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72. Paspalum boscianum Fligge, Monogr. Pasp. 170. 1810. Caro- 
lina. BULL PASPALUM. 
Rather succulent branching annual; culms mostly 20 to 60 cm 
long, ascending to widely spreading; blades flat, mostly 15 to 30 cm 
long, 8 to 10 mm wide; racemes usually 4 to 11, 2.5 to 9 cm long, 
FIGURE 193.—Paspalum boscianum. Panicle, X 1; two views of spikelet, and floret, X 10 (Kearney 152). 
the rachis 2 to 2.6 mm wide; spikelets 2 to 2.2 mm long, obovate- 
suborbicular; fruit brown (fig. 193). 
In the Grasses of the West Indies this species was described under 
P. melanospermum Desv. 
Moist or wet open ground, along ditches and ponds, sometimes a 
weed in cultivated soul, southeastern United 
States; West Indies to Brazil. 
Dominican ReEpusuic: Azua, Hkman H 
136738. Cuenca, Hkman H 11002. Higiey, 
Ekman H 12177. Constanza, Ekman H 
14070. Sabana dela Mar, Ekman H 15551. 
PurerRTo Rico: Mayaguez, Chase 6172. 
Maricao, Chase 6234. Sierra Luquillo, Chase 
6724; FMioram 367. 
VirGiIn IsLAnps: St. Thomas, Herb. Ven- 
tenat (Delessert Herb.). 
73. Paspalum pulchellum Kunth, Mém. Mus. 3 
Hist. Nat. 2: 68. 1815. Based on Rei- Z 
maria elegans Humb. and Bonpl. iN . 
f 
Reimaria elegans Humb. and Bonpl.; 
Fligge, Monogr. Pasp. 216. 1810. Not 
aspalum elegans Bligge, op. cit.’ 183. jeune 191 — Paspalum pulchel. 
Venezuela. lum. -Racemes, xX 1; two views 
Culms erect, slender,25to75cmtall; blades  Chitnccck’10e. nn’ 
flat, becoming involute, 5 to 25 cm long, 1.5 to 
4 mm wide, papillose-pilose; racemes usually 2, approximate, or some- 
what distant, 2 to 9 cm long; spikelets 1.7 to 2 mm long, elliptic, 
the glume wanting, the sterile lemma often dark purple (fig. 194). 
Sandy mostly moist savannas and pinelands, Guatemala to Brazil; 
Cuba, Hispaniola, and Trinidad. 
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