Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . 2 mm Figure 30. Festuca chitagana. 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 & Carvajal 1866 (PRC). Festuca in South American Paramos. Figure 31. Festuca colombiana. 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 1889 (AAU). Festuca in South American Paramos 69 (about 1-2 cm long), coriaceo


Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . 2 mm Figure 30. Festuca chitagana. 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 & Carvajal 1866 (PRC). Festuca in South American Paramos. Figure 31. Festuca colombiana. 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 1889 (AAU). Festuca in South American Paramos 69 (about 1-2 cm long), coriaceous. Leaf sheathsmembranous to coriaceous, glabrous, stramineousto grayish, margins free; auricles absent; () mm long, coriaceous, apex truncate,short-ciliate; blades (15-)20-30(-40) cm long,() mm wide, conduplicate to involute,rigid, abaxially glabrous, green, apex acute. Pan-icles 10-20(-25) x 1-2 cm, contracted; branchesdensely short-villose. Spikelets 9-12 mm long,oblong-lanceolate, florets 4-6(-7); rachilla denselypilose; glumes () mm long, lanceolate,coriaceous, purplish, upper 1/4 scabrous, apex acute;lower glumes 3-4() mm long, 1-nerved; upperglumes () mm long, 3-nerved; lemmas()6-7() mm long, 5-nerved, lanceolate,membranous to coriaceous, purp


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