258 MISC. PUBLICATION 243, U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Cusa: Bahia, Wilson 9443. Guanajay, Palmer and Riley 802. 
Habana, Léon 190, 305 in part, 923, 2532. Santiago de las Vegas, 
Wilson 1405; Van Hermann 1444; Tracy 9111; Baker and Wilson 511. 
Triscornia, Tracy 9082. Cojimar, Léon 2559. Campo Florido, 
Léon 3449; Ekman 995. Jaimanito, Ekman 1200. Guanabacoa, 
Hitchcock 23227, 23239. Zaza de Tunas, Léon 923c. La Gloria, 
Shafer 385. Baragua, Hitchcock 23368. Holguin, Shafer 1512. 
Manati, Léon 5681. Mir, Ekman 7511. Retiro, Wright 3852, 3877. 
Eastern Cuba, Wright 1540. Isla de Pinos, Curtiss 384, 494. 
JAMAICA: Ewarton, Hitchcock 9463. 
Harti: St. Michel de lAtalaye, Leonard 7449. Aux Cayes, 
Ekman H 20. Source Matelas, Hkman H 2151. Mirebalais, Cook, 
Scofield, and Doyle 78. Jean Rabel, Leonard 12590, 13609, 13828. 
Port-de-Pai, Leonard 12237. MQ6le-St.-Nicolas, Leonard 13147. 
Bassin Bleu, Leonard 15090. Cabaret, Leonard 11875, 11900. Tor- 
tuga Island, Leonard 11576. 
Dominican Repusuic: Pimentel, Abbott 690. Guayubin, Abbott 
1027. Azua, Rose 4410. San Juan, Ekman H 13390. Santiago, 
Ekman H 16237. Porto Plata, Wright, Parry, and Brummel 627. 
PurertTo Rico: Mayaguez, Chase 6308; 
Brittonand Cowell 4064. Quebradillas, Chase 
6567, 6577 (Amer. Gr. Nat. Herb. 205). 
VIRGIN IsLANDs: St. Thomas, Britton and 
Shafer 382; Eggers in 1882; St. Croix, Eggers 
in 1874; Benzon. St. John, Hggers 3068. 
LEeEWARD IsLANDs: Antigua, Wullschldgel 64. 
Winpwarp IsLtAnps: Martinique, Hahn 
1232; Duss 536. 
17. Panicum ghiesbreghtii Fourn., Mex. Pl. 
2: 29. 1886. Mexico. 
FIGURE 212.—Panicum ghiesbreghtii, Panicum hirtivaginum Hitehe., Contrib. U. 
Two views of spikelet, and floret, + 3 ) seats 
x 10 (type). S. Natl. Herb. 12: 223. 1909. Cuba, Wright 
758. 
Perennial; culms erect, hispid, 60 to 80 cm tall, the nodes and 
sheaths hirsute; blades elongate, flat, hirsute, about 1 cm wide; 
panicle open, oblong, 20 to 30 cm long; spikelets 3 mm wide, glabrous, 
acute; first glume half as long as spikelet (fig. 212). 
Low moist open ground and pastures, Mexico and West Indies to 
Brazil. 
Banamas: Crooked Island, Brace 4812. 
Cusa: Herradura, Hitchcock 23443; Tracy 9068. Vinales, Léon 
15339. Pinar del Rio, Hitchcock 23292.. San Diego de los Baifios, 
Léon 4362, 4601. Bahia Honda, Ekman 12686. Habana, Hkman 
776. El Calvario, Léon 922, 2674. Santiago de las Vegas, Tracy 9116. 
Soledad, Hitchcock 23322; Eggers 5406. Baragua, Hitchcock 23351. 
Placetas del Sur, Léon 6429. Retiro, Wright 758. Baracoa, Léon 
12304. Manati, Léon 6005. La Perla, Léon 3783. Santiago de Cuba, 
Léon 3747. Guayabal, Léon 922b. Guara, Hitchcock 23397. 
JAMAICA: Inverness, Harris 11691, 12161. 
Haiti: Pilate, Leonard 9607. Plaisance, Leonard 9417. Port-au- 
Prince, Ekman H 1987; Leonard 15754. St. Michel de |’ Atalaye, 
Leonard 7745. Marmelade, Leonard 8344. Port-a-Piment, Hkman H 
420. St. Louis du Nord, Leonard 14338. Jean Rabel, Leonard 13744. 
Pétionville, Leonard 4901. 
