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3-nervata, acuta, dense hirsuta villis adpressis apicem glumae super- 

 antibus, ad basin penicillatiim collectis; gluma secunda 5-nervata, 

 involuto-acuminata, quam lemma sterile paullum longior, hirsuta 

 villosa; lemma sterile dorso-concavum, 2-carinatum, 5-nervatum, 

 abrupte acuminatum, carinis apicem versus longe villoso-penicillatis; 

 lemma fertile 5-ner\atum, ad apicem carinatum, apice hispidulo et 

 acuto, quam palea 2-nervata paullum longius. — Type (in the Gray 

 Herb.) and only specimen seen, pine ridge near Manatee Lagoon, 

 August 30, 1905, M. E. Peck, no. 136. This species is closely allied 

 to M. exaratian (Trin.) Chase, but is taller, much longer leaved, the 

 inflorescence longer and the spikelets are larger, more villous and with 

 more pointed parts. 



AxoNOPUS LAXiFLORUS (Ti'in.) Chase in Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 24: 

 133 (1911). Anasirophus laxiflorus (Trin.) Nash in No. Am. Fl. 17: 

 163 (1912).— Pine ridge near Manatee Lagoon, July 8, 1906, M. E. 

 Peck, no. 464. I have not been able to compare this, but ex char. I 

 believe it to be the above. 



Paspalum caespitosum Fliigge, Gram. Monogr. 161 (1810). — 

 Open ground, Toledo, March 26, 1907, M. E. Peck, no. 769. Not 

 previously reported from Central America, former distribution south- 

 ern Florida, Bahamas, Jamaica, Cuba, Porto Rico and South America. 



Paspalum orbiculatum Poir. in Lam. Encycl 5: 32 (1804). P. 

 pusiUiim Vent, ex Fliigge, Gram. Monogr. 100 (1810). — Open groiuid, 

 Toledo, October 1, 1906, M. E. Peck, no. 541. 



Paspalum paniculatum L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 855 (1759). — 

 Open ground, Toledo, October 1, 1906, M. E. Peck, no. 542; clearing 

 near INIanatee Lagoon, February 27, 1906, if. E. Peck, no. 970. A 

 very variable species, the Peck specimens show extremes of pilosity. 



Paspalum Peckii, sp. noA., perenne, dense caespitosum, 80 cm. 

 altitudine, radicibus fibrosis. Culmi erecti, crassi, glabri, nodis fuscis 

 paullum breviter pilosis. Vaginae infimae saepe sc^uamiformes, 

 adpresse breviter pilosae; superiores imbricatae, supra aliquid con- 

 duplicatae, internodia aec^uantes vel ea superantes, glabrae sed per 

 majorem vel minorem partem longitudinis suae cum marginibus 

 papilloso-pilosis et ad folii junctionem cum annulo piloso. Ligula 

 membranacea, 2 mm. longa. Folia erecta, rigidiuscula, linearia, 

 plana vel conduplicata, longe acuminata, 10-34 cm. longa, 5-10 mm. 

 lata, marginibus scabris ; lamina subtus glabra vel sparse pilosa, supra 

 breve pilosa basin versus densius induta, longe villosa ad basin peni- 

 cillata. Inflorescentia terminalis, subdigitata, 10-15 cm. longa, in 

 pedunculis rigidis, canaliculatis, glabris vel sparse hispidis longe 



