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LEEWARD Istanps: Antigua, Hitchcock 16378; Bor 23, 24, 32, 40, 
42, 46, 97, 107. St. Kitts, Bor 134, 163, 164. Barbuda, Danforth 
9. Dominica, Jones 47. 
WINDWARD Isuanps: Martinque, Duss 551. Barbados, Dash 584; 
Freeman 5026. Grenada, Broadway in 1905. 
36. Paspalum pleostachyum Doell, in Mart., Fl. Bras. 27: 58. 1877. 
Brazil. 
Culms ascending to spreading, 40 to 100 cm tall; sheaths ciliate on 
the margin, usually villous on the collar; blades firm, flat from a 
folded base, often drying subinvolute, 15 ‘to 25 cm long, 4 to 8 mm 
wide; racemes 3 to 15, commonly 4 to 8, 
at length stiffly spreading, 7 to 14 cm long, 
on an axis 4 to 11 cm long; spikelets 2.2 
to 2.5 mm long, elliptic-obovate, glabrous 
(e157): 
On rocks or in sand or clay, seacoast, 
Cuba to Brazil. 
Cusa: Guantéinamo, Ekman 15756. 
Harti: Cabaret, Leonard 11982. Tor- 
tuga Island, Hkman H 4132; Leonard 
11529, 13902, 13940. 
Winpwarp Isuanps: Grenada, Broad- 
way in 1905. 
37. Paspalum rocanum Léon, in Britton, 
Meme. Rorrey Bot. Club 162 67. 
1920. Cuba, Léon and Roca 8233. 
Culms simple, 40 to 75 ecm tall; sheaths 
keeled; blades conduplicate, 10 to 30 em 
long, 3 to 7 mm wide (flattened out); 
racemes 2 to 4, ascending to spreading, 
2.5 to 9 cm long, 1 to 2 cm distant on 
the slender axis; spikelets 2.1 to 2.5 mm 
long, elliptic, minutely pointed (fig. 158). 
Palm barrens, sometimes in moist places FIGURE 158.—Paspalum rocanum. 
and brushy savannas, Cuba. aa aor d 
Cusa: Sabana de Motembo, Léon and 
Roca 8233; Léon and Loustalot 9382, 11337; Ekman 16819 (Amer. Gr. 
Nat. Herb. 943). Bafios de Santa Rosalia, Léon and Loustalot 9392. 
San Miguel de los Bafios (prov. Matanzas), Léon and Roca 8871. 
38. Paspalum alterniflorum A. Rich., in Sagra, Hist. Cuba 11: 299. 
1850. Cuba. 
Paspalum dolichophyllum Hack., Inf. Est. Centr. Agron. Cuba 1: 
409. 1906. Habana, Baker and Zarragoitia 4545. 
Culms 30 to 100 cm tall; blades erect at base, elongate, nearly 
equaling the culm, mostly 1.5 to 3 mm wide, drying involute; racemes 
1 to 5, commonly 2 or 3, suberect or ascending, 7 to 12 cm long, 1 to 
3 cm distant on the axis; spikelets 3 mm long, ovate-oblong, subacute 
or blunt; glume and sterile lemma silky pubescent on the lower part, 
pointed beyond the fruit (fig. 159). 
Open ground, pastures, and savannas, Cuba, common in the western 
part, rare eastward, and in Haiti. 
