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ing, approximate, 6 to 16cm long; spikelets 2 to 2.4 mm long, obovate- 
suborbicular, flattened, pale to leaden-purplish (fig. 184). 
Moist savannas, along ditches, and in low open ground. Central 
America and the West Indies to Brazil. 
-_ Banamas: New Providence, Krebs (Copenhagen Herb). 
Cusa: Santiago de Los Bajfios, Léon 4364. Pinar del Rio, Hitch- 
cock 23259. Habana, Léon 931, 4157, 4160; Tracy 9121. Guana- 
bacoa, Léon 2870. Bajucal, Van Hermann 347. Cano, Léon 1987. 
Santiago de las Vegas, Van Hermann 142. Tunas, Léon 6735. San 
Marcos Savanna, Léon 9183. San Miguel de los Bafios, Killip 13920. 
Lagoon Mojabraga, Léon 9413. Between Camagiiey and Santayana, 
Britton 2361. Baraguaé, Hitchcock 23366. Sierra de Nipe, Ekman 
10118. Bayate, Hkman 6176. Without locality, Wright 3446 in 
part, 3840. 
JAMAICA: Savanna-la-Mar, Hirichcock 9869. Troy, Harris 12657. 
Bull Head Mountain, Hitchcock 9557. Savoy, Harris 11620. Ashley 
Hall, Harris 12730. Annotta Bay, Harris 12469, 12534, 12658, 
12660. Buff Bay, Hitchcock 9776. 
Harti: Aux Cayes, Ekman H 256, H 861. 
Dominican Repusiic: Jaina, Faris 267. Pimentel, Hkman H 
13242. Sabana Guabatico, Kkman H 13322. 
Puerto Rico: Mayaguez, Chase 6316 (Amer. Gr. Nat. Herb. 578); 
Chase 6153, 6164, 6187, 6257%, 6303; Goll 923; Helier 4368; Sintenis 
1223 in part; Underwood and Griggs 149. Maricao, Chase 6237. 
Arecibo, Chase 6441, 6565. Campo Alegre, Chase 6626. Vega 
Baja, Britton and Cowell 1449; Chase 6793, 6794. Bayamon, Chase 
6373, 6646. Catano, Chase 6637. San Juan, Chase 6356, 6359, 6785. 
Rio Piedras, Cowgill 691; Wetmore 176. Trujillo Alto, Chase 6761 
6775. Mameyes, Chase 6650. Rio Grande, Chase 6725. Fajardo, 
Chase 6655, 6704. Humacao, Eggers 676. Vieques Island, Chase 
6687. 
Lerrwarp Istanps: Antigua, Bor 186. Guadeloupe, Balbis in 
1822; Aitchcock 16411. 
WINDWARD IsuanpDs: St. Lucia, Bor 186. 
TRINIDAD: Cedros, Broadway 4921; Hitchcock 10145. Icacos, 
Hitchcock 10156. Dabadie, Broadway. Manzanilla, Hitchcock 10366. 
TosaGo: Scarborough, Hitchcock 10285. Milford Road, Broadway 
3066. Old Grange Road, Broadway 4696. 
64. Paspalum densum Poir., in Lam., Encycl. 5: 32. 1804. Puerto 
Rico. 
Paspalum panceum J. KH. Smith, in Rees’s Cycl. 26: no. 14. 1813. 
Jamaica. 
Culms erect; robust, 1 to 2 m tall; blades elongate, 1 to 2 cm wide; 
panicle 12 to 30 cm long, dense, tapering upward; racemes 50 to 100, 
rather thick, the lower 5 to 9 cm long, the others successively shorter 
and more crowded, the rachis conspicuously ciliate with stiff hairs 
2 to 5 mm long; spikelets about 2 mm long, suborbicular, tan to 
brownish or purplish (fig. 185). 
Marshes, wet savannas, and low open ground, or in shallow water, 
West Indies to Panama and Brazil. 
Cusa: Mantua, Ekman 11085. Handbana, Wright 3447. Rodrigo, 
Léon 9135. Placetas del Sur, Léon 6420. Baragua, Hitchcock 23381. 
