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32. Paspalum molle Poir., in Lam., Encycl. 5: 34. 1804. St. 
Thomas. 
Paspalum portoricense Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 377. 
1903. Puerto Rico, Heller 524. 
Culms slender, spreading, 10 to 50 cm tall; blades flat or, in exposed 
situations, involute, 6 to 12 cm long, 2 to7 mm 
wide; racemes commonly 2 or 3, slender, dis- 
tant, ascending or arcuate-spreading, 1.5 to 7 
cm long; spikelets about 1.7 mm long, elliptic, 
sparsely appressed-pubescent (fig. 153). 
Open but humid slopes, mostly in red clay, 
West Indies to Brazil. 
BanamMas: Crooked Island, Brace 4805. 
Purrto Rico: Mayaguez, Chase 6262, 6322, 
6820. Monte Alegrillo, Chase 6232 (Amer. Gr. 
Nat. Herb. 570). Aguadilla, Chase 6607, 6608. 
Vega Baja, Chase 6428. Cayey, Chase 6338, 
6741; Heller 524; Sintenis 2451. 
Vircin Istanps: St. Thomas, Ledru 
(Lamarck Herb., Paris). 
LEEWARD IsLtaNps: Antigua, Bor 93, 100. 
33. Paspalum acutifolium Léon, in Britton, 
Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 16: 58. 1920. 
FIGURE 153.—Paspalum molle. , 
Panicle, xX 1; two views of Cuba, Léon and fioca 8164. 
Fs a i ee Culms erect or geniculate below, 20 to 40 
Herb. 570). em tall, the nodes appressed-pilose; blades 
firm, flat from a folded base, 6 to 17 cm long, 
4 to 8 mm wide; racemes 2 to 4, ascending to arcuate spreading, 
2 to 8 cm long, the common axis 1 to 3.5 em long; spikelets about 
1.8 mm long, oblong-elliptic, obscurely pubescent near the margin 
or glabrous (fig. 154). 
Sandy or gravelly siliceous soil, palm 
barrens and savannas, Cuba. Originally 
described from Motembo, prov. Santa Clara. 
Cusa: Canasi, Léon 13079, 13119. La 
Cumbre, Hkman 18980. Sabana de Mo- 
tembo(Placetas del Sur), Léon and Roca 8164. 
34. Paspalum bakeri Hack., Inf. Est. Centr. 
Agron. Cuba 1: 410. 1906. Cuba, 
Baker 1824. 
Culms widely spreading, 20 to 55 cm 
long; blades folded at base, commonly flat 
above, 2 to 10 cm long, 2 to 4 mm wide; 
racemes 2 to 4, stiffly ascending, 2.5 to 7 cm 
long, the common axis 1 to 5 cm long; 
spikelets about 2 mm long, glabrous (fig. 
FIGURE 154.—Paspalum acutifolium. 
155) : Panicle, X 1; two views of spikelet, 
Sandy seashores and coral reefs, Baha- and floret, X 10 (type). 
mas, western Cuba, and Leeward Islands. 
Bauamas: Inagua, Nash and Taylor 1353. 
Cusa: Mariel, Ekman 12838 (Amer. Gr. Nat. Herb. 942). Ha- 
bana, Léon 956, 2625. Between Morro and Cojimar, Ekman 798. 
Triscornia, Hitchcock 475. Yumuri Mountains, Rugel 869. Ma- 
