Grand Paspalum

Paspalum pulchellum H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1 : 90. 1815
Peimaria elegans Fliigge, Gram. Monog. 216. 1810. Not Paspalum. elegans Fliigge, 1810.
A tufted perennial. Stems up to 7 dm. taU, glabrous, erect; leaf-sheaths glabrous or sparingly hirsute with ascending hairs; blades up to 1 dm. long, 1-2 mm. wide, papillosehirsute with spreading hairs, the blades on the innovations and base of the stem elongate, those on the upper stem short or rudimentary; racemes in pairs, usually separated by a marked interval, rarely contiguous, 2-5 cm. long, the flexuous rachis about 0.5 mm. wide; spikelets singly arranged, 1.5-1.75 mm. long, 0.8-1 mm. wide, elliptic to oval, glabrous, the first and second scales wanting, the third scale brown, 3-nerved, the fruiting scale as long as the third ■scale, strongly convex, elliptic to oval, obtuse.
Type locality : Cumana, Venezuela.
Distribution : Cuba ; Hispaniola ; also in tropical South America.