. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. GRAMINEAE. Vol. I. 12. Paspalum laeve Michx. Fig. 299. Paspalum laeve Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 44. 1803. Paspalum angustifolium Le Conte, Journ. de Phys. 91: 285. 1820. Paspalum australe Nash, in Britton, Man. 1039. 1901. A nearly glabrous perennial, with flat leaf-blades and glabrous spikelets. Culms i°-3° tall; leaf- sheaths glabrous, or hirsute on the margins,
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. GRAMINEAE. Vol. I. 12. Paspalum laeve Michx. Fig. 299. Paspalum laeve Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 44. 1803. Paspalum angustifolium Le Conte, Journ. de Phys. 91: 285. 1820. Paspalum australe Nash, in Britton, Man. 1039. 1901. A nearly glabrous perennial, with flat leaf-blades and glabrous spikelets. Culms i°-3° tall; leaf- sheaths glabrous, or hirsute on the margins, com- pressed; blades up to 16' long, 2i"-4" wide, erect or nearly so, often drooping at the apex, glabrous, or the upper surface more or less hairy; racemes 2-6, ii'-4' long, the rachis less than i" wide; spikelets singly disposed, ii"-ii" long and i"-ij" wide, oval, the outer 2 scales firm, 5-nerved, the lateral nerves approximate. In fields and sandy places, Maryland to Florida and Texas. 11. Paspalum debile Michx. Yellow- haired Paspalum. Fig. 298. Paspalum debile Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 44. 1803. Paspalum supinum Bosc; Poir. in Lam. Encycl. 5: 29. 1804. Paspalum dasyphyllum Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 1: 105. 1817. A tufted branching yellowish green peren- nial, with flat leaf-blades which are pubescent with long yellowish hairs, and pubescent spike- lets. Culms 8'-2° tall, stout; leaves densely pubescent with long yellowish spreading hairs; blades flat, thick, lanceolate, 8' long or less, usually s"^io" broad; racemes usually but little exserted, in 2's or 3's on the main culm, single on the branches, 1F-4' long, rather stout, the rachis about i" wide; spikelets in pairs, about 1" long and a little less than 1" wide, broadly obovate, the first scale usually more or less pubescent with glandular-tipped hairs, 3-nerved, the second scale glabrous, commonly 2-nerved. In dry sandy places, South Carolina to Mis- souri,
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