MANUAL OF THE GRASSES OF THE WEST INDIES oY 
FIGURE 32.—Zeugites americana, X 4% (Hitchcock 9709). 
Culms very slender, trailing, rooting at the nodes; blades ovate, 
1 to 2 cm long. 
Rocky shaded places, Hispaniola. 
Haiti: Furey, Picarda 1523. Ma Blanche, Ekman H 577. Morne 
la Visite, Ekman H 1650. Torbeek, Hkman H 5308. Petite Riviere 
de |’Artibonite Pérodin, Ekman H 3457. 
Dominican REpuBLIC: Santiago, Ekman H 163825. 
24, PAPPOPHORUM Schreb.; Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 10. 1794 
Spikelets, 1- to 3-flowered, the upper sterile; glumes thin, subequal; 
lemma subindurate, dissolving at the summit into about 13 slender 
awns, the second and third florets reduced, closely appressed to the 
palea, the awns of all the florets together forming a pappuslike 
crown, falling attached to the fruit. Tufted perennials with narrow 
panicles. 
