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(Last Modified On 10/16/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/16/2012)
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Savannas at low altitudes, Panama.
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Specimen
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COCLE: Nata, Allen 839. PANAMA: Chepo, Pittier 45I6, 4687, 475I (TYPE).
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MESOSETUM PITTIERI
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Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 40:85. 1927.
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Description
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Annual; culms spreading, 10-30 cm. long; nodes hispidulous; blades flat, distantly setulose on the thick- ened margin, sparingly pilose near the base, 2-5 cm. long, 3-4 mm. wide; raceme 2-4 cm. long; spikelets about 5 mm. long; first glume a little short- er than the equal second glume and sterile lemma, laterally compressed, narrowed to the middle and then wid- ened to a rounded crest-like tip, pilose on the lower part of the keel; second glume laterally compressed above, nar- rowed to a crest-like acute tip, pilose at the base, sparingly villous on the lower half of the back, 5-nerved, cross-ridged toward the apex; sterile lemma similar to the second glume, the crested tip less acute; fertile lemma acute, shorter than the second glume.
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