mm long, dense tomentose; flower urceolate, tepals 2.4 - 2.8 mm long, 1.8 - 2.2 mm wide, ovate 
or wide ovate, dense tomentose outside, dense sericeous inside, stamens of whorls I & II ca. 1.5 
mm long, filaments glabrous adaxially, glabrous abaxially or sparsely sericeous, anthers ca. 1 
mm long, glabrous ad and abaxially, sporangia four, in two pairs, introrse, stamens of whorl III 
ca. 1.5 mm long, filaments apparently glabrous ad and abaxially, anthers ca. 0.9 mm long, 
glabrous ad and abaxially, sporangia four, in two pairs, upper ones latrorse, lower ones latrorse- 
extrorse, glands 0.5 mm long, at filament base, ovate, sparsely sericeous at point of attachment 
adaxially, glabrous abaxially, staminodes 0.8 - 0.9 mm long, pedicel glabrous adaxially, sparsely 
sericeous abaxially, head 0.6 mm long, ovate acuminate in outline, glabrous ad and abaxially, 
hypanthium 0.4 - 0.3 mm deep, densely tomentose outside, (sparsely) sericeous inside, some red 
hairs present, glabrous outside and inside, pistil glabrous; ripe fruit not known. 
The single collection known for this species has old flowers and very young fruits. Thus, 
it seems that flowers should be present by June-July, and fruits should mature by the end of the 
year. Pine-oak forest is the habitat where this species grows, at an altitude of 2250 m. 
In general, vegetative morphological characters of C. glossophyllum are reminiscent in a 
way of some specimens of C. hartmanii. But leaves in C. glossophyllum are densely covered on 
upper and lower surfaces by rather persistent wavy to curly hairs, and tepals in young fruits do 
not show any sign of having an abscission line, indicating that they are persistent. Besides, tepals 
are conspicuously pubescent on their external surface in C. glossophyllum, but glabrous in C. 
hartmanii. Thus, although only one collection was at hand, there is no doubt that it represents a 
distinct entity. Leaves in the new species resemble tongues, therefore the name. 
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