Paspalum multicaule Poir.

Paspalum multicaule Poir. in Lam. Encyc
Suppl. 4 : 309. 1816.
Paspalum papillosum. Spreng, Nov. Prov. Hal. 47. 1819. Paspalum Piitieri Hack. Oesterr. Bot. Zeits. 51 : 233. 1901.
Stems tufted, up to 4 dm. tall, glabrous, branched below; leaf-sheaths hirsute; blades up to 1 dm. long, 2-3 mm. wide, hirsute, erect; racemes in conjugate pairs, spreading or ascending, 1.5-5 cm. long, the flexuous rachis about 0.5 mm. wide; spikelets singly disposed, 1-1.3 mm. long, 0.8-1.1 mm. wide, orbicular or nearly so, the first scale wanting, the second and third scales 3-nerved, or the second 2-nerved by the suppression of the midnerve, one or both usually papillose, the fruiting scale yellowish.
Type locality : Brazil.
Distribution : Cuba ; Costa Rica ; also in Brazil.