MANUAL OF THE GRASSES OF THE WEST INDIES Dole 
FIGURE 180.—Paspalum fasciculatum. Panicle, X 1; two views of spikelet, and floret, X 10 (Hitchcock 7899) 
Paspalum wirgatum var. stramineum Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 543 
1864. Jamaica and Antigua. 
Paspalum leucochelum Wright, An. Acad. Cien. Habana 8: 203. 
1871. Isla de Pinos, Blain. 
Culms robust, 1 to 2 m tall; blades flat, elongate, 1 to 2.5 cm wide; 
panicle 15 to 25 cm long; racemes mostly 10 to 16, ascending to 
drooping, the lower 5 to 15 cm long; spikelets about 2.5 mm long, 
obovate, pubescent along the margin (fig. 181). 
Open moist or swampy ground, Mexico and throughout the West 
Indies to Brazil. 
FIGURE 181.—Paspalum virgatum. Panicle, X 1; two views of spikelet, and floret, 10 (Hitchcock 9555). 
