venis lateralibus sex ad novem, leviter arcuatis, minoribus 
subparallis et obscure reticulatis; petioli in vivo sulcati 
ut videtur, 6-10 mm. longi. Inflorescentiae racemosae, 
axillares, brevissimae, usque ad octoflorae, rhachide mi- 
nute ferrugineo-tomentosa, bracteis caducis, minutis, 
linguiformibus, 2 mm. longis. Flores (specimine viso) 
15 mm. longi, pedicello 5 mm. longo; calyx cupulifor- 
mis, coriaceus, margine truncatus, minutissime quinque- 
denticulatus, extus asper, valde minutissime stellato- 
tomentosus, 5 mm. altus, 4mm. latus, margine obscure 
subundulato; corolla quinquepartita, tubo 8 mm. longo, 
quam lobi multo breviore, lobis in aestivatione valvatis ut 
videtur, vivo recurvis, membranaceis, apice utrinque den- 
sissime albo-stellato-tomentosis, apice paulo subeuspida- 
tis, leviter marginatis, 18 mm. longis, 2.5 mm. latis; 
stamina decem, filamentis parte libera aliquid planis corol- 
lae tubo conniventibus et pilis fasciculatis albis grossius- 
cule atque dense obstita; antherae 7 mm. longae, 0.7 mm. 
latae, dorsaliter glabrae, ventraliter thecas versus albo- 
pilosae; ovarium superum, pyriforme, dense albo-tomen- 
tosum, 2 mm. in diametro; stylus stamina longitudine 
aequans. Fructus maturitate cinereo-viridis, quadrangu- 
lari-ovoideus, 8-10 mm. longus, 4-5 mm. in diametro, 
minute aspero-tomentellus, apice truncatus, breviter mu- 
cronatus, calyce persistenti; semen unum, interdum duo 
(2), rufo-brunneum, glabrum, oblongo-ovoideum, 7 mm. 
longum, 4 mm. in diametro. 
Cotompra: Comisaria del Vaupés, Macaya-Ajaju River confluence, 
Mount Chiribiquete. Quartzite base. Summit 800-1200 feet above 
forest floor; 1700-2100 feet above sea-level. *‘Low shrub. Flowers: 
petals white, recurved, anthers yellow. Fruit cupped, green.’’ May 
15-16, 1943, Richard Evans Schultes 5468 (Typrr in U.S. Nat. Herb. ; 
Dupuicate type in Herb. Nac. Colomb. ). 
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