220 MISC. PUBLICATION 243, U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
spikelets 2.5 to 2.8 mm long, irregularly ovate-rhomboid, the glume 
and sterile lemma deeply crumpled (fig. 163). 
FIGURE 163.—Paspalum lin- 
denianum. Raceme, X 1; 
two views or spikelet, and 
floret, X 10 (Hitchcock 
9873). 
raceme solitary, 1.5 to 4 cm long, arcuate 
or nearly straight; spikelets 2.4 to 2.8 mm 
long, oval-elliptic, the glume and_ sterile 
lemma somewhat crumpled (fig. 164). 
Low sandy pinelands and brushy savan- 
nas, central and western Cuba and Isla de 
Pinos. Apparently rare. 
Cusa: La Coloma, Ekman 17831. Santi- 
ago de los Bafios, Léon 4570. Herradura, 
Ekman 10784, 14093 (Amer. Gr. Nat. Herb. 
948), 14104; Hitchcock 462. | Vuelto-abajo, 
Open or brushy places, mostly on limestone 
hills, Cuba, Jamaica, and Haiti. 
Cusa: Mariel, Ekman 12908 (Amer. Gr. Nat. 
Herb. 947). Playa de Marianao, Léon 5272. 
Habana, Léon in 1909. Guanabacoa, Ekman 
264; Hitchcock 463, 23242; Léon 944, 7346. 
Madruga, Léon 3457. Calvario, Léon $45b. La 
Sierra, Jack 7848. San Miguel de Casanova, 
Léon 12471. Hanabana, Wright 769. Saltadura, 
Linden 1813. Baragua, Hitchcock 23348, 23363. 
Soledad, Hitchcock 23326. Isla de Pinos, Curtiss 
523; Palmer and Riley 949. 
JAMAICA: Montego Bay, Hitchcock 9663. 
Savanna-la-Mar, Hitchcock 9873. Cornwall, 
Harris 12551. Between Ewarton and Linstead, 
Hitchcock 9438. Between Bog Walk and Spanish 
Town, Hitchcock 9294. Lucea, Harris 12559. 
Haiti: Marmelade, Leonard 8434. Mirebal- 
ais, Cook, Scofield, and Doyle 87.  Pétonville, 
Leonard 4830. Between Décayette and Dupréné, 
Ekman 2045. 
Dominican Repusuic: Moca, Hkman H 12557. 
43. Paspalum nanum Wright; Griseb., Cat. PI. 
Cuba 230. 1866. Cuba, Wright 176. 
Paspalum caudicatum Wright, An. Cienc. 
Habana 8: 205. 1871. Cuba, Wright 3866. 
Culms erect, mostly 
15to 25cm tall; sheaths 
densely pubescent; 
blades 3 to 13 cm long, 
3 to 4.5 mm wide, flat 
or drying involute, the 
lower surface velvety, 
the upper pilose; 
Wright 3866. Hanabana, Wright ie/'Ge Isla FIGURE 164.— Paspalum nanum. 
de Pinos, Ekman 12190. Without locality,  Paceme, i tien Cywichbeess). 
Wright 3842. 
44. Paspalum insulare Ekman; Chase, Contrib. U.S. Natl. Herb. 28: 
145. f. 88. 1929. Isla de Pinos, Ekman 11957. 
Culms erect or ascending, 40 to 55 cm tall, the nodes densely 
appressed-pubescent; sheaths densely papillose-pilose; blades flat, 
