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PLANTS COLLECTED IN ECUADOR 



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Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Nees in Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy. 

 251. 1838. 



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

 scrub-chaparral, with a few seepages and small swamps along the river), £-3294. 



Eragrostis ciliaris (L.) R. Br. in Tuckey, Narr. Exp. Congo A pp. 478. 1818. 



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

 scrub-chaparral, with a few seepages and small swamps along the river), £-2950. 



Eragrostis montufari (H.B.K.) Steud. Norn. Bot. ed. 2. 1: 563. 1840. 



AZUAY: Between Rios Azogues and Gualaceo, valley of the Rio Paute, be- 

 tween Paute and Cuenca, 7200-8000 ft. (dry cliffs, rocky hillsides and occasional 

 ravines), £-2327 '. 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-3101. 



Eragrostis nigricans (H.B.K.) Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 1: 563. 1840. 

 PICHINCHA: Waste places in city of Quito, £-2745. 



Eragrostis pastoensis (H.B.K.) Trin. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI. Sci. Nat. 2 1 : 

 71. 1836. 



PICHINCHA: Waste places in city of Quito, £-2748. 



Eragrostis patula (H.B.K.) Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 1: 564. 1840. 



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

 scrub-chaparral, with a few seepages and small swamps along the river), £-2939. 

 PICHINCHA: Waste places in city of Quito, £-2747. 



Melica scabra H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1: 164. 1816. 



AZUAY: Between Rios Azogues and Gualaceo, valley of the Rio Paute, be- 

 tween Paute and Cuenca (dry cliffs, rocky hillsides and occasional ravines), 

 7200-8000 ft, E-2308. CA^AR: 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-2912, E-2916, E-2928 (collected by Giler & Prieto). 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-3104. In small, tufted colonies, 

 culms scrambling through low shrubs of chaparral. 



Ortfaoclada laxa (Rich.) Beauv. ex Nees, Agrost. Bras. 522. 1829. 



SANTIAGO-ZAMORA ("Oriente"): Near Mendez, 1750-2500 ft, lower plain of 

 Rio Upano, near Chupiantza, E-1023. 



Uniola condensata Hitchc. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 24: 345. 1927. 



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

 scrub-chaparral, with a few seepages and small swamps along the river), £-2965. 



Agropyron attenuatum (H.B.K.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 2: 751. 1817. 



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-2917 (collected 

 by Giler & Prieto; NY only). 



Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. Syn. PI. 1: 85. 1805. 



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-2937, 



Chloris radiata (L.) Swartz, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 26. 1788. 



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

 scrub-chaparral, with a few seepages and small swamps along the river), £-2938. 

 SANTIAGO-ZAMORA ("Oriente"): Near Mendez, 1750-2500 ft, £-862. 



