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12. Paspalum longepedunculatum LeConte. (Fig. 1217.) Culms 

 slender, ascending or suberect, 25 to 80 cm tall ; leaves mostly aggre- 

 gate at the base, the sheaths ciliate on the margin; blades usually 



FIGURE 1217. Paspalum longepedunculatum. 

 Panicle, X 1; two views of spikelet, and 

 floret, X 10. (Nash 2074, Fla.) 



FIGURE 1216. Paspalum almum. Panicle, X 1; two 

 views of spikelet, and floret, X 10. (Type.) 



FIGURE 1218. Distribution of 

 Paspalum longepedunculatum. 



folded at base, 4 to 10 cm long, rarely longer, 3 to 8 mm wide, stiffly 

 papillose-ciliate on the margin, the hairs 1.5 to 3 mm long; racemes 

 on very slender finally elongate peduncles, 1 or 2, rarely 3, on the pri- 

 mary, 1 on the axillary peduncles ; racemes arching, 

 3 to 8 cm long; spikelets about 1.5 mm long, ellip- 

 tic-obovate, glabrous. 01 Sandy soil, mostly 

 in low pine land or flat woods, Georgia and Ken- 

 tucky to Florida and Missis- 

 sippi (fig. 1218). 



13. Paspalum setaceum 

 Michx. (Fig. 1219.) Culms 

 slender, erect, usually 30 to 

 50 cm tall; sheaths pilose; 

 blades rather firm, erect or 

 nearly so, linear, about 10 

 to 12 cm long, 2 to 6 mm 



wide, densely pilose on both surfaces and papillose- 

 FIGURE 1219. Paspalum ciliate on the margin; racemes on slender pe- 

 duncles, solitary or sometimes 2, arching, 5 to 7 

 ?- (Hitchl cm long; spikelets elliptic-obovate, about 1.5 mm 



y.) i i i i 1 j. /^i 



long, glabrous or minutely pubescent. 91 

 Sandy soil, mostly open woods, of or near the Atlantic Coastal Plain, 

 Long Island to Florida and Texas; Mexico (fig. 1220). 



FIGURE 1220. Distribution of 

 Paspalum setaceum. 



