Smallseed Paspalum

Paspalum parviflorum Rohde ; Fliigge, Gram
Monog. 98. 1810.
An annual grass. Stems up to 1.5 dm. tall, erect, branched, the nodes somewhat pilose; leaf -sheaths lax, commonly shorter than the internodes, hirsute; blades linear, narrow, flat, covered with long spreading hairs; axis of the inflorescence 4-6 mm. long, the axils pilose; racemes 2 or 3, 8-14 mm. long, alternate, erect, finally horizontal or reflexed, the rachis strongly flexuous, as wide as the spikelets, hispidulous on the margins; spikelets singly disposed, on somewhat longer pedicels, elliptic, obtuse, glabrous, the first scale wanting, the second and third scales equal, 2-nerved, the fruiting scale yellowish, as long as the spikelet.
Type locality : Porto Rico.
Distribution : Porto Rico ; also in Brazil. No material of this has been seen, and the above is compiled from the original description.