GRASSES. 341 



Paspalum longipedunculatum Le Cont<% Journ. Phys. 91 : 284. 1820. 



Slender-strm Paspalum. 



Paspalum dehile Micbx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 44. 1803. 



P. arenarinm Schnifl. ; Sclmlt. Mant. 2 : 172. 1824 ( ?) 



Ell. Sk. 1:10.5. Scribuer, Grass. Teuu. 2:3.5, t. 6, f. fi-l. Britt. A: 15iowu, 111. 

 Fl. 1 : 108. 



Carolinian area. Kentucky and Tennessee to northern Georgia. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Sandy exposed grounds, pastures. Dekalb Couuty, 

 Mentone, 1,800 feet altitude. September f5, 1898. Not freciueut. 

 Type locality: ■' Hah. in Carolina boreali." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mobr. 



Paspalum ciliatifoliuni Michx. V\. Bor. Am. 1 : 44. 1803. Fringk-lkaf Paspalu.m. 



Paspalum sHaceum var. ciliafifoliitm Vasey, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 3 : 17. 1892. 



Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 499. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : 34, t. 6, f. 22. Cbap. 

 Fl. ed. 3, 578. 



West Indies, Mexico, Brazil. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New .Jersey, south to Florida, thence to Texas 

 and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Coast plain. Grassy banks in close loamy sand. 

 Lee County. Auburn (BaAer >S' Earle, 644). Mobile County, along fence rows, road- 

 sides. Baldwin County, .luly, August. Frequent. 



Readily recognizeil by the smoothish shining sheaths ;iud bright green smoothisb 

 more or less strongly ciliate leaves. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Paspalum ciliatifoliuni dasyphyllum (Ell.) Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 578. 1897. 



Paspalum dasyphi/Uum Kll. Sk. 1 : 105. 1807. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 1. c. Britt. A: Brown, 111. Fl. 1 : 107. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi. 



Alabama: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Dry sandy pine barrens. Autauga 

 County, Prattvillf. Clarke County, Choctaw Corner. Mobile and Baldwin counties. 

 July to September. Common. 



At once distinguished from the type by the somewhat diffuse stems and the dull 

 grayish hairy sheaths and leaves. Rarely found with the above, preferring the arid 

 purely sandy ])iue ridges. 



Type locality: ''Grows in dry cultivated ground [South Carolina and Georgia]." 



p]conomic uses: Of some value as a pasture grass of the dry pine barrens, where it 

 is frequent. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Paspalum laeve Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 44. 1803. Smooth Paspalum. 



Ell. Sk. 1:100. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 628. Cliap. Fl. 571. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 499. Britt. & Brown, 111. Fl. 1 : 108. 



Allegheuian to Louisianian area. Rhode Island to Kentucky, Missouri, and 

 Arkansas, south to Florida and Texas. 



Alabama: Over the State. Grassy banks. June, .Inly; not uncommon. 



Pilose forms; sheaths and leaves more or less covered with villous hairs {Panicmn 

 laere pUosum Scribner); from Lee County, Auburn {Baker <)'■ Earle). 



Type locality : "Hab. in Georgia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Paspalum praecox Walt. Fl. Car, 75. 1788. I^arly-flowerinc Paspalum. 



Paspalum lentiferum Lam. Encycl. 5 : 31. 1804. 



Ell. Sk. 1:106. Chap. Fl. 571. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 499. 



Louisianian area. North Carolina, west to eastern Texas 



Alabama: Central and Lower Pine belts. Coast plain. Low wet pine barrens, 

 borders of pine-barren swamps. Autauga County, Prattviile (E. A. Smith). Wash- 

 ington County, Yellowpine, Mobile and Baldwiu counties. Frequent. May to 

 June. 



Type locality : South Carolina, 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Paspalum praecox curtisianum (Steud.) Vasey, Bull. Torr. Club, 13 : 165. 1886. 

 Paspalum curtisianum Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 26. 1855. 

 Louisianian area. Florida to Mississippi. 

 Alabama: Coast plain. Low tlat pine barrens. Mobile Couuty, Dog K'iver Hats 



