PLANTS COLLECTED IN ECUADOR 



139 



Axonopus compressus (Swartz) Beauv. Ess. Agrost. 12, 154. 1812. 



SANTIAGOZAMORA ("Oriente"): Near Mendez, 1750-2500 ft, E-906; eastern 

 slope of the cordillera (on the trail from Sevilla de Oro to Mendez), valleys and 

 cliffsides of small streams entering Rio Paute, 2-3 km west of Mendez, 1900 ft, 

 E-1467 (NY only). 



FIG. 1. Paspalum azuayense Sohns. a, plant X Y 2 ; b, spikelet, sterile lemma side; 

 c, view of the second glume; d, mature spikelet, all X 10; e, inflorescence X 1; /, junction 

 of sheath and blade, external view X 10; g, one half of ligule, inside viewX 10. (Type.) 



