed. 2. 1.7; Bull. U. S. Dep. Agr. Agrost. 7: f.25; 
Bull. Tenn. Exp. Sta. 7: /. 24, Britt. & Brown, Il. Fl. f. 229; Rep. Comm. Agr. 1888: Bot. p/. 2, 
Sw. Obs. p/. 2, f. 1. 
