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Fig. 5. Microchirita hemratii C.Puglisi. A. Front view of flower. B. Side view of the flower. All 
from Middleton, D.J. et al. 5775. Microchirita huppatatensis C.Puglisi. C. Detail of the flower. 
D. Habit. All from Middleton, D.J. et al. 5689. (Photos: P. Karaket) 
dorsally, 10-14 mm ventrally, c. 10 mm laterally between lips, upper lobes elliptic, 
3-3.5 x 3.5^1 mm, lower lateral lobes elliptic, 5-6 x 4-5 mm, lower central lobe 
rounded, 6-8 x 5-8 mm. Stamens arising 4-6 mm above the corolla base, filaments 
yellow, minutely glandular, 1-1.5 mm long, with a thicker base and two geniculations; 
anthers yellow, connective white, with a small patch of short hairs dorsally, 1.5-2 x 
1.2-1.5 mm, held at a right angle, apically joined by a connective, thecae parallel; all 
three staminodes much reduced, less than 0.5 mm long, arising 5-6 mm above the 
corolla base. Disk an annular ring, slightly lobed, 1-1.3 mm high, whitish at base and 
darker along the edge. Pistil c. 5 mm long; ovary 2.5-3.5 mm long, glabrous in the 
basal 2/3, apically eglandular hairy; style 0.5-0.7 mm, glabrous; stigma with lobes 
0.5-0.7 mm long, 0.4-0.6 mm wide, elliptic. Immature fruit pale green, c. 1.5 cm long, 
2-3 mm diam., pubescent throughout its length, straight. Seeds not seen. 
