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_ Moist open ground and brushy slopes, along ditches, and a weed 
in cultivated and waste places, up to 2,000 m, Mexico and the 
West Indies to Argentina. 
29. Paspalum maritimum Trin., Mém. Acad. St. Pétersb. VI. Sci. 
Nat. 1: 148. 1834. Bahia, Brazil. 
Culms ascending to spreading, 30 to 50 cm tall, sometimes branch- 
ing, with hard scaly horizontal rhizomes, often stoloniferous; sheaths 
ciliate on the margin and pilose on the keel toward the summit; 
blades flat, rather firm, 6 to 50 cm long, 8 to 20 em wide, bearded back 
of the ligule; racemes mostly 3 to 7 (1 or 2 on the branches), ascending- 
arcuate, 4 to 9 cm Jong, somewhat approximate; spikelets 1.7 to 2 
mm long, brown-speckled and softly pilose. Often forms extensive 
sterile colonies. 
Sandy or rocky soil near the coast, Cuba, the Guianas, and Brazil. 
Cupa: San José, Matanzas, Léon and 
Acuna 4471. 
30. Paspalum blodgettii Chapm., Fl. 
South, UL Sole wel so Ome th lortelas 
Paspalum simpson Nash, Bull. Torrey 
Bot. Club 24; 39) (is97 Monrida: 
Culms erect, 40 to 100 cm tall; sheaths 
more or less pubescent; blades flat, 5 to 
25 em long, 5 to 10 mm wide; racemes 
commonly 3 to 8, remote, or the upper 
approximate, 2 to 8 cm long; spikelets 
about 1.3 mm long, glandular-pubescent 
(ier oul) 
Open or brushy calcareous soil; south- 
ern Florida, Yucatan, Honduras, and the 
West Indies. 
FIGURE 151.—Paspalum _blodgettit. BaHamas: Nassau, Curtiss 165; Hitch- 
ete Ue OER oe) om UEC, 
Cuspa: Madruga, Léon 6354. Bata- 
ban6o, Ekman 12604; Hitchcock 470. Motembo, Léon 8628. Sabana 
de San Marcos, Léon 9182. Baraguaé, Hitchcock 23346. Santiago de 
Cuba, Léon 954. Jauco, Léon 11690, 11719. Isla de Pinos, Britton, 
Britton, and Wilson 15359; Britton, Wilson, and Léon 15790; Mills- 
paugh 1408. Eastern Cuba, Wright 3443 in part. 
Jamatca: Montego Bay, Hitchcock 9668. Savanna-la-Mar, Hitch- 
cock 9874. Troy, Harris 12620; Hitchcock 9816. Ipswich, Hitchcock 
9599%, 9624; Mazon and Killip 1519. Black River, Harris 12546. 
New Forest, Hitchcock 9833. Between Ewarton and Linstead, 
Hitchcock 9417, 9464. Bog Walk, Harris 12560. Between Bog 
Walk and Spanish Town, Hitchcock 9295 (Amer. Gr. Nat. Herb. 571). 
Claremont, Hitchcock 9476, 9480. Buff Bay, Hitchcock 9766. Stony 
Hill, Harris 12703. Mount Diablo, Mazon and Killip 459; Ridley 3. 
Kingston, Hitchcock 9470. 
Haiti: St. Louis du Nord, Leonard 14381. Méle-St.-Nicolas, 
Leonard 13216. Aux Cayes, Ekman H 42. Rousselin, Ekman H 
10478. Tortuga Island, Leonard 11472, 13890, 13903, 13933, 15504, 
15550. 
