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Aristida adscensionis L. Sp. PI. 82. 1753. 



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-3246. 



Aristida laxa Cav. Ic. PI. 5: 44. pi. 470. f. 1. 1799. 



AZUAY: Valley of the Rio Paute, between Paute and Cuenca, 7200-8000 ft 

 (dry cliffs, rocky hillsides and occasional ravines), E-2314* 



Anthoxanthum odoratum L. Sp. PI. 28. 1753. 



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

 E-2205. CANAR: Uplands called "Huairaca ja," 10-20 km northeast of Azogues, 

 10,000-11,000 ft, £-2795. 



Phalaris angusta Nees ex Trin. Gram. Ic. 1: pi. 78. 1827. 



AZUAY: Quebradas leading into the Rio Collay, 3-8 km north of Sevilla de 

 Oro, 7000-8300 ft, E-5218. New to Ecuador. 



Pharus latifolius L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10c 2: 1269. 1759. 



SANTIAGO-ZAMORA ("Oriente"): Cordillera Cutucu, opposite Chupiantza, 

 ca. 2° 40' S, 78° W, 2000-2300 ft, E-1040 (NY only). 



Pariana simulans Tutin, Jour. Linn. Soc. Dot. 50: 357. pi. 10. f. 22. 1936. 



SANTIAGO-ZAMORA (" Oriente"): Cordillera Cutucu, benches and slopes, 

 western side of Cutucu, ca. 2° 40' S, 78° W, 2000-2500 ft, E-1067 (NY only). 



This species is new to Ecuador. Previously, it was known only from Panama 

 (H. Pittier 4075, type), and Colombia. 



Olyra cordifolia H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 1: 198. 1816. 



Junction of GUAYAS, CANAR, CHIMBORAZO and BOLIVAR: Foothills of the 

 western Cordillera near the village of Bucay, 1000-1250 ft, E'3644. 



Olyra latifolia L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 1261. 1759. 



SANTIAGO-ZAMORA ("Oriente "): Valley of the Rio Upano, from the Rio 

 Paute north ca. 17 km to the Chupiangas, uplands above the Upano, 1950-2200 ft, 

 E-1438; low hills west of Rio Upano, along Rio Chupiangas, 2500-3200 ft, Prieto 

 CtiuP-12. Plant coarse, stem hollow. 



Digitaria aequatoriensis (Hitchc.) Henr. Med. Rijks Herb. Leiden 61: 5. 1930. 



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

 scrub-chaparral, with a few seepages and small swamps along the river), £-3050. 



Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. Fl. Carn. ed. 2. 1: 52. 1772. 



Junction of GUAYAS, CANAR, CHIMBORAZO and BOLIVAR: Foothills of 

 the western Cordillera near the village of Bucay, 1000-1250 ft, E-3818. 



Pseudechinolaena polystachya (H.B.K.) Stapf in Prain, Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 495. 

 1919. 



SANTIAGO-ZAMORA ("Oriente"): Valley of the Rio Upano, from the Rio 

 Paute north ca. 17 km to the Chupiangas, uplands above the Upano, 1950-2200 ft, 

 E-1436. 



Eriochloa weberbaueri Mez, Bot. Jahrb. 56. (Beibl. 125): 11. 1921. 



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), E-2346. 



This is the first collection of this species in Ecuador. The type was collected 

 by Weberbauer in 1904 in Santa Cruz, Dept. Cajamarca, Peru (no. 4135). 



