'.\A2 PLANT ]AFV. <»K A LA I? A MA. 



(Soptomber, October). Halilwin ( Oimty, .lom'itliiiic. iiiii«'-li;iri»>n h\viiiii|ih. I'lit\v('rs 

 ill .June. I'reiiuent. 



l'.;isily tlistin^iiislicil Ity tlm iiioro rolmst. hiil)it of ^^rowth, I ho (lower stem .'{ to 1 lote 

 hi;^li. tli(> Miiiinroiis spikes '2 to 3 iiu-hes loii;^, uml the leaves uiiil slieuths softly 

 viilous-|iiibt'S(ent. 



'lype locality: "M. A. Curtis lej^it in ( .iroiiiia." 



11. ill. (leol. .Siirv. Herb. Mohr. 



Paspalinii plicatuliiiu Michx. Fl. Mor. Am. 1 : l."). 1S(W. 



I'dMlxihim luiduliitiim I'oir, Eiicvcl. 5:2'.). 1>S('I. 



Kll. 8k. 1: lt)7. Chap. Fl. Suppl. (itw; od. :$, 57H. Coulter, (.'ontr. Nat. Herb. 2 : oOO. 

 fJriseb. Fl. Mril.W. Iiul.542. 



Wkst Indiks, Mkxico! to Arckn'TIxa. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina, Florida!, west lo Texas. 



Ar>.\itA.M.\ : Coast plain. Dry sandy banks and copsfs. Baldwin County, Montrose. 

 Mobile County. Flowers in .June; not infrequent. 



Tyjie locality: " Hal), in (ieorgia et Florida." 



Herb. Ceol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Paspalum bifidum y A. BertoL) Nash, Hull. Torr. Club, 24 : l!t2. 1897. 



Al.AU.XMA PaSI'ALUM. 



Paniciim floridannniTriu. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. ser. (i, 3, )it. 2:24«. 1834. Not 

 P. Ihridannm Michx. 



i'aiiunm hijUhdii A. HortoL Mem. Acad, Sci. liolofr. 2 : 598, t. 41, f. ..'. 18r.(). 



J'. aUthamiiise Trin. ; 8teud. Syn. I'l. Gram. 64. 185.5. 



Faapaliim racemnlosmn Nutt. ; Chap. Fl. 571. I860. 



Chap. Fl. 1. c. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 500. 



Lonisianian area. North Caroliua to Florida, west to Arkansas and eastern Texas, 



Ai.AiiAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Dry grassy pine barrens. Mobile 

 County, near Whistler, Grand Bay. August to October; not frequent. 



Type locality: "V. spp. Florida Alabama." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Paspalum dilatatum Poir. Encycl. 5 : 35. 1804. Haihy-flowerkd Pa-spalim. 



Paspalum ovatum Xees in Mart. Fl, Bras. 2 : 43. 1829. 



Chap. Fl. Suppl. 666 ; ed. 3, 579. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 500. Scrilmer, ( Jrass. 

 Ten n. 32, t. ■'>,/. 09. 



BlIAZIL, AUfJICNTINA, ClIILE. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Pennsylvania and southern Virginia to 

 Florida and Texas. 



Alabama: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Border of fields, ditches, near dwell- 

 ings. Dallas County, Uniontown. Hale County, Gailion. Baldwin and Mobile 

 counties. Flowers .June to August; frequent. 



Type locality: "Cette plante a etc recueillie a Buenos-Ayres par Commerson." 



Economic uses: A'ahuible for green fodder and hay. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Paspalum floridanum ilichx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 44. 1803. 



Large-flowered Paspalum. 



Paspalus maa-ospennus Fluegge, Gram. Monogr. 172. 1810. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 107. Grav, Man. ed. 6, 629. Chap. Fl. ,571. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 500. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. From Florida along the coast to southern Vir- 

 ginia and Delaware, and west along the Gulf coast to Texas; southern Arkansas. 



Alabama: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Copses, roadsiaes, borders of lields, 

 in light dry or dam]) soil. Mobile, Baldwin, and Escambia counties. .June. Frequent. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Florida et Georgia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Paspalum glabratum (Engelm.) Mohr, Bull. Torr. Club, 24 : 21. 1897. 



Smooth Paspalum. 



Paspalum floridanum rar, qlahmtHm Engelm. ; Vasey, Contr. Nat. Herb. 3:20. 1892. 



Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb'. 2 : .500. 



Smooth and glaui-ous throughout; stem from a stout creeping rootstock 2^ to 3 

 feet high, more sleiider than in the last ; panicle about 8 inches long with 4 to 6 erect- 

 spreading, short-stalked, more or less distant spikes, 2 to2A inches long; leaves much 

 shorter than the culm; sheaths shorter than the joints; ligule short, blunt, charta- 

 ceous ; spikelets mostly in 2 rows on the tiexuons rachis. 



Distingui.shed at once by the glaucous and glabrous stem and leaves 



Louisianiau area. North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 



