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tanzas, Ekman 17207; Léon 14675. Palma Sola, Wright 298. Isla 
de Pinos, Britton and Wilson 14939; Britton, Wilson, and Léon 15294, 
15337. 
LEEWARD IsLanps: Barbuda, Danforth 1. 
35. Paspalum laxum Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 176. 1791. (Probably 
ot. ‘Croix.) 
Paspalum glabrum Poir., in Lam., Encycl. 5: 30. 1804. Puerto 
Rico. 
Paspalum milioideum Desv.; Poir., in Lam., Encycl. Sup. 4: 315. 
1816. Puerto Rico. 
Paspalum miliare Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 247. 1825. Based on 
P. milioideum Desv. 
?Paspalum sinuosum Desv., Opusc. 57. 1831. Antilles. 
Paspalum floribundum Desv., Opusc. 58. 1831. Antilles? 
FIGURE 155.—Paspalum bekeri. FIGURE 156.—Paspalum laxrum. Panicle, X 1; 
Panicle, X 1; two views of spike- two views of spikelet, and floret, X 10 (Rich- 
let, and floret, X 10 (type). ard’s specimen in Paris Herbarium). 
Paspalum richardu Steud., Syn. Pl. Glum. 1:17. 1854. Antilles, 
probably St. Croix. 
Paspalum rhizomatosum Steud., Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 17. 1854. 
Guadeloupe. 
Paspalum koleopodum Steud., Syn. Pl. Glum.1:18. 1854. Guade- 
oupe. 
Paspalum helleri Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 376. 1903. 
Puerto Rico. 
Paspalum tenacissimum Mez, Bot. Jahrb. Engler 56 (Beibl. 125): 
fee O2Ie. Fuerto Kico. 
Culms mostly erect, 50 to 75 cm tall; blades commonly more or 
less involute, mostly 20 to 30 cm, sometimes to 50 cm, long, 3 to 8 
mm wide, narrowed to the base; racemes usually 3 to 5, sometimes 
more, arcuate-spreading, 3 to 10 cm long; spikelets 1.7 to 2 mm long, 
elliptic-obovate, the glume appressed-pubescent (fig. 156). 
Sandy and limestone soils, Key West and the West Indies. 
