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Figure 886. — Paspalum blodgettii. Panicle, X 1; two 

 views of spikelet, and floret, X 10. (Simpson, Fla.) 



7. Caespitosa. — Culms simple or with 

 a single branch, its leaf some- 

 times hidden in the parent 

 sheath, the inflorescence appear- 

 ing to be axillary; racemes few 

 to several. 



25. Paspalum blodgettii Chapm. 

 (Fig. 886.) Cespitose, with tough, 

 commonly somewhat swollen and 

 bulblike base, the scales densely 

 pubescent; culms erect, slender, 40 

 to 100 cm. tall ; lower leaves crowded ; 

 blades flat, 5 to 25 cm. long, mostly 

 5 to 10 mm. wide; racemes usually 

 3 to 8, slender, remote, 2 to 8 cm. 

 long; spikelets about 1.3 mm. long, 

 obovate, the glume glandular-pubes- 

 cent. % (P. simpsoni Nash; P. 

 gracillimum Nash.) — Open or brushy 

 calcareous soil, southern Florida; 

 Yucatan, Honduras, British Hon- 

 duras, Bahamas, and the Greater 

 Antilles. 



26. Paspalum caespitosum Flugge. 

 (Fig. 887.) Cespitose, bluish green; 

 culms erect, rather wiry, 30 to 60 

 cm. tall; blades flat, folded or in- 

 volute, 5 to 20 cm. long, rarely 

 longer, 4 to 10 mm. wide; racemes 

 usually 3 to 5, relatively thick, re- 

 mote, ascending, 1.5 to 6 cm. long; 

 spikelets 1.5 to 1.8 mm. long, elliptic, 

 sparsely appressed-pubescent to near- 

 ly glabrous. 91 — Mostly in partly 

 shaded humus in limestone soil or 



rock, sometimes in sandy pinelands; 

 southern Florida, Mexico, Central 

 America, and the West Indies. 



27. Paspalum laxum Lam. (Fig. 

 888.) Culms mosthy 50 to 75 cm. tall, 

 compressed, rigid, ascending; blades 

 more or less involute, mostly 20 to 

 30 cm. long, 3 to 8 mm. wide, usually 

 glabrous; racemes usually 3 to 5, 

 mostly remote, 3 to 10 cm. long; 

 spikelets about 2 mm. long, elliptic- 

 obovate, the glume pubescent. 21 

 (P. glabrum Poir.) — Sandy and lime- 

 stone soils, characteristic of coconut 

 groves, Key West, Fla. ; West Indies. 



28. Paspalum pleostachyum Doell. 

 (Fig. 889.) Culms 40 to 100 cm. tall, 

 in rather large tough clumps, gla- 

 brous, or scabrous below the panicle, 

 leafy; sheaths densely ciliate on the 

 margins, villous across the collar, 

 otherwise glabrous or sometimes pap- 

 illose-hispid; blades as much as 55 

 cm. long, 4 to 8 mm. wide, flat or 

 becoming folded, stiffly ascending, 

 more or less pubescent above, the 

 margins scabrous; racemes 3 to 15, 

 ascending or stiffly spreading, 7 to 

 14 cm. long; spikelets 2.2 to 2.5 mm. 

 long, elliptic-obovate, glabrous. % 

 — On rocks or in sand or clay near 

 the seacoast, Marathon Key, Fla.; 

 Cuba to Brazil. 



Figure 887. — Paspalum caespitosum. Panicle, X 1; 

 two views of spikelet, and floret, X 10. (Poiteau, 

 Dominican Republic.) 



