Paspalum stellatum Flüggé

Paspalum stellatum Fliigge, Gram. Monog. 62. 1810
Paspalum cujabense Trin. Ic. pi. 284. 1836.
Stems up to 8 dm. tall, tufted; leaf -sheaths glabrous or pubescent; blades up to 2 dm. long, 2-4 mm. wide, involute above, glabrous or hirsute; racemes conjugate in pairs at the summit of the stem, sometimes single, 3-12 cm. long, the brown rachis-wings 2-3.5 mm. wide; spikelets elliptic to obovate, 2.5-3 mm. long, singly arranged, the callus barbed, the first scale wanting, the second and third scales 2-nerved, the midnerve wanting, the nerves marginal, ciliate above the middle with two kinds of hairs, one much stouter than the other, below the middle with one kind, the fruiting scale a little shorter than the outer scales, obovate.
Type locality : South America.
Distribution : Mexico to Panama ; also in tropical South America.