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25. Paspalum langei (Fourn.) Nash, N. Amer. Fl. 17: 179. 1912. 
Dimorphostachys langet Fourn., Mex. Pl. 2: 14. 1886. Mexico. 
Dimorphostachys ciliifera Nash, in Small, Fl. Southeast. U. S. 78, 
1327. 1903. Florida. 
Paspalum ciliiferum Hitche., Contrib. U. S. Natl. Herb. 12: 201. 
1909. 
Culms ascending, 30 to 100 cm tall; blades flat, 10 to 40 cm long, 
6 to 15 mm wide, usually glabrous or nearly so; peduncles slender, 
1 to 3 from the upper sheath; racemes 2 to 5, arcuate, 3.5 to 11 cm 
long, rather distant; spikelets 2.2 to 2.6 mm long, finally brown, 
pubescent; first glume minute on the primary spikelet, larger and 
acuminate on the secondary (fig. 147). 
FIGURE 147.—Paspalum langei. Panicle, X 1; FIGURE 148.— Paspalum  nesiotes. 
two views of spikelet, and floret, xX 10 Panicle, X 1; two views of spikelet, 
(Pringle 3991). and floret, X 10 (type). 
Moist woods and shaded slopes and banks mostly at low altitudes, 
Florida and Texas to Venezuela. 
Cusa: Mariel, Ekman 11497 (Amer. Gr. Nat. Herb. 934). Habana, 
Léon 934. Guatao, Léon 6321. Tapaste, Léon 4183. Arroyo Naranjo, 
Léon 587. .Marianao, Léon 1511. Rio Bacuranao, Wilson and Léon 
11602. Matanzas, Britton and Wilson 148. 
Harti: Morne Cap-Rouge, Ekman H 5948. Trouin, Ekman H 
2376. 
26. Paspalum nesiotes Chase, Contrib. U. S. Natl. Herb. 28: 117. 
{f.67. 1929. St. Lucia, Mitchcock 16471. 
Culms 45 to 120 cm tall; blades flat or folded, 25 to 50 cm long, 6 
to 11 mm wide, glabrous or scabrous; panicles long-exserted; racemes 
5 to 11, arching, 4 to 10 cm long; spikelets about 2 mm long, glabrous 
(fig. 148). 
Known only from St. Lucia and Martinique. 
WINDWARD IsLANDs: Martinique, Duss in 1879. St. Lucia, 
Hitchcock 16471. 
