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and ^[[insertion]] an [[/insertion]] enormous umbel much like Eryngium of Illinois wet prairies, Erianthus [[margin, vertical line in blue pencil]] etc, was high as my head and [[underlined]] very [[/underlined]] dense. The water was from an inch or so deep to at least 3 feet, for I went in once to my hips [[/margin, blue pencil]] - I [[underlined]] couldn't [[/underlined]] see where I was going. The best find [[margin, vertical line in blue pencil]] resulting was [[underlined]] Panicum caaguense [[/underlined]] Heur. [[underlined]] undoubtedly, [[/underlined]] [[insertion]] and [[/insertion]] new for Brasil, [[/margin, blue pencil]] and only collection other than type, so far as known. I think I told you a dupl type of that was in Delersert herb. and it was quite

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[[insertion]] Feb 24, 1930 [[/insertion]]

different from species under that name in Grasses of Andes. My find was tangled in a hummock of grasses and sedges, exceedingly difficult to get out, with its very slender culm. I only found 3 specimens - all one plant. I found a Chaetochloa [[insertion, in blue pencil]] hassleri [[/insertion]] 2 meters or more tall which I recall in herb, but do not remember name of. We have it from Argentina. A Syntherisnia [[insertion, in blue pencil]] balansae [[/insertion]] as tall as I am with tiny spikelets I don't know at all, an 

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culm = stem of a young grass