106 MISC. PUBLICATION 243, U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
lemmas about 1.5 mm long, the apex obtuse, the nerves sparingly 
pubescent, the lateral close to the margin (fig. 64). 
Wet woods, Texas, Mexico, and Cuba. 
Cusa: Tiffin, Shafer 2904. 
6. Leptochloa virgata (L.) Beauv., Ess. Agrost. 166. 1812. 
Cynosurus virgatus L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 876. 1759. Jamaica. 
Hleusine virgata Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 87. 1805. 
Leptostachys virgata Meyer, Prim. F1. Esseq. 
(4, 1818: 
Oxydemia virgata Nutt.; Jacks., Ind. Kew. 
30: 392. 1894. 
Leptochloa perennis Hack., Inf. Est. Centr. 
Agron.Cubal1: 411. 1906. Cuba, Baker 4617. 
Perennial; culms wiry, erect, 50 to 100 em 
tall; blades flat; racemes several to many, 
slender, laxly ascending, 5 to 10 cm long, the 
lower distant, the others often aggregate; 
spikelets nearly sessile, mostly 3- to 5-flow- 
ered; lemmas 1.5 to 2 mm long, awniess or the 
lower with a short awn (fig. 65). 
Open ground and grassy slopes, Mexico and 
the West Indies to South America. To be 
found on probably all of the West Indian 
islands. 
7. Leptochloa domingensis (Jacq.) Trin., 
Fund. Agrost. 133. 1820. 
j Cynosurus domingensis Jacq., Misc. Austr. 
EAHA, LGR OIE OT En BOS AE LIOL: Probably Santo Domingo. 
Pel TO shen) Rabdochloa domingensis Beau v. Ess. Agrost. 
84,176. 1812. 
Chloris gracilis H. B. K., Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pl.1:168. 1816. Peru. 
Leptochloa virgata var. gracilis Nees; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 538. 
1864. 
Leptochloa virgata var. domingensis Link; Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. 
Indi 538) 11864. 
~ Resembling L. virgata; sheaths and blades sparsely pilose; panicles 
more elongate, the racemes shorter and more numerous; lemmas 
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FIGURE 65.—Leptochloa virgata. Panicle, X 1; floret, X 10 (Wilson 9402). 
