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sometimes glabrous; blades 4 to 20 cm long, 7 to 15 mm wide, broadest 
near the cordate or truncate base; panicles of 10 to 20 spikelike densely 
flowered racemes along an axis 5 to 15 cm long, the racemes 1 to 3 
cm long, the rachis pilose; spikelets 1.5 mm long, glabrous (fig. 229). 
Moist ground, ditches, and swamps, Mexico and the West Indies to 
Paraguay. 
Cusa: Daraniguas, Wright 3451. Sumidero, Shafer 13505, Shafer 
and Léon 13533, 13535. Buenaventura, Wilson 9444. Herradura, 
Van Hermann 763; Tracy 9063. Marianao, Léon 1977. Sancti Spiritus, 
Léon 908. Banao Mountains, Léon 3982. Jauco, Léon 12306. Isla 
de Pinos, Curtiss 305; Taylor 36; Britton and Wilson 14638, 15807. 
Jamaica: Castleton, Harris 11280a; Hitchcock 9407. Troy, Harris 
12566; Hitchcock 9782. Claverty Cottage, Harris 11524. Hollis 
Savanna, Harris 12254. Ipswich, Hitchcock 9626. Ramble, Hitchcock 
9517. Bull Head Mountain, Hitchcock 9548. Ewarton, Hitchcock 
9423. Port Morant, Hitchcock in 1890. Gordon Town, Hart 732. 
Navy Island, Millspaugh 1859. East of Seamens Valley, Mazon and 
Killip 106a. Mill Bank, Mazon and Killip 196. Mount Diablo, 
Maxon and Killip 489. Cedar Hurst, Harris 11547. 
Dominican Repusiic: Samand@ Peninsula, Abbott 313; Ekman H 
14835. Guarabo, Abbott 2802. La Nassa, Fars 268. Higtiey, 
Ekman H 12133, H 12236; Villa Altagracia, Ekman 
H 11183. 
LEEWARD IsLANDs: St. Kitts, Bor 1387. Guade- 
loupe, L’Hermimer; Duss 4154. Dominica, Imray 
151, 312; Hitchcock 16441; Jones 20. 
WINDWARD Isutanps: Martinique, Muitchcock 
16449. St. Lucia, Mitchcock 16478; Kemp 18. 
Grenada, Broadway 148. 
FIGURE 230.—Pani- 
cum boliviense, Two Trinipap: Mount Tocuche, Britton, Hazen, and 
vr aoot x 13. 6©Mendelson 1252. Arima, Hitchcock 10309. Piarco 
(type). Savanna, Hitchcock 10358. Tabaquite, Hitchcock 
10121. Port-of-Spain, Bot. Gard. Herb. 3293; Hitch- 
cock 9961, 10045. Cedros, Hitchcock 10147 (Amer. Gr. Nat. Herb. 59). 
Oropuche Lagoon, Britton, Hazen, and Freeman 1153. O’Meara 
Savanna, Britton and Hazen 1578. Ortoire River, Britton, Freeman, 
and Nowell 2533. La Brea, Broadway 4986. 
Tosaco: Broadway 4063; Hitchcock 10208, 10242, 10265; Eggers 
5584. 
35. Panicum boliviense Hack., Repert. Sp. Nov. Fedde 1l: 19. 1912. 
Bolivia. 
Perennial; culms decumbent, branching, as much as 1.5 m long; 
nodes glabrous; blades flat, gradually narrowed from a cordate-clasp- 
ing base, 8 to 15 cm long, 1 to 2 cm wide; panicle 10 to 25 cm long, 
open; spikelets 1.5 mm long, glabrous (fig. 230). 
Ditches, banks of streams, and moist open woodland, southern 
Mexico and Cuba to Paraguay. 
Cusa: Mariel, Ekman 11499. Mendoza, Léon 6952. Bafios San 
Vicente, Britton and Gager 7452. San Miguel de Casanova, Léon 
12469. San Nicolas, Léon 7297. Marianao, Léon 1977. Bataband, 
Léon 14234. Baragua, Hitchcock 23369. Sancti Spiritus, Léon 909, 
6515, 6574, 6606. Caibarién, Fernando 374. Omaro, Léon 9441. 
Manacas, Léon 5906. Banao, Léon 5460. Santa Rosa, Léon 10336. 
Guara, Hitchcock 23405. Isla de Pinos, Curtiss 464. 
