Field notebooks : Mallorca, 1930-1935
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11-5-30 ? Sporobolus arenarius Dunal Kut 293 = S. junceus Kunth, Bas 493, Bor 355 but withered but evidently not forming seed. Roadside in Puerto Pollensa. To 8 in high. Culum lfy to top with stiff, sheath distal above lvs. (20 to 3½ in) the upper slender, acute, rough on edges, def. pubescent above, glabrous beneath; ligule a ring of short hairs. Panicle short (to 1 in), inconspicuous & partly in- closed. Idont yet S correct tho much helps little. Spikelcts 1-fld w lemmae ford 1-nerved (See p. 129) Sts branched axillary-vertically. Plant like eil Bor 347 except culum, bearing inflores lfy to top. (See 11-22-30 11-5-30 ? Panicum repens L Kut 288, Bor 352, not in Bas. Fl. By canals in cult ground so.) Puerto Pollensa. Root not collected. But plant unquestionably a Panicum and not P. capilare or P. miliaceum. (See Bas 487, Bor 352, & 103-4) St. lfy almost to top. upper lvs stiff spreading; sheaths & blades beneath glabrous or almost so, blades above sparsely pubescent with longish hairs esp at base and edges at base sometimes with a few long tuberculate basal hairs. Ligule short, fringed. Spikelcts 3mm, glabrous. 1st glume very short, rounded at apex, clasping. 2nd glume > 1st lemma a little longer than 2nd lemma. 1st lemma with 7 fl (3 stamens) & thin palea