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57. Paspalum dilatatum Poir., in Lam., Encycl. 5: 35. 1804. 
Argentina. PASPALUM. 
Culms ascending or erect, 40 to 175 cm tall; blades flat, commonly 
10 to 25 cm long, 3 to 12 mm wide; racemes commonly 3 to 5, as- 
cending or drooping, about 6 to 8 cm long; spikelets 2.8 to 3.8 mm 
long, ovate, pointed, depressed plano-convex, fringed with long white 
silky hairs (fig. 178). | 
Pastures and waste ground, sparingly introduced in the West 
Indies; southeastern United States; native of South America from 
Brazil to Argentina. Cultivated in the southern United States, 
where it is considered a valuable pasture grass. Called paspalum or 
paspalum grass and recently Dallis grass. 
Bermupa: Agricultural Station, Brown, Britton, and Bisset 2005. 
Shelley Bay, Collins 156. 
Cusa: Mariel, Ekman 12855 (Amer. Gr. Nat. Herb. 962). 
JAMAICA: Richmond Park, Harris 12708. 
Harri: St. Louis du Nord, Leonard 14387. 
DomINIcCAN REPUBLIC: Jaina, Faris 329. 
58. Paspalum urvillei Steud., Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 24. 1854. Brazil. 
VASEY GRASS. 
Paspalum larrataga, Arech., An. Mus. Nac. Montevideo 1: 60. 
pl.2. 1894. Uruguay. 
Paspalum vaseyanum Scribn., U.S. Dept. Agr., Div. Agrost. Bull. 
17: 32. f. 828. 1899. Southern United States. 
Culms erect, 1 to 2.5 m tall; lower sheaths hirsute; blades flat, 
commonly 20 to 30 cm long, 3 to 15 mm wide; panicle erect, 10 to 40 
cm long; racemes mostly 12 to 18, ascending, approximate, the lower 
7 to 14 cm long, the upper gradually shorter; spikelets about 2.5 mm 
long (2 to 3 mm), ovate, abruptly pointed, flattened, fringed with 
long, silky hairs (fig. 179). 
Along ditches and roadsides, and in waste ground, southern United 
States; native from Brazil to Argentina; introduced sparingly in 
Cuba. Known as Vasey grass in the United States, where it is some- 
times cut for hay. 
Cupa: Baragua, Hitchcock 23353. 
59. peepee fasciculatum Willd.; Fliigge, Monogr. Pasp. 69. 1810. 
razil. 
Large extensively creeping leafy stoloniferous perennial, the stolons 
as much as 5 m long; culms as much as 2 m tall and 1 cm thick at 
base; blades flat, ascending to spreading, 20 to 60 cm long, 1.2 to 3 cm 
wide; panicle flabellate, of usually 12 to 20 ascending racemes, 7 to 
17 cm long, aggregate on a short axis; spikelets 4 to 4.5 mm long, 
elliptic, silky-ciliate on the margin (fig. 180). 
Borders of streams, low ground, and swamps, southern Mexico to 
Ecuador and Argentina. 
WINDWARD Isuanps: St. Lucia, Box 191 (sterile). 
TRINIDAD: St. Joseph, Hitchcock 10029. 
Tosaco: Plymouth, Hitchcock 10281. 
60. Paspalum virgatum L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 855. 1759. 
Jamaica. CoRTADERO. 
Paspalum virgatum var. jacquinianus Fligge, Monogr. Pasp. 190. 
1810. Caribbean Islands. 
