426 MISC. PUBLICATION 243, U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
more slender than usual in 7’. dactyloides, the joints of the pistillate 
part often slightly roughened. 
Moist slopes in the higher foothills, Hispaniola and Trinidad; 
Mexico and Central America. Cultivated for fodder in Antigua 
(Box 126). 
Harti: Port-a-Piment, Ekman 338. 
Dominican Repusuic: Villa Altagracia, ‘forming vast colonies, 
steep slope of Loma Marian, Chicle, near the top,” Hkman H 142538. 
Santiago, Hkman H 16229. 
TRINIDAD: St. Joseph, Hitchcock 10017. La Brea, Broadway 4982. 
Without locality, Bot. Gard. Herb. 3303. 
TRIPSACUM LAXUM Nash,N. Amer. Fl. 17: 81. 1909,a stout species 
with fascicled spikes and blades as much as 8 or 9 cm wide, not nar- 
rowed at base, is sparingly cultivated for forage, under the name 
Guatemala grass, in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and St. Croix. Mexico and 
Central America. 
ZOYSIA MATRELLA (L.) Merr., Manila grass, a low perennial with 
slender rhizomes, fine foilage and slender spikes, about 2 cm long, 
has recently been introduced as a lawn grass in Puerto Rico. It is 
said to form a good turf. Native of the Philippine Islands. 
EREMOCHLOA OPHIUROIDES (Munro) Hack., Centipede grass, a low 
perennial with thick leafy stolons, spreading narrow blades, and sub- 
cylindric spikelike racemes, was recently found near Mayaguez, 
Puerto Rico, forming an excellent turf in partly shaded ground. It 
has been recommended as a lawn grass in the southern United 
States. Native of southeastern Asia. 
