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larger pubescent spikelets. It is named for Brother Léon, Joseph 
Sylvestre Sauget. When P., leoninum was described it was differen- 
tiated from this species, which was supposed to be P. rupestre Trin. 
In the Grasses of the West Indies this was tentatively referred to 
P. poiretii Roem. and Schult., but that proves to be the same as 
P. caespitosum. 
Bauwamas: Fortune Island, Eggers 3995. 
_ Cusa: Between Cape San Antonio and Morro de Piedras, Roig 3255. 
Habana, Hkman 697; Léon 286, 948, 1527, 3694, 
4664, 7499,8982. Cojimar, Baker and O’ Donovan 
A417: Ekman 16904 (Amer. Gr. Nat. Herb. 950); 
Hitchcock 459, 461; Léon 5602; 13671. - Tris- 
cornia, Hitchcock 458. Puentes’ Grandes, Léon 
935b. Banao Mountains, Léon 3980. Cupey, 
Ekman 6337. Guantanamo, Hioram 2633. 
Jauco, Léon 12450. Baracoa, Shafer 3951; Wright 
3444 in part, 3445 in part. 
Jamaica: Troy, Harris 12620a. Ipswich, 
Hieheode soe. New eit Hitchcock 9832. 
: A u ead Mountain. Hitchcock 9533. Between 
Wsaugetti., Racome, 1; two Ewarton and Moneague, Hitchcock 9442. 
10 yee eres Between Ewarton and Linstead, Hitchcock 9465. 
Claremont, Hitchcock 9482, 9516. Yardley 
Chase, Harris 9674. Constant Spring, Hitchcock 9275. Buff Bay, 
Hitchcock 9765. 
Harti: Tortuga Island, Ekman H 4228. Ennery, Leonard 8810, 
10030. Mdle-St.-Nicolas, Leonard 13208, 13283a. Port-au-Prince, 
Ekman H 2210; Leonard 15750. Hitchcock 19886, 19890. Mission, 
Leonard 3627. Fond Parisien, Leonard 4075. Etang Pénéte, 
Ekman H 334. Morne 4 Cabrits, Ekman H 1018. 
Morne Rouge, Ekman H 690. Aux Cayes, Ekman 
H 61. Jean Rabel, Leonard 13762. 
DoMINICAN REPUBLIC: Jaina, Faris 89,107. Azua, 
Rose, Fitch, and Russell 4079. San José de Ocoa, 
Ekman H 11921. Guerra, Ekman H 11018. Santo 
Domingo City, Ekman H 11121, H 12512. Con- 
stanza, Kkman H 13927. 
Puerrto Rico: Aguada, Chase 6598. Lares, Chase 
6588. Between Aguadilla and San Sebastian, Chase 
6597. 
47, Paspalum capiilifolium Nash, N. Amer. FI. 17: 
181. 1912. Cuba, Britton and Wilson 6116. 
Culms few, delicate, reclining, 10 to 35 cm long, 
sometimes loosely twisted and sinuous with a mass of 
filiform curled foliageat base; bladesfoldedand curled, Ficvre 168.—Paspa- 
3 to 15 cm long, about 0.3 mm wide as folded;racemes  Raceme. ein foe 
solitary, straight, 2 to 4 cm long, very slender, mostly views of spikelat. 
cylindric; spikelets 1.7 mm long, elliptic (fig. 168). (Léon 9376). 
Palm barrens and savannas, Cuba. 
Cusa: Santa Clara, Britton and Wilson 6116. Sabana de Motembo 
Léon 8223. Bafios de Santa Rosalia, Léon 9376. Santayana, Hkman 
19046. Holguin, Ekman 7565. 
