340 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
ALABAMA: Close sandy soil; pastures, clearings, roadsides, forming a perfect turf. 
Mobile, Baldwin, Montgomery, and 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. 
Micuaux’s Paspalum. 
Digitaria paspalodes Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 1:46. 1803. 
Paspalum furcatum Fluegge, Gram. Monogr. 1810. 
P. digitaria Poir. Encycl. Suppl. 4:316. 1816. 
Milium paspalodes Ell. Sk.1:104. 1817. 
Paspalum michaurianum Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1:25. 1835. 
P. elliottii Wats. in Gray, Man. ed. 6, 629. 1891. 
Ell. 8k. 1;104, Gray, Man. ed. 6, 629. Chap. F1.570. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 
2:500. 
West INDIES. 
Louisianian 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 (2. A. Smith). Flowers May to June; 
not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in pascuis aridis, juxta Charleston [S8.C.].” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Paspalum membranaceum Walt. Fl. Car. 75. 1788. WALTER’S PASPALUM. 
Paspalum vaginatum Ell. Sk. 1:109. 1816. Not Sw. 
P. walterianum Schult. Mant. 2:166. 1824. 
Ell. Sk. 1:109. Gray, Man. ed. 6,628. Chap. F1.570. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:498. 
Carolinian and Louisianian 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 conjugatum Bergius, Act. Acad. Holm. 7:129, t.8. 1778. 
CONJUGATED PASPALUM, 
Chap. FI. Suppl. 666; ed. 8, 578. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 541. 
West INpies, MEXICO TO BRAZIL, TROPICAL AFRICA, AUSTRALIA. 
Louisianian area, Louisiana, Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Shaded damp banks. Mobile County. June. Rare. 
Probably adventive from the tropics. 
Type locality not ascertained. 
Herb. Geo]. 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. Conlter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:499. Griseb. FI]. Brit. W. Ind. 541. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2: 257. 
WEST INDIES, MEXICO TO ARGENTINA, CHILE, East INDINS, AUSTRALIA. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida, west to ‘Texas, and 
across the plains to southern California. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region; damp fields, low banks. Montgomery County, 
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. vaginatum Griseb. IF] Brit. W. Ind. 541. 1864. 
Chap. Fl. 570. Griseb.1.c. Coulter, Contr. Nat, Herb. 2: 499. 
West Inpins, 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, 
