Vol. 8, No. 1 MEMOIRS OF THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN March 26, 1952 



PLANTS COLLECTED IN ECUADOR BY W. H. CAMP. 

 XYRIDACEAE 



Lyman B. Smith and Jesus M. Idrobo 



Xyris acutifolia (Heimerl) Malme. 



Plants in tufts in mossy swamp, all flower parts bright yellow, bracts deep 

 chestnut brown, small mass of crisp pubescence, yellow, in flower (pubescence of 

 staminodes); F. Prieto P-306. 



Xyris subulata R. & P. 



Azuay-"Oriente M border; plants tufted, flowers yellow; in swamp, Eastern 

 Cordillera, between Ona and the Rio Yacuambi, 8,000-9,500 ft., F. Prieto P-225. 



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