258 Plants Collected in Paraguay. 



Paspalum fasciculatum, Willd. in FlOgge, Mou., 69. 



Gran Ohaco near Asuncion (535). December-January. 



Culms tall and stont, growing l-i m. high. It has a long tough 

 root, and is very difficult to eradicate in clearing fields. It is, how- 

 ever, valued as a pasturage grass when young. 



Paspalum iiiaequivalve, Raddi, Agrost. Bras., 28. 



Asuncion (248). December. = Fr. Miller no. 72. 



This species spreads over the ground in long running culms, 

 sometimes forming mats, throwing up erect or ascending stems 

 here and there which are 15-25 cm. high. Spikes few, short, and 

 some distance apart. It occurs in shady places or wet grounds. 



PaspaluEii mtermedium, Munro in Herb. Kew. 



Pilcomayo River (1019). May. 



Culms stout, glabrous, 1-1^ m, high. Spikes in a long (15-25 

 cm), closely crowded, terminal raceme, purplish in color, 2-6 cm. 

 long. Leaves nearly as long as the culm, sharply keeled, rough on 

 the margins, covered with a mealy granulation when fresh. Com- 

 mon in clumps on the campos along the Pilcomayo River. 



Paspatlim lividum, Trin., ex Schl., Linnsea, xxvi, 383. 

 Pilcomayo River (1584). January. 



Paspalum oTatum, Nees, 1. c, 43. 



Between Yilla Rica and Escoba (549). January. = Balansa 110. 



Paspalum pauiculatum, L., Sp. PL, Ed. 2, 81. 



Between Yilla Rica and Escoba (553). January. 



Paspalum plicatulum^ Mx., Fl. Bor. Am., i, 4.5. 

 Near Asuncion (1580). December. 



Paspalum repens, Berg, Act. Helv., vii, t. 7. 



Asuncion (282). November. 



An aquatic grass, creeping b}^ running rootstocks on the bottom, 

 and sending up many floating stems. The sheaths are inflated and 

 seem to act as floats. Spikes narrowly linear, terminal. Cattle are 

 so fond of this grass that they will wade far into the water to get 

 a bite of it. 



Paspalum simplex, Morong, n. sp. 



Culm slender, simple, 7-10 dm. high, striate, glabrous. Sheaths glabrous, 

 open, and with long silky hairs at the mouth. Blade of the leaf linear, 



