232 MISC. PUBLICATION 243, U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
In Puerto Rico this and other species of this group are called 
‘“cortadero”’ because of the cruel cutting edges of the blades. Called 
‘“‘caguazo”’ in Cuba. 
61. Paspalum secans Hitchc. and Chase, Contrib. U. S. Natl. Herb. 
18: 319. 1917. Puerto Rico, Chase 6174. 
Culms robust, erect, 1 to 1.5 m tall; blades elongate, 5 to 10 mm 
wide, the margins very sharp; racemes mostly 7 to 12, slender, spread- 
ing or arching, 6 to 15 cm long; spikelets pale, about 2.5 mm long, 
obovate-elliptic (fig. 182). 
Open brushy slopes and savannas, West Indies. 
Banamas: New Providence, Britton and Brace 598. Inagua, Nash 
and Taylor 956. 
Cupa: Santiago de los Bafios, Léon 4366%. Habana, Léon 931b, 
932. Soledad, Jack 6201. Cano, Ekman 184. Tunas, Léon 6743. 
Canasi, Léon 12961. Baragua, Hitchcock 23343. Isla de Pinos, 
Ekman 122238. 
FIGURE 182.—Paspalum secans. Panicle, X 1; two views of spikelet, and floret, X 10 (type). 
JAMAICA: Montego Bay, Hitchcock 9670. Black River, Hitchcock 
9649. 
Harti: Gourjon, Ekman H 6451. Between Les Anglais and Char- 
donnier, Ekman H 384. Tortuga Island, Leonard 11702. 
Dominican Repusuic: Moncién, Ekman H 12611; Valeur 417. 
Matanzas, Ekman H 15899. Peninsula de Samana, Hkman H 15362. 
Purrto Rico: Mayaguez, Chase 6261 (Amer. Gr. Nat. Herb. 577), 
Chase 6150, 6174, 6309; Holm 84. Maricao, Chase 6193, 6238. 
Arecibo, Chase 6444, 6559. Lares, Chase 6581. Between Utuado 
and Adjuntas, Chase 6465. Campo Alegre, Chase 6787. Between 
Ponce and Santa Isabel, Britton and Brown 5518. Bayamon, Chase 
6382, 6387, 6409. Catano, Chase 6641. Rio Piedras, Chase 6372; 
Wetmore 167. Trujillo Alto, Sein 321. Caguas, Britton and Cowell 
1405; Sintenis 2539. Rio Grande, Chase 6707, 6716, 6723. Loma 
Icaco, Shafer 3415. Vieques Island, Chase 6698. 
Vircin Isutanps: St. Thomas, Foster. St. Croix, Hitchcock 16323; 
Ricksecker 434. 
LrEwarpD Isuanps: Antigua, Wullschlaegel 603; Box 41, 56, 96, 
113. Guadeloupe, Hitchcock 16408. 
