Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . lemma,scabrous on margins and keels; lodicules lanceolate,acuminate; anthers mm long; ovary apex Small tussocked perennials with intravaginalinnovations. Culms 20-25 cm tall, erect, finely sca-brous; nodes 1, basal. Leaf sheaths membranous tocoriaceous, stramineous, glabrous, inconspicuouslystriate; auricles absent; ligules 4-5 mm long, mem-branous, apex acute, ciliate; blades 10-15 cm long, mm wide, conduplicate to involute, abaxi-ally scrabrous, olive-green, only 2 or 3 per culm,apex acute. Panicles 5-8 x 1-2 cm, contract
Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . lemma,scabrous on margins and keels; lodicules lanceolate,acuminate; anthers mm long; ovary apex Small tussocked perennials with intravaginalinnovations. Culms 20-25 cm tall, erect, finely sca-brous; nodes 1, basal. Leaf sheaths membranous tocoriaceous, stramineous, glabrous, inconspicuouslystriate; auricles absent; ligules 4-5 mm long, mem-branous, apex acute, ciliate; blades 10-15 cm long, mm wide, conduplicate to involute, abaxi-ally scrabrous, olive-green, only 2 or 3 per culm,apex acute. Panicles 5-8 x 1-2 cm, contracted,dense, lanceolate, branches scabrous. Spikelets cm long, obovate, florets 5-7; rachilla denselyhairy; glumes mm long, membranous,lanceolate, margins dentate, apex acute; lowerglumes mm long, 1-nerved; upper glumes10-13 mm long, 3-nerved; lemmas 17-20 mm long,5-nerved, lanceolate, membranous, upper 1/2 andmargins scabrous, apex shortly two-dentate andawned, the awn 5-7 mm long; callus glabrous; Festuca in South American Paramos 49. 1 mm Figure 19. Festuca venezuelana. A. Stylized growth form. B. Habit. C. Inflorescence. D. Ligule. E. Spikelet. F. Glumes. G. Lemma with palea and rachilla. I. Leaf blade cross-section. A-I, Stancik 4263 (PRC). 50 Festuca in South American Paramos
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