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Chloris swartziana Doell, in Mart., Fl. Bras. 2%: 68. 1878. Based 
on C. petraea Swartz. 
Glabrous glaucous sparingly stoloniferous perennial; culms flat, 
ascending; sheaths keeled, often in pairs, especially in robust plants; 
blades flat, thickish, oblong or linear, obtuse; spikes few to several, 
the rachis and glumes pale green, the florets chestnut; spikelets 
2mm long; second glume bilobed, the midnerve excurrent as a short 
awn; lemma awnless, a little exceeding the second glume (fig. 78). 
Open ground, mostly near the seashore, southern United States 
and eastern Mexico, to Trinidad and Panama. 
Brermupa: Collins 144; Brown 523; Brown and Britton 60. 
BaHamas: New Providence, Eggers 
4092; Geogr. Soc. Baltimore 99, 261. wy 
Andros, Small and Carter 8918. Anguilla d 
Isles, Wilson 7947. 
Cupa: Habana, Hkman 369; Hitchcock 
238; Léon 961; Lrebmann 235. Cayo 
Sabinal, Shafer 716. Cayo Paredon 
Grande, Shafer 2739. Without locality, 
Wright 3817. Isla de Pinos, Britton and 
Wilson 14947; Palmer and Riley 969. 
JAMAICA: Port Antonio, Fredholm 3305. 
Buff Bay, Hitchcock 9767. Mouth of 
Cockpit River, Harris 12464. Montego 
Bava Maron = 1562. entcheock, 9672. 
Claremont, Hitchcock 9485. Moneague, 
Hitchcock 9453. Savanna-la-Mar, Hitch- 
cock 9883. Spanish Town, Hitchcock 
9297. Ipswich, Hitchcock 9591. Black 
River, Harris 12543. Gordon Town, Hart 
2079. Grand Cayman, Millspaugh 1255. 
Harti: Miragoane, Hyerdam 402. Aux 
Cayes, Ekman H 44. Tortuga Island, 
Leonard 13889, 13893; Ekman H 4157. 
Dominican REPuBtic: Santo Domingo 
City, Ekman H 11416. 
UERTO Rico: Santurce, Heller 6422; FIGURE 78.—Chloris petraea. Plant, X 1; 
Chase 6347. Condado, Britton and Brown florets, X 5 (Curtiss), 
6629. Boqueron, Chase 6512. Cabo 
Rojo, Sintenis 555. Bayamon, Sintenis 1031. 
Vega Baja, Heller 1317. Vieques Island, Chase 6702. 
Hess 446. Without locality, Eggers 708. 
WINDWARD Istanps: Barbados, Hitchcock 16509; Miller 48. 
TrinipaD: Bot. Gard. Herb. 3377. 
2. Chloris gayana Kunth, Rév. Gram. 1: 89. 1829; 2: 293. pl. 58. 
RHODES GRASS. 
1830. Africa. 
Perennial; culms stout, erect or ascending, usually 1 to 1.5 m tall, 
' with stout creeping stolons; blades flat, numerous, elongate, 2 to 5 
mm wide; spikes several to numerous, digitate, 5 to 10 cm long, spike- 
lets closely imbricate, about 4 mm long; lower floret glabrous on the 
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