Paspalum lineare Trin.

Paspalum lineare Trin. Gram. Pan. 99. 1826
Stems tufted, up to 8 dm. tall, glabrous, simple, the nodes barbed; leaf -sheaths at the base of the stem very firm and thick, pubescent, or becoming glabrous, the upper sheaths glabrous or hirsute; blades up to 3 dm. long, folded, 1-2 mm. wide, glabrous or hirsute, strongly striate; racemes in pairs, conjugate, or sometimes separated by a short interval, sometimes stalked
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at the base, 3-6 cm. long, the rachis 0.5-1 mm. wide; spikelets singly disposed, 3.5-4.5 mm. long, about 1 . 8 mm. [wide, oblong-elliptic, glabrous, the first scale wanting, the second and third scales 5-7-nerved, the fruiting scale yellowish-green, elliptic, roughened with longitudinal rows of papillae.
Type locality : Brazil.
Distribution : Cuba ; Costa Rica ; also in Brazil.