84 MISC. PUBLICATION 243, U.S, DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
included with the preceding under Sporobolus indicus by earlier 
botanists * and has been described as Sporobolus indicus by others, 
the preceding species being distinguished as Sporobolus jacquemontii. 
6. Sporobolus pyramidatus (Lam.) Hitchce. 
Agrostis pyramidata Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 161. 1791. South 
America, the specimen from Richard. The type was examined by A. 
S. Hitchcock in the Lamarck Herbarium in 1935. 
Vilfa arguta Nees, Agrost. Bras. 395. 1829. Brazil. 
Sporobolus argutus Kunth, Rév. Gram. 1: Sup. XVII. 1830. 
Vilfa richard: Steud., Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 153. 1854. Antilles. 
Agrostis pyramidalis Rich.; Steud., Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 153. 1854. 
As synonym of the preceding. 
Low tufted glabrous perennial; culms 
spreading; blades short, rather thick, subin- 
volute; panicles pale, many-flowered, at first 
contracted, at maturity narrowly pyramidal 
or oblong; spikelets 1.5 mm long; first glume 
about half as long as the spikelet, the second 
as long as the spikelet (fig. 48). 
Open sandy or alkaline soil, at low alti- 
tudes, southwestern United States and the 
West Indies to Argentina. 
Banamas: Grand Turk Island, Mills- 
paugh 9384. Long Cay, Brace 4133.” 
Cupa: Habana, Léon 285, 868, 6185; 
Ekman 94, 142; Hitchcock 235; Baker 1799, 
1818. Batabané6, Hitchcock 236. Gaza, Léon 
5467. Cayo Sabinal, Ekman 15513. Guan- 
tanamo, Britton 2035. Without locality, 
Wright 3828. Isla de Pinos, Britton and 
Wilson 15092, 15404. 
Jamaica: Old Harbor, Ridley 131, 133. 
FIGURE 48—Sporobolus pyramidatus. Cockpit River, Harris 12463, 12467. Kings- 
10 CHitthooek 313) SX ton, Harris 11503; Hitchcock 9318. Salt 
Ponds, Harris 11321. MHealthshire Hills, 
Harris 11611; Hitchcock 9760. Rockfort, Harris 11306. Black River, 
Hitchcock 9640 (Amer. Gr. Nat. Herb. 634). Savanna-la-Mar, Hitchcock 
9857. 
Hartt: Cabaret, Leonard 11834. Port-au-Prince, Ekman H 319, 
H 9051. Etang, Leonard 3574. Gonaives, Cook, Scofield, and Doyle 
191, 193. Tortuga Island, Leonard 11415. Gonaive Island, Leonard 
320/, 3272, 3274. 
Dominican Rerusuic: Guayubin, Abbott 867, 1004. Barahona, 
Fuertes 1291. Santiago, Ekman H 15979. 
Puerto Rico: Guanica, Sintenis 3416b; Britton and Shafer 1862, 
1873. Punta Aguila, Britton, Cowell, and Brown 4684. Cuamo, 
Sintenis 3307. Cabo Rojo, Sintenis 549. Boqueron, Chase 6500. 
Ponce, Chase 6496. Mona Island, Britton, Cowell, and Hess 1780, 
1875; Hess 458. 
VirGin Isuanps: Anegada, Fishlock 53. St. Croix, Ricksecker 279. 
22 FJ. Brit. W. Ind. 533. 1864. 
3 FJ. Baham. 33. 1920. 
