POACEAE. 



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3. Paspalum Chapman! Nash. CHAP- 

 MAN'S PASPALUM. (Fig. 10.) Tufted; 

 culms glabrous, slender, li-3 tall. 

 Leaves 8' long or less, 2"-7" -wide, ciliate, 

 the sheaths of the lower ones pubescent, 

 those of the upper glabrous, or pubescent 

 on the margins; racemes 3'-5' long, usually 

 two on the main stem and one on the 

 branches; spikelets in pairs, oval, about 1" 

 long, on short pubescent stalks; first scale 

 wanting; second and third scales densely 

 pubescent with gland-tipped hairs; fruit- 

 ing scale yellowish-white. 



Hillsides between Harrington Sound and 

 Castle Harbor. Native. West Indies and 

 southeastern United States. Both this and 

 the preceding species are apparently indigenous 

 grasses ; they are locally abundant in the 

 areas indicated. Flowers in summer and 

 autumn. 



4. Paspalum dilatatum Poir. BROAD-SCALED 

 PASPALUM. (Fig. 11.) Perennial by rootstocks, 

 2-5 long, the culms and leaves glabrous. Leaves 

 flat, 4'-12' long, 6" wide or less; spike-like racemes 

 3-8, lJ'-3' long; spikelets crowded, in 2 rows, but 

 appearing as if in 4 rows, about 11'' long, and 1" 

 wide, ovate-orbicular, acute, the first scale want- 

 ing, the second scale ciliate with long soft hairs, 

 the third scale ciliolate, the fruiting scale orbicular. 



Marsh, Shelly Bay, 1913; in the lawn, Agricul- 

 ural Station, Paget, June, 1914. Introduced. Native 

 of continental America. Flowers in summer and 

 autumn. I suppose, from its manner of occurrence 

 that this is an introduced grass, and it may have 

 been introduced recently. It has not previously been 

 recorded from Bermuda and can scarcely have been 

 mistaken for another species. 



None of the Paspalum species occurring in Bermuda are of any considerable 

 value as forage grasses. 



