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another at lower elevations (7000-9000 ft) which is very coarse, with culms to 5 

 cm in diameter, called "Urcu-Suru." E-4247. CANAR: Uplands called "Huaira- 

 caja," 10-20 km northeast of Azogues, 11,000 ft., E-1778, E-1824. 



Chusquea serrulata Pilger, Bot. Jahrb. 25: 719. 1898. 



AZUAY: Ridge between El Pan and Guachapala, 7500-9800 ft, E-5259. Large 

 clumps to 6 m high, stems arching. "Sum," 



Chusquea sp. affinis C. spadicea Pilger, Bot. Jahrb. 27: 35. 1899. 



AZUAY: The eastern cordillera, 4-6 km north of the village of Se villa de Oro, 

 9000-10,000 ft, E-4764. Large spreading plants in colonies; stems solid, arching, 

 to 8 m. This, and series of very similar colonies in vicinity, stood out from the 

 general "Sum" population because of marked difference in glume color. 



Neurolepis acuminatissima (Munro) Pilger in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 

 Erganz. 2: 21. 1906. 



AZUAY- ft ORIENTE" border: Paramo del Castillo and surrounding forested 

 areas (crest of the eastern cordillera on the trail between Sevilla de Oro and 

 Mendez), 11,000-11,300 ft, E-4883. "Nacran." Used for thatching. AZUAY: 

 Paramo and sub-paramo area north and northwest of the Paramo del Castillo (ca. 

 6-8 km n-ne of Sevilla de Oro), 10,000-11,200 ft, E-5142. 



Camp E-3393 represents a species of a new genus of bamboos being described 

 by Dr. F. A. McClure. 



Bromus haenkeanus (Presl) Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1: Suppl. XXXII. 1830; Enum. PL 

 1: 416. 1833. 



CANAR: Dry chaparral scrub and paramo, with occasional moist valleys, near 

 El Tambo (ca. 69 km by RR south of Sibambe), 9500- 10,000 ft, E-2922 (collected 

 by Giler & Prieto). PICHINCHA: Waste places in city of Quito, E-1750. 



Bromus^ pitensis H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1: 152. 1815. 



CANAR: Near the village of San Marcos (5-8 km northeast of Azogues), Par- 

 roquia Luis Cordero, E-2499 (collected by Prieto). "Alco-micuna:" Alco — dog; 

 micuna — to chew or eat. Dogs seem to chew this grass when sick. 



Festuca eminens Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1: 132. 1829. 



CHIMBORAZO: Canon of the Rio Chanchan, about 5 km north of Huigra, 5000- 

 6500 ft (moist forested valleys in the afternoon fogbelt), E-3327 , 



Festuca megalura Nutt. Jour. Acad. Phila. II. 1: 188. 1848. 



CANAR: Dry chaparral scrub and paramo, with occasional moist valleys, near 

 El Tambo (ca. 69 km by RR south of Sibambe), 9500-10,000 ft, E-2908 (collected 

 by Giler & Prieto). 



Poa annua L. Sp. PI. 68. 1753. 



PICHINCHA: Waste places in city of Quito, E-1742. 



Gynerium sagittatum (Aubl.) Beauv, Ess. Agrost. 138, 153. pi* 24, /. 6. 1812. 



CHIMBORAZO: Canon of the Rio Chanchan near Huigra, 4000-4500 ft, (mostly 

 scrub-chaparral, with a few seepages and small swamps along the river), E-3171. 

 NAPO-PASTAZA ("Oriente"): Valley of the Rio Pastaza and adjacent uplands, 

 between Banos and Mera, . 3500-5000 ft, common in flood plain of river and in 

 seepages along sides, E-2386. 



Cortaderia rudiuscula Stapf, Gard. Chron. III. 22: 396. 1897. 



AZUAY: Along the Rio Cumbe (25-30 km south of Cuenca), 9300-10,000 ft, 

 E-2210. Coarse clumps on steep slopes. Flowering culms to 2.5 m. "Zigzal" or 

 "Sigsig"? 



