360 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Paspahim Iseve, Michaux. 



Southern States of North- America. Perennial. Prof. Phares 

 states, that for successive years two tons of hay of this meadow- 

 grass can be mown from an acre, it almost never seeding when 

 regularly cut. 



Paspalum lentiginosum, Presl. 



Southern States of North-America and Mexico. Spreads by 

 runners and forms a close turf [Dr. Vasey] . P. Floridanum 

 (Michaux) of the same region is a tall species of vigorous growth. 

 P. purpurascens (Elliott) is leafy and succulent, and roots at the 

 lower joints. 



Paspalum notatum, Fluegge.* 



From Virginia to Argentina. This is one of the best of fodder- 

 grasses there, forming a dense, soft, carpet-like sward on meadows, 

 and becoming particularly luxuriant and nutritious on somewhat saline 

 soil [Lorentz]. Closely cognate to P. distichum. P. ovatum 

 (Torrey) is probably a variety of P. notatum. It is known as 

 Alabama-grass. Hardy, perennial, relished by stock. Highly spoken 

 of in the Southern States of North America on account of its drought- 

 resisting property [Hon. J. L. Dow]. Dr. Vasey recommends it 

 as one of the very best pasture-grasses of Alabama, Louisiana and 

 Texas. 



Paspalum platycaule, Poiret. (P. compressum, Presl.) 



Warmer regions of North- and South- America, extending north- 

 ward to Alabama. A nutritive pasture-grass, particularly eligible 

 for sandy coast-lands [C. Mohr]. The creeping stems become 

 closely matted [Dr. Vasey]. 



Paspalum scrobiculatum, Linne. 



Through the tropics of the eastern hemisphere widely dispersed, 

 extending to South-Eastern Australia, New Zealand and Polynesia 

 also. A valuable pasture-grass of several years' duration, which will 

 grow on poor land, also on swampy ground. A superior variety is 

 cultivated in India for a grain-crop. This grass furnishes a good 

 ingredient for hay. Its stem sometimes attains a height of 8 feet. 

 Rosenthal pronounces it pernicious, perhaps when long and exclusive 

 use is made of this grass, or possibly when diseased through fungus- 

 growth. In hot climes it can become a troublesome intruder on 

 plantations. 



Paspalum stoloniferum, Bosc. (P. purpureum, Ruiz et Pavon.) 



Central America. A fodder-grass of considerable value. Noticed 

 by Mr. T. Ball in the Andes up to 9,000 feet. Specially mentioned 

 as a good pasture-grass in Peru, by Professor Dr. J. A. de los Rios. 



