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62 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 28
57198), which is related to one originally described from Chile and
Argentina, and more recently collected in Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia.
Remaining species of Lagenophora, Oreobolus, and some species
of i ncinia are encountered in Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania,
the Sandwich Islands, Borneo, New Guinea, and (or) the
Hawaiian Islands. Such distributions reveal ancient geological
connections, and indicate that these isolated paramo-inhabiting
FIGURE 7
A, Carex roraimensis. Achene (X 6); B, Carex roraimensis. Perigynium,
ventral view (X 7); C, Carex roraimensis. Perigynium, dorsal
view (X 7); D, Carex culmenicola. Achene (X 9); E, Carex culmenicola.
Perigynium (X 7); F, Carex culmenicola. Pistillate scale (X 5);
G, Carex culmenicola. Pistillate scale (X 5); H, Carex turumiquirensis.
Achene (X 7); I, Carex turumiquirensis. Perigynium, ventral
view (X 7); J, Carex turumiquirensis. Perigynium, dorsal view (X 7);
K, Uncinia meridensis. Perigynium (X 7); L, i ncinia meridensis.
Achene with perigynium removed (X 7); M, i ncinia meridensis.
Pistillate scale (X 4).