usque ad 80 cm. longae. Caules basi sublignosi, 5 mm. in 
diametro, dichotome ramificati. Rami inaequales, rubi- 
cundulo-setosi et cano-malpighiaceo-pilosi. Internodia 
0.5-1 mm. longa, quam folia breviora. Folia discoloria, 
lineari-lanceolata (15-80X4.5-8 mm.), sessilia vel sub- 
sessilia, petiolo crasso, uninervia, subtus cum pilis mal- 
pighiaceis et nervo conspicuo, supra leviter strigosa cum 
nervo aliquid impresso, apice acuta vel obtusa. Flores 
alterni vel rarenter decussati, inter folia. Pedunculi intra- 
petiolares, 4mm. longi, tenues, pubescentes, apicem ver- 
sus bibracteolati. Bracteolae crassae, parvae (circiter 0.5 
mm. longae), suborbiculares, rubicundulae. Calyx atro- 
violaceus, a fauce longitudinis 4 constrictus, fauce am- 
pliata, viscido-setulosus (setis violaceis) atque cum pilis 
canis malpighiaceisque, caleare obliquo subacutoque; 
lobulis pubescentibus, inter sepala appendicibus subula- 
tis, setosis, quam lobulis aliquid minoribus; intus ubique 
minute pubescens et parte superiore sub staminibus 
lanato-pubescens. Petala sex, violacea, obovato-cuneata 
(4.5-7X2.5-3.5 mm.), obtusa. Stamina 11: duo dorsalia 
brevissima, alia majora (sed calycem non excedentia), 
horum tria glabra, cetera pilosa. Discus carnosus, crassus, 
reflexus, obtusus. Ovarium asymmetrico-semiovoideum, 
plusminusve 5 mm. longum, breviter pubescens, in sty- 
lum inclusum attenuatum, plusminusve pilosum. Stigma 
subeapitatum, papillosum. Ovula 12-15. Semen casta- 
neum, complanato-suborbiculare (circiter 1.5 mm. statu 
immaturo), minute foveolatum. 
The specific epithet philombria is derived from the 
Greek meaning “‘lover of rain’’ and refers to the high 
rain-forest habitat where the plant grows abundantly 
along fast-running rills. 
CotomBia: Intendencia del Meta, Cordillera La Macarena, Macizo 
Renjifo. Alt. 1,300-1,900 m. ‘‘On rocky banks at river’s edge, roots 
imbedded in moss; in shaded, damp areas.’* January 20, 1951, Jesus 
M. Idrobo & Richard Evans Schultes 1062 (Tyrr in Herb. Gray ).—Same 
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