MANUAL OF THE GRASSES OF THE WEST INDIES LOS 
denser-flowered racemes; spikelets, 5 to 7 mm long, 6- to 9-flowerea, 
lead-color; glumes broader, more obtuse; lemmas scarcely narrowed 
toward tip, apiculate but not awned, the lateral nerves more or less 
excurrent (fig. 62). 
Ditches and wet open ground, southwestern NINN} 
United States, Cuba, and Jamaica, and south NY 
to Argentina and Chile. 
Cusa: Guanténamo, Hioram 1359. 
JAMAICA: Salt Ponds, Harris 12309, 12311. 
4. Leptochloa scabra Nees, Agrost. Bras. 435° 
1829. Brazil. 
Annual; culms erect, about 1 m tall, some- 
what robust and succulent; sheaths and blades 
scabrous, the blades elongate, 8 to 12 mm wide; 
panicle 20 to 40 cm long, not more than 7 cm 
wide, the slender racemes crowded, 4 to 8 cm 
long, ascending or somewhat drooping, usually 
curved or flexuous; species cromted. mostly 
3-flowered, about 3 mm long; lemmas acute, BROS MEANS a be 
awnless, the nerves pubescent (fig. 63). a le, Banicen x 1; ne 
Ditches and shallow swamps, Louisiana, the  3j35) "°° “10 harp 
West Indies, and Central America to Brazil. 
Dominican Repustic: Villa Vasquez, Ekman H 13127a. 
Purrto Rico: Aguirre, Britton and Earle 6495. Rio Piedras, 
Stevenson 2987. Cabo Rojo, Sintenis 844. Tabucoa, Sintenis 5103. 
Coamo, Sintenis 3282. Guayanilla, Shafer 1981. Bayamon, Hioram 
5, 325; Chase 6392. Anasco, Heller 
4535. Ponce, Britton and Brown 
NY) TF rs 4 ’ e 
NN tay My fj 5512; Chase 6493. Rio Grande, 
Y AN Me Wa a i Chee 6715. Mayaguez, Chase 
SN ~) S ZA y vey Ry : 
/ Sw ANY A Ne y NA TRINIDAD: Cedros, Broadway 
ii NY AA IZ a Ks 4937; Hitchcock 10137. Arima, 
ANIA £ Hitchcock 10293. California, 
WNGRUN ALA 2 Hitcheock 10106.  Port-of-Spain, 
tS 
Hitchcock 10012. Pointe Gourde, 
Britton and Broadway 2652. 
Moruga, Britton and Broadway 
2431. Palo Seco, Broadway 9238. 
Tosaco: Broadway 4739; Hitch- 
cock 10259. 
5. Leptochloa nealleyi Vasey, Bull. 
Torrey Bot-= Club..12: 7. 
1885. Texas. 
Annual, usually erect and rather 
robust; culms mostly 1 to 1.5 m 
FIGURE 63.—Leptochloa scabra. Panicle, X 1; ; 3 
two views of floret, X 10 (Tracy 8388). tall, simple or sparingly branched 
at the base; sheaths glabrous or 
slightly scabrous, mostly keeled; blades elongate, flat to loosely invo- 
lute; panicle commonly 25 to 50 cm long, not more than 4 cm wide, 
the racemes subverticillate, overlapping, 2 to 4 cm long, appressed 
or ascending; spikelets crowded, 3- or 4-flowered, 2 to 3 mm long; 
