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3. Paspalum notatum Fliigge, Monogr. Pasp. 106. 1810.
 Culms erect from short stout rhizomes, 15 to 50 cm. tall; leaves crowded
toward the base; racemes as much as 12 cm. long; spikelets solitary, 2.5
to 3.5 mm. long, smooth and shining. Open ground, Mexico and the West
Indies to Argentina.
 BRITISH HONDURAS. Belize District: Belize, Lundell 1878. Gracie Rock,
 Gentle 1642.

4. Paspalum serpentinum Hochst.; Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1: 22. 1854.
 Perennial; culms tufted, erect, 55 to 65 cm. tall; sheaths pilose, the lower-
most densely appressed villous; blades erect, flat, becoming involute, 10
to 20 cm. long, 1 to 3 mm. wide, papillose-pilose, the upper ones greatly
reduced; racemes 2 (rarely 1) approximate, 4 to 6 cm. long, narrowly
ascending; spikelets 2.5 mm. long, subcircular, variously spotted or lined
with reddish brown. Wet sandy savannas, British Honduras and Trinidad
to Brazil.
 BRITISH HONDURAS. Belize District: Bakers Pine Ridge, Lundell 3879.

5. Paspalum decumbens Swartz, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 22. 1788.
 Perennial; culms freely branching, spreading or creeping, rooting at the
lower nodes, 10 to 60 cm. long; blades flat, pubescent on both surfaces,
mostly 4 to 8 cm. long, 5 to 8 mm. wide (rarely wider); peduncles slender,
1 to several from the uppermost sheath; racemes solitary, somewhat arcuate,
1 to 3.5 cm. long; spikelets paired, 1.7 mm. long, obovate, obscurely pointed,
glabrous; first glume well developed, truncate; second glume shorter than
the spikelet exposing the fruit. Thickets, moist banks and open ground,
British Honduras and the West Indies to Brazil and Bolivia.
 BRITISH HONDURAS. Belize District: Manatee Lagoon, Peck 110. Toledo
District: Temash River, Schipp 1367, 1378.

6. Paspalum peckii F. T. Hubb. Proc. Amer. Acad. 49: 495. 1913.
 Perennial; culms tufted, erect, about 75 cm. tall, the nodes sparsely
pubescent; sheaths keeled, overlapping, glabrous except the pilose margins;
blades long-acuminate, 14 to 30 cm. long, 5 to 8 mm. wide, sparsely puberu-
lent on both surfaces; racemes 2 or 3, falcate, 6 to 13 cm. long, the rachis
about 2 mm. wide; spikelets paired, 2.7 mm. long; first glume of the primary
spikelet obsolete or nearly so, that of the secondary as much as half the
length of the spikelet. Pine ridges, British Honduras.
 BaITISH HONDURAS. Belize District: Manatee Lagoon, Peck 71 (type).

7. Paspalum langei (Fourn.) Nash, N. Amer. Fl. 17: 179. 1912. GRAMA.
 Perennial; culms slender, tufted, 30 to 60 cm. or frequently as much as
1 m. tall, compressed; blades flat, 10 to 40 cm. long, 6 to 15 mm. wide,
glabrous or pubescent, sparsely ciliate; racemes 2 to 5 (sometimes more),
slender, spreading, rather distant, the rachis with a few long hairs at the
base; spikelets in pairs, 2.2 to 2.6 mm. long, pubescent, glandular-spotted,
the first glume usually well developed. Moist woods, Texas, Florida and
the West Indies, to Venezuela.
 BRTISH HONDURAS. El Cayo District: El Cayo, Bartlett 11488.
 GUATEMALA. Petin: La Libertad, Lundell 3608, 3640, 3857. El Paso,
Lundell 1552.