Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . plicate to involute, somewhat rigid,green, glaucous, abaxially glabrous, apex obtuse. Panicles 6-12 x ca. cm, contracted, with fewscabrous branches, each with a few 8-10 mm long, lanceolate, florets 2 or 3;rachilla glabrous; glumes 3^.2 mm long, keeledon back, membranous, dark purple, glabrous orupper 1/4 sparsely papillose, apex obtuse; lowerglumes mm long, oblong, 1-nerved; upperglumes mm long, ovate, 3-nerved; lem-mas (-7) mm long, lanceolate, 5-nerved,membranous to coriaceous, dark purple, up
Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . plicate to involute, somewhat rigid,green, glaucous, abaxially glabrous, apex obtuse. Panicles 6-12 x ca. cm, contracted, with fewscabrous branches, each with a few 8-10 mm long, lanceolate, florets 2 or 3;rachilla glabrous; glumes 3^.2 mm long, keeledon back, membranous, dark purple, glabrous orupper 1/4 sparsely papillose, apex obtuse; lowerglumes mm long, oblong, 1-nerved; upperglumes mm long, ovate, 3-nerved; lem-mas (-7) mm long, lanceolate, 5-nerved,membranous to coriaceous, dark purple, upper1/4 scabrous, awned, the awn mm long;callus glabrous; paleas shorter than the lemma,lanceolate, membranous, upper 1/4 and along keelsdensely scabrous to pilose; lodicules ovate, mark-edly bilobed; anthers mm long; ovary apexglabrous. Caryopses not observed. Leaf blade anatomy.—Cross-sections with5-7 vascular bundles and 3-5 ribs above; scle-renchyma under abaxial epidermis discontinuous,in small fascicles, adaxial sclerenchyma absent;. -85 -80 -75 -70 -65 -60 Figure 57. Distribution of Festuca huamachucensis (•), F. imbaburensis (A), F nereidaensis (?), and F. sanctae-martae (#). 116 Festuca in South American Paramos
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