4’. Hairs predominantly branched (a few simple, and/or glandular 
ones as well). Plants 0.05-0.2 m in height. 
5. Branched hairs most frequently of dendroid type, with more or 
less stiff cell walls. Sessile or subsessile flowers arranged in 
contracted cymes. Petiolate leaves with elliptic blades. Vegeta- 
tive internodes comparatively long (1.2-5.5 cm long) 
Werth a ee MG el he assy Shae 4 Waa bee AON 8 4 We 2. L. Ferreyraei 
5’. Branched hairs prevailingly of the bifurcate or trifurcate type, 
with soft walls. Flowers pedicellate arranged in lax cymes. 
Sessile leaves linear or linear-spathulate. Internodes compara- 
tively short (0.5-3 cm long). ............... 3. L. Dareyana 
3’. Short-lived tiny herbs lacking lignification, 0.05-0.3 min height, with 
two types of leaves: the basal ones forming a rosette at ground level 
(with a long petiole and a broad blade), and the cauline ones (sessile 
and with a linear blade). 
4. Calyx with a dense pubescence of branched hairs (mainly bifur- 
pated). mies DUNCLOUS cine 4e dees oe eaN wen ews 4. L. lomana 
4. Calyx with a few simple and capitate hairs. Stems glabrous 
Pree Eas Wiaipes ae haa. a0\S 0, 4/18) a cat & Gieyal ee’ eect ie-ins 9 Gud @ a a a hian'e 5. L. acutiloba 
2.’ Calyx 7-10 cleft, zygomorphic. Annuals 0.1-0.3 m. alt., lacking a rosette 
Oe AVES: 65 ins dhe Ree eee ean oe we eee be ee 6. L. albiflora 
1.’ Filaments inserted near the base of the enlarged portion of the corolla tube. 
Calyx 5-cleft, actinomorphic. Geophyte with gemmiferous roots, (11) 14-35 
(40) cm in height. only with cauline leaves. .............. 7. L. linifolia 
1. Leptoglossis schwenckioides Benth. 
(PL. 3c Peo no 
Bentham, Bot. Voy. Sulphur: 143. 1845. Peru: Huaman- 
tango. HOLOTYPE: Huamantango, Barclay s.n. (K). TOPO- 
TYPE: Quebrada de Guamantango, G. W. Barclay 2316, 10 
Jun 1938. “Shrub 3 ft. high; fl. whitish” (BM).— Bentham, in 
De Candolle Prodr. 10: 196. 1846.—Miers in Ann. Mag. Nat. 
Hist. Ser. 2, 5 (25): 35. 1850.— Miers, Ill. South Am. PI. 2: 64, 
pl. 53. 1849-1857.—D7’Arcy in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65: 
710, f. 3A. 1978. 
Salpiglossis schwenkioides (Benth.) Wettst. in Engl. u. Prantl, 
Natitirl. Pflanzenfam. 4 (3 b): 36. 1891. 
Lack of field observations make it imposible to state whether or 
not the plants are annual or perennial. Specimens with a lignified 
base may reach | m in height: on the other hand, small floriferous 
herbarium specimens (v. gr. Sagastegui et al. 7528) may measure 
scarcely 10 cm. 
