Urochloa mutica (Forssk.) T.Q.Nguyen

TRUMAN G. YUNCKER HERBARIUM
OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (DPU)
PURCHASED BY NY IN 1987
9659
DEPAUW UNIV.
HERBARIUM.
Flora of Niue Island
Herbarium of Bernice P. Bishop Museum
purpurascens Raddi, Agrost. Brasil., 47,1823.
stems ascending, up to 1.5 tn. tall from a creeping or decumbent base, densely hairy
at the nodes. Leaf blades up to 30 cm. long, scabrous along the margins, sheath villous.
Spikelets about 3 mm. long, elliptic, in a large, racemose-panicle with ascending to spread-
ing branches.
Cultivated as a forage grass (9659). English name, para grass.
*	. J to DPU Kerbanunjl
by T. G. YuncKer
Panicum purpura seen» Raddl
Cultivated about 2 ml. west of Hakiipu
village. Stems to 1.5 m. tall.
65 m. alt. Jan. 16, 1940.
Coll. T. G. Yunck*
d«t. Agnes Chase
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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