Paspalum fasciculatum Willd. ex Flüggé

Paspalum fasciculatum Wilid.; Fliigge, Gram
Monog. 69. 1810.
Stems stout, up to 1 m. tall or more, branched, glabrous; leaf -sheaths glabrous or ciliate;
blades up to 6 dm. long and 2.5 cm. wide, glabrous; racemes numerous, rather crowded in a
panicle, erect or ascending, iip to 1 dm. long, the rachis 0.75-1.5 mm. wide; spikelets singly
disposed, 3.5-5 mm. long, about 1.5 mm. wide, elliptic, acute, the first scale wanting, the
second and third scales thin, ciliate, acute, usually 5-nerved, the third scale with the lateral
nerves approximate, the fruiting scale a little shorter than the empty scales, elliptic, acute,
yellowish.
Type locality : Brazil.
Distribution : Costa Rica and Panama ; also in tropical South America.