340 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



ALABAMA: Close sandy soil; pastures, clearings, roadsides, forming a perfect turf. 

 Mobile, Baldwin, Montgomery, aud Tuscaloosa counties. Lee County, Auburn. 

 Abundant. 



Type locality: "Hab. in pascuis sterilibus Jamaicae vulgaris.'* 



Economic uses : Valuable for pasture. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Paspalum paspalodes (Michx.) Scribner, Mem. Torr. Club. 5 : 29. 1894. 



MICHAUX'S PASPALI'.M. 



Digitaria paspalodes Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 46. 1803. 



Paspalum furcatum Fluegge, Grain. Monogr. 1810. 



P. digitaria Poir. Ency cl. Suppl. 4 : 316. 1816. 



Milium paspalodes Ell. Sk. 1 : 104. 1817. 



Paspalum michauxiantim Kuuth, Rev. Gram. 1 : 25. 1835. 



P. elUotUi Wats, in Gray, Man. ed. 6, 629. 1891. 



Ell. Sk. 1 ; 104. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 629. Chap. Fl. 570. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:500. 



WEST INDIES. 



Louisianiau area. North Carolina, along the coast to Florida, west to Texas. 



ALABAMA : Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Shady copses. Mobile and Mont- 

 gomery counties. Autauga County, Prattville (E. A. Smith). Flowers May to June; 

 not frequent. 



Type locality: "Hab. in pascuis aridis, jtixta Charleston [S. C.]. 7 ' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Paspalum membranaceum Walt. Fl. Car. 75. 1788. WALTER'S PASPALUM. 



Paspalum raginatum Ell. Sk. 1 : 109. 1816. Not Sw. 



P. icalterianum Schult. Maut. 2 : 166. 1824. 



Ell. Sk. 1: 109. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 628. Chap. Fl. 570. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 498. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Delaware, along the coast to Florida, west to 

 Texas. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low damp fields and meadows. Mobile County. Bald- 

 win County, Stockton. Frequent. August to September. 



Type locality: South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Paspalum con jugatum Bergius, Act. Acad. Holm. 7:129, t.S. 1778. 



CONJUGATED PASPAH-M. 



Chap. Fl. Suppl. 666; ed. 3, 578. Griseb. PI. Brit. W. Ind. 541. 

 WEST INDIES, MEXICO TO BRAZIL, TROPICAL AFRICA, AUSTRALIA. 

 Louisianiau area. Louisiana. Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Shaded damp banks. Mobile County. June. Rare. 

 Probably adventive from the tropics. 

 Type locality not ascertained. 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Paspalum distichum L. Amoen. Acad. 5:391. 1759. JOINT-GRASS. 



Ell. Sk. 1:108. Gray, Man. ed. 6,629. Chap. Fl. 570. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:499. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 541. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2 : 257. 



WEST INDIES, MEXICO TO ARGENTINA, CHILE, EAST INDIES, AUSTRALIA. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas, and 

 across the plains to southern California. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region; damp fields, low banks. Montgomery Couiiiy, 

 Pentulalla Creek. Mobile County, ditches; common. A pernicious weed in cotton 

 fields. June to August. 



Type locality not given. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Paspalum vaginatum Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1: 135. 1779. SALT JOINT-GRASS. 



Paspalum distichum var. raginatum Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 541. 1864. 



Chap. Fl. 570. Griseb. 1. c. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 499. 



WEST INDIES, MEXICO TO ARGENTINA. 



Louisianian area. Florida west to Texas along the seacoast. 



ALABAMA: Littoral region, salt marshes. Mobile County, Dauphin Island, West- 

 fowl River. Baldwin County, Bon Secour. Flowers June to August. Abundant. 



Type locality: "Hab. in argillosis graminosis Jamaicae." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



