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and Chupianza (on the trail from Sevilla de Oro to Mendez), 2-3 km west of 

 Mendez, 1900 ft, E-1472. 



Heteropogon contortus (L.) Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg. 2: 836. 1817. 



AZUAY: Above the Rio Leon at 6500 ft on very dry bank, E-277. CHIMBO 

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

 chaparral, with a few seepages and small swamps along the river), E-3207. 



Heteropogon melanocarpus (Ell.) Benth, Jour. Linn. Soc. Bot. 19: 71. 1881. 



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-3206. 



Andropogon altus Hitchc. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 17: 208. 1913. 



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-3099, 



Andropogon barbinodis Lag. Gen. & Sp. Nov. 3. 1816. 



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

 roquia Luis Cordero, E-2507 (collected by Prieto). "This grass [is] not much 

 eaten by the animals because it is sharp-flavored like red pepper." 



Andropogon bicornis L. Sp. PI. 1046. 1753. 



SANTIAGO-ZAMORA ("Oriente"): Above Rio Upano, near junction with Rk> 

 Paute, near Mendez, 1750-2500 ft, E-967. 



Andropogon cirratus Hack. Flora 68: 119. 1885. 



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

 scrub-chaparral, with a few seepages and small swamps along the river), £-303 1. 



Andropogon condensatus var. panic ulatus (Kunth) Hack, in DC. Monogr. Phan. 6: 

 388. 1889. 



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

 Oro, 7000-8300 ft, in dense clumps on open slope, £-4997. LE&N: Area north of 

 Latacunga, 11,000 ft, common in paramo, E-2361. 



Andropogon condylotrichus Hochst. ex Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1: 377. 1854. 



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-3247. 

 New to Ecuador. 



Andropogon hirtiflorus (Nees) Kunth, Rev. Gram. 1: Suppl. XXXIX. 1830. 



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

 (dry cliffs, rocky hillsides, and occasional ravines), E-1789, E-2298. CANAR: 

 Near the village of San Marcos, (5-8 km northeast of Azogues), Parroquia Luis 

 Cordero, E-2518 (collected by Prieto). Good forage and frequent in drier pastures. 



Andropogon campii Swallen, sp. nov. 



Perennis; culmi erecti, 65-80 cm alti, nodis dense barbatis; vaginae cari- 

 natae, collo longe et dense pilosae; laminae usque ad 22 cm longae, 5—9 mm 

 latae, attenuatae, glabrae vel sparse pilosae; panic ula 8-12 cm longa, ramis 

 solitariis, basi nudis, 1-3 racemis 2-5 cm longis; spicula sessilis 5 mm longa; 

 gluma prima marginibus sparse pilosa, apice scabra paulo carinata; lemma fer- 

 tile angustum, aristatum, arista terminali 15-18 mm longa, geniculata, infra genic- 

 ulam contorta; spicula pedicellata spiculam sessilem aequans, exaristata. 



Perennial; culms erect, 65-80 cm high, glabrous, the nodes densely bearded 

 with ascending hairs, a ring of glands below the nodes; sheaths longer than the 

 internodes, somewhat keeled, glabrous to sparsely pilose, the collar usually 

 densely bearded with long spreading hairs; ligule membranaceous, about 2 mm 



