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62. Paspalum arundinaceum Poir., in Lam., Encycl. Sup. 4: 310. 
1816. Cayenne. 
Culms robust, erect, 1 to 2 m tall; blades elongate, 5 to 10 mm wide; 
racemes usually 12 to 18, rather thick, ascending, 8 to 20 cm long, 
approximate or fascicled, the axis 10 to 20 cm long; spikelets about 
2.5 mm long, obovate-elliptic (fig. 183). 
In marshes and low open ground, West 
Indies, Guatemala, and French Guiana. 
Cusa: Pinar del Rio, Hitchcock 23293. 
Herradura, Hitchcock 478. Guanajay, Pal- 
mer and Riley 813. Habana, Tracy 9125, 
9126. Cano, Ekman 184. Bataban6, Baker 
and Wilson 2303; Hitchcock 477. Hana- 
bana, Wright 3446 in part. Cayamas, 
Baker 3626. 
JAMAICA: Black River, Harris 12544; 
EMitchcock 9644. Bull Head Mountain, 
Hitchcock 9536. Between Ewarton and 
Linstead, Hitchcock 9457. Annotta Bay, 
Harris 12469a. 
Harti: Plaisance, Cook, Scofield, and Doyle 
174. Trouin, Ekman H 2435. Gourjon,  yy,eurz 1s3—Paspalum arundi- 
Ekman H 6452. Fond Parisien, Leonard naceum. Panicle, X 1; spikelet 
4174, 4187. Ennery, Leonard 9079. Bassin STEP OF va ik veo 
Bleu, Leonard 15033. 
Dominican Repusuic: Pimentel, Hkman H 13240. Santo Do- 
mingo City, Ekman H 11576. Santiago, Ekman H 16091. 
LrEwarp Istanps: Antigua, Hitchcock 16375. 
63. Paspalum millegrana Schrad., in Schult., Mant. 2: 175. 1824. 
Brazil. 
Paspalum underwoodii Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 375. 
1903. Puerto Rico, Underwood and Griggs 149. 
Culms erect, robust, 1 to 2 m tall; blades elongate, 7 to 15 mm 
wide; racemes commonly 12 to 25, rather thick, ascending to spread- 
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