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64 FIELDIANA: BOTANY, VOLUME 28
Type in herb. Chi. Nat. Hist. Mus., collected on margin of alpine
lake at El Aguila, above Paramo de Mucuchies, state of Merida, alt.
4025 m., July 6, 1944, Julian A. Steyermark 57040. Also collected
near upper limit of paramo, around small lake, between Chachopo
and Los Apartaderos, near El Aguila, state of Merida, alt. 3930 m.,
April 16, 1944, Steyermark 55875a. Also collected on limestone
outcrops of Paramo de Tama, near Colombian-Venezuelan boundary,
FIGURE 8
A, Vesicarex collumanthus. Pistillate scale (X 6); B, Vesicarex
collumanthus. Perigynium (X 5); C, Vesicarex collumanthus.
Achene (X 9); D, Vesicarex collumanthus. Pistillate flower (X 13);
E, Vesicarex collumanthus. Appendage at summit of perigynium
(X 30); F, Vesicarex collumanthus. Leaf with ligule and sheath
(X 1.5); G, Carex larensis. Perigynium (X 9); H, Carex larensis.
Achene (X 9); I, Carex tachirensis. Tip of leaf (highly magnified).
J, Carex tachirensis. Margin of leaf (highly magnified; K, Carex
tachirensis. Pistillate scale (X 8); L, Carex tachirensis; Perigynium
(X 8), M, Carex tachirensis. Achene (X 8);