Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . , coriaceous, apex truncate, short-ciliate;blades 30-50 cm long, mm wide, condu-plicate, rigid, olive-green, abaxially glabrous, apexmucronate. Panicles 10-25 * l-3(-6) cm, lanceolateto ovate, mostly contracted; branches glabrous orfinely scabrous. Spikelets 9-10 mm long, lanceo-late, florets 4-6; rachilla densely hairy; glumes()3-5(-6) mm long, coriaceous, narrowly lan-ceolate, dark purple, sparsely scabrous; lower glumes()(-4) mm long, 1-nerved; upper glumes4-5(-6) mm long, 3-nerved; lemmas () mmlong, 5-n
Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . , coriaceous, apex truncate, short-ciliate;blades 30-50 cm long, mm wide, condu-plicate, rigid, olive-green, abaxially glabrous, apexmucronate. Panicles 10-25 * l-3(-6) cm, lanceolateto ovate, mostly contracted; branches glabrous orfinely scabrous. Spikelets 9-10 mm long, lanceo-late, florets 4-6; rachilla densely hairy; glumes()3-5(-6) mm long, coriaceous, narrowly lan-ceolate, dark purple, sparsely scabrous; lower glumes()(-4) mm long, 1-nerved; upper glumes4-5(-6) mm long, 3-nerved; lemmas () mmlong, 5-nerved, membranous to coriaceous, lanceo-late, dark purple, scabrous and densely hairy, apexentire, awnless or short-awned, the awn mmlong; callus sparsely hairy; paleas as long as thelemma, papillose, upper third hairy; anthers long; ovary apex glabrous. Caryopses lanceolate;hilum 1/2-3/5 as long as the grain. Leaf blade anatomy.—Cross-sections with9-15 vascular bundles and 7-14 ribs; sclerenchyma 64 Festuca in South American Paramos. Figure 28. Festuca azucarica. A. Stylized growth form. B. Habit. C. Cataphylls. D. Ligule. E. Spikelet. F. Glumes. G. Lemma with palea and rachilla. I. Leaf blade cross-section. A-I, Stancik 3377 (PRC). Festuca in South American Paramos 65
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