286 Bulletin No. 205 [March, 



Paspalum bushii Nash 

 (Fig. 39) 



Culms erect, 2.5 to 3.5 feet long, smooth ; leaves gray-green ; lower 

 sheaths finely pubescent, the upper sheaths ciliate on the margin; 

 blades long, usually 8 to 10 mm. wide, ciliate on the margins, densely 

 velvety on both surfaces, and with a few long hairs intermixed; 

 racemes 2 or 3 ; spikelets in pairs, 2 to 2.2 mm. long, pale yellowish, 

 oval, densely pubescent. 



This species is found in dry soil and is iiroliably rare in Illinois. 



CASS CO. Chandlerville, Seymour, Aug., 1886. Henderson co. Oquawka, 

 Patterson. 



Figs. 3.5-38. — 35, P. dissectum, inflorescence; 36, P. rcpcns, inflorescence, 

 (a) inflated sheath; 37, P. longepedunculatum, inflorescence; 38, P. stramineum, 

 leaf 



Paspalum ciliatifolium Michx. 

 (Fig. 40) 



Culms erect, 16 to 32 inches long, smooth ; sheaths smooth ; blades 



long, thin, 6 to 15 mm. wide, smooth and glabrous on both surfaces 



or occasionally with a few hairs along the midnerve on the under 



side, long ciliate on the margins ; racemes single or in pairs ; spikelets 



in pairs, oval or round, 1.8 to 2.2 mm. long, usually smooth and 



glabrous, but sometimes Avith short, appressed hairs. 



HENDERSON CO. Oquawka, Patterson, Aug., 1874. marion co. Without lo- 

 cality, Brendel. peoria co. Peoria, McDonald, Sept., 1900, wabash co. Mt. 

 Carmel, Waife, Aug., 1887. 



