100 MISC. PUBLICATION 243, U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Anthephora villosa Spreng., Neu. Entd. 3: 14. 1822. West Indies, 
the pubescent form. 
Cenchrus villosus Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 301. 1825. 
NES : 
Je \ — 
A — ~ = \Y 
— CZ, ——! ae 
SS — — é 
— hee eS ee 
FIGURE 58.—Anthephora hermaphrodita, X 14 (Harris 12679). 
Leafy ascending or decumbent branching annual; culms mostly 
20 to 50 cm tall; blades flat, thin, 5 to 10 mm wide; spikes erect, 5 to 
10 cm long; glumes 5 to 7 mm long (fig. 58). 
A common weed throughout the West Indies and other parts of 
tropical America. 
