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PLANTS COLLECTED IN ECUADOR 



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E-3067; open deforested slope with small patches of scrub in the draws, directly 

 above the village of Huigra, 5000-7000 ft, E-3471. SANTIAGO-ZAMORA ("Ori- 

 ente"): Near Mendez, 1750-2500 ft, E-860, E-907. 



Paspalum penicillatum Hook. f. Trans. Linn. Soc. 20: 171. 1847. 



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-2910 (pro parte; 

 collected by Giler & Prieto). 



Paspalum prostratum Scribn. & Merr. U. S. Dep. Agr. Div. Agrost. Bull. 24: 9. 

 1901. 



CANAR: In cultivated fields along Rio Milchichic, about 5 km north of Cuenca, 

 8200-8900 ft, E-2724 (collected by Prieto), "Achin"; 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-2910 (pro parte; collected by Giler & Prieto). 



Paspalum racemosum Lam. Tabl. Encyc. 1: 176. 1791. 



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-2968. 



Paspalum scabrum Scribn. U. S. Dep. Agr. Div. Agrost. Eull. 4: 36. pi 3. 1897. 



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

 Oro, 7000-8300 ft, E-5217. 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-3212, In areas under shrubs, scrambling by means of 

 minute reflexed barbs on sheaths and blades to height of 2.5 m. 



Paspalum sodiroanum Hack. Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschr. 51: 237. 1901. 



PICHENCHA (western slope of the cordillera): Cerro Coraz&n, on steep bank, 

 E-1651 (NY only). 



Panicum maximum Jacq. Coll. Bot. 1: 76. 1786, 



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-3165, 



Panicum polygonatum Schrad. in Schult. Want. 2: 256. 1824. 



SANTIAGO-ZAMORA ("Oriente"): Near Mendez, 1750-2500 ft, E-865. 



Panicum pulchellum Raddi, Agrost. Bras. 42. 1823. 



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

 the western cordillera near the village of Bucay, 1000-1250 ft, E-3819. 



Panicum trichoides Swartz, Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 24. 1788. 



SANTIAGO-ZAMORA ("Oriente"): Lower plain of RloUpano, near Chupiantza, 

 1750-2500 ft, E-1021. 



Ichnanthus nemorosus (Swartz) Doell in Mart. Fl. Bras. 2 2 : 289. 1877. 



SANTIAGO-ZAMORA ("Oriente"): Ridge ascending into central Cutucu, 4200 

 ft, ca. 2° 40' S, 78° W, E-1113. 



This is a new record for the species in Ecuador. 



Lasiacis scabrior Hitchc. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 40: 85. 1927. 



SANTIAGO-ZAMORA ("Oriente"): Ridge ascending into central Cutucu, Cor- 

 dillera Cutucu, ca. 2° 40' S, 78° W, 2800 ft, E-1119 (collected by H. Jorgenson). 



Lasiacis sorghoidea (Desv.) Hitchc. & Chase,- Contr. U, S. Nat. Herb. 18: 338. 

 1917. 



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-3039. 

 SANTIAGO-ZAMORA ("Oriente"): Near Mendez, 1750-2500 ft, E-911. 



