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7. Paspalum vaginatum Swartz, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 21. 1788. 
Jamaica. : 
Digitaria foliosa Lag., Gen. et Sp. Nov. 4. 1816. Habana. 
Paspalum brachiatum Trin.; Nees, Agrost. Bras. 62. 1829, as 
synonym. Martinique. 
Paspalum foliosum Kunth, Rév. Gram. 1: 25. 1829. 
Paspalum inflatum A. Rich., in Sagra, 
Hist. Cuba 11: 298. 1850. Habana. 
Paspalum distichum var. vaginatum Swartz; 
Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 541. 1864. 
Paspalum vaginatum var. nanum Doell, in 
Mart. Fl. Bras. 22:075: W877. @ brazil 
Extensively creeping perennial with hori- 
zontal rhizomes and also stoloniferous, form- 
ing extensive colonies; flowering culms 8 to 
60 cm tall; sheaths overlapping, broad and 
loose; blades 2.5 to 15 cm long, 3 to 8 mm 
Pigune 126 Puspalurmracenesum- wide: racemes usually 2, rarely as many 
x 10 (Peru). as 5, at first erect, spreading or reflexed 
at maturity, 1.5 to 7.5 cm long; rachis 
1 to 2 mm wide; spikelets mostly 3.5 to 4 mm long, acute, pale, 
glabrous (fig. 129). 
Seacoasts and brackish sands, southeastern United States, Mexico, 
and West Indies to Argentina, Baja California to Chile, Tropics of 
Eastern Hemisphere. 
Bermupa: Brownand 
Britton 100. 
Bauamas: Nassau, 
Geogr. Soc. Baltimore 
546; Hog Island, Britton 
and Brace 340. 
Cusa: Arroyo Man- 
tua, Hkman 11003. 
Habana, Curtiss 751; 
Ekman 13392; Léon 811, 
14168. Playadel Rosa- 
rio, Léon and Roca 7287. 
Playa de Marianao, 
Palmer and Riley 848. 
Tunas, Léon 6734. San- 
tiago de Cuba, Léon and 
Voisard 930. Castillo 
de Jagua, Léon 15590. FIGURE 129.—Pospalum vaginatum. anible 7 ea views 
Western Cuba, Wright of spikelet, and floret, x 10 (Hitchcce 66). 
947, 3854. 
Jamaica: Montego Bay, Hitchcock 9667. Savanna-la-Mar, Hitch- 
cock 9866. Black River, Hitchcock 9641. Buff Bay, Hitchcock 9775. 
Gordon Town, Hart 860. Kingston, Hitchcock 9317 (Amer. Gr. Nat. 
Herb. 563); Harris 12661. 
Harrt: Cape Haitien, Ekman H 2756. Tortuga Island, Leonard 
14096. 
Dominican Repusuic: Higiiey, Ekman H 12222. 
