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ciliate; racemes 4 to 6 cm long, usually 2 on the terminal culm, 
solitary on the axillary peduncles; spikelets broadly ovate, 1.6 to 
1.8 mm long, minutely pubescent (fig. 139). 
Sandy, mostly dry soil, barrens, and pine woods, eastern United 
States, Mexico, and Cuba. 
Cupa: Herradura, Hitchcock 471. Cojimar, Ekman 1094. Santa 
Fé, Léon 8783. 
18. Paspalum ciliatifolium Michx., Fl. Bor. Amer. 1: 44. 1803. 
Carolina. 
Culms slender, erect to spreading, 35 to 90 cm tall; sheaths glabrous 
or pubescent along the margin, or the lower pubescent; blades flat, 
7 to 20 mm wide, “usually ciliate along the margin; racemes 1 to a 
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Panicle, X 1; two views of spike- Raceme, X 1; two views of spikelet’ 
let, and floret, X 10 (Nash 946). . and floret, X 10 (Nash 1426). 
slender, arching, commonly 7 to 10 cm long; spikelets about 2 mm 
long, elliptic-obovate, glabrous or minutely pubescent (fig. 140). 
Open ground or open woods, mostly sandy soul, southeastern United 
States, Honduras, and the West Indies. . 
Cusa: Western Cuba, Wright 3442. Marianao, Léon 779. Bara- 
gud, Hitchcock 23342. 
Hartt: Aux Cayes, Ekman H 66. 
19. Paspalum propinguum Nash, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 1: 291. 
1899. Florida. 
Differing from P. ciliatifolium in having a more strongly developed 
rhizome; blades narrower and firmer; spikelets smaller (about 1.8 
mm long), slightly pointed (fig. 141). 
Sandy savannas and sand barrens overlying limestone, peninsular 
Florida and the West Indies; Veracruz to Panama. 
This species was referred by Giisebach * to P. setaceum. 
§§ F]. Brit. W. Ind. 542. 1864. 
