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1. Pharus glaber H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 1: 196. 1816. Vene- 
zuela. 
Pharus lappulaceus Lam., in Tuss., Fl. Antill. 2. pl. 8. 1818. Not 
P. lappulaceus Aubl., 1775. Jamaica. 
Pharus brasiliensis Raddi, Agrost. Bras. 21. 1823. Brazil. 
Pharus lancifolius Desv.; Hamilt., Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occ. 8. 1825. 
Antilles. 
Erect glabrous perennial 50 to 75 cm tall; blades oblanceolate, 
acuminate, commonly 15 to 25 cm long and 3 to 5 cm wide; panicles 
large, open, fragile, the few branches stiffly ascending or spreading, 
the appressed oblong brown spikelets about 1 cm long; fruit densely 
clothed with hooked hairs, the panicles readily breaking up, the pieces 
attaching themselves by the hooked hairs to passing objects. 
Rich woods, Mexico and the West Indies to Brazil. Found in the 
Greater Antilles and in the Lesser Antilles as far south as Martinique. 
2. Pharus latifolius L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 1269. 1759. Jamaica. 
Pharus ovalifolius Desv.; Hamilt., Prodr. Pl. Ind. Occ. 8. 1825. 
Antilles. 
Similar to P. glaber, the blades on the average broader, the fruits 
longer, tapering at the summit, pubescent only near the tip (fig. 97). 
Rich woods, West Indies and Central America to Brazil. Some- 
times called wild oats. 
Cusa: Sumidero, Shafer and Léon 13544. Sierra de Anafe, Léon 
1999. Guape, inden 1811. Bayate, Hkman 9853. 
JAMAICA: Mill Bank, Mazon 9335. Bath, Nichols in 1908. Ips- 
wich, Harris 12365. Peckham Woods, Harris 12786. Mount 
Diablo, Ridley 71. Windsor, Miller 1441. 
Hartt: St. Louis du Nord, Ekman H 3771. Tortuga Island, Leonard 
12390. 
DomINnIcAN ReEpusBLic: Barahona, Fuertes 614. Sanchez, Abbott 
190. Without locality, Wright, Parry, and Brummel 605 (Qn part 
P. glaber). 
Puerto Rico: Dorado, Chase 6627. Utuado, Britton and Cowell 
1034. 
LEEWARD IsLanps: Guadeloupe, Duss 2700. 
Wrinpwarp Isuanps: Martinique, Duss 781. Grenada, Broadway 
in 1897, in 1905. 
TRINIDAD: Caparo, Broadway 4930. Port-of-Spain, Hitchcock 
10042, 10046. San Fernando, Hitchcock 10103 (Amer. Gr. Nat. Herb. 
SD 
3. Pharus parvifolius Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 35: 301. 1908. 
Haiti, Nash and Taylor 1482. 
Differing from P. glaber in having a creeping and rooting base; 
blades narrowly elliptic-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic-oblanceolate, 
rarely as much as 3 cm wide; inflorescence averaging smaller; spikelets 
about as in P. glaber (fig. 98). 
Rich woods, West Indies to Brazil. 
Cusa: Sierra Maestra, Ekman 10351; Léon 10317. Jagiiey, 
Mazon 4155; Eggers 4939. Vinales, Léon 14372. 
JAMAICA: Claremont, Hitchcock 9474 (Amer. Gr. Nat. Herb. 313). 
Haiti: Port-de-Pai, Ekman H 3825. 
