Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . 78°, Valle de los Frailejones, mar-gins of the swamp dominated by Car ex sp. anddryer shrub formation, 3500 m, 28 Sep 2000,D. Stancik 3983 (holotype: PRC!; isotypes:AAU!, QCA!). Rhizomatous and loosely caespitose perennialswith extravaginal innovations. Culms (15—)30—100cm tall, erect, glabrous; nodes 2 or 3(-5) in dis-tal half; cataphylls present, short, membranous,brown, striate. Leaf sheaths membranous, purplish-brown, striate, hairy; ligules (-2) mm long,membranous to coriaceous, apex truncate, ciliate;blades 20-25 x
Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . 78°, Valle de los Frailejones, mar-gins of the swamp dominated by Car ex sp. anddryer shrub formation, 3500 m, 28 Sep 2000,D. Stancik 3983 (holotype: PRC!; isotypes:AAU!, QCA!). Rhizomatous and loosely caespitose perennialswith extravaginal innovations. Culms (15—)30—100cm tall, erect, glabrous; nodes 2 or 3(-5) in dis-tal half; cataphylls present, short, membranous,brown, striate. Leaf sheaths membranous, purplish-brown, striate, hairy; ligules (-2) mm long,membranous to coriaceous, apex truncate, ciliate;blades 20-25 x cm, conduplicate, abaxiallyglabrous, rarely hairy. Panicles (5—)10—15(—18) x1-2 (-11) cm, compressed, rarely flexuous,branched; branches densely hairy. Spikelets ()8-10(-12) mm long, florets (3-)4 or 5(-6); rachillasparsely pilose; glumes (-6) mm long,coriaceous, narrowly lanceolate, purple, upper 1/3densely hairy, apex acute; lower glumes (-4) mm long, 1-nerved; upper glumes Festuca in South American Paramos 73. 1 mm
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