Monographs Details:
Authority:
Smith, Albert C. 1952. Plants collected in Ecuador by W. H. camp. Vaceiniaceae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8 (1): 41-85.
Smith, Albert C. 1952. Plants collected in Ecuador by W. H. camp. Vaceiniaceae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8 (1): 41-85.
Family:
Ericaceae
Ericaceae
Description:
Latin Diagnosis - Frutex interdum epiphyticus et scandens, ramulis teretibus primo pilis albidis 0.3-0.5 mm longis villoso-puberulis mox glabratis; stipulis intrapetiolaribus e basi incrassato subulatis 2-4 mm. longis; petiolis rugulosis crassis 2-5 mm longis mox glabratis; laminis siccitate fuscis subcoriaceis lanceolato- vel obiongoovatis, 2.5-4.5 cm longis, 1-3 cm. latis, basi rotundatis vel leviter cordatis, apice obtusis vel subacutis, margine valde recurvatis, utrinque primo pallide puberulis etiam parce glanduloso-strigillosis mox glabrescentibus, pinnatinerviis, costa supra plana vel leviter impressa subtus elevata, nervis lateralibus principalibus utrinsecus 2 vel 3 basim versus orientibus curvatis utrinque elevatis vel inconspicuis, rete venularum subimmerso; inflorescentiis axillaribus breviter racemosis 2-4-floris, rhachi angulata 4-6 mm longa pilis 0.2-0.3 mm longis albido-puberula, bracteis sub floribus deltoideis 1.5-3 mm longis acutis extus puberulis; pedicellis sub anthesi 10-16 mm longis parce villosis basim versus bibracteolatis, bracteolis bracteis similibus, articulatione manifesto; calyce sub anthesi 10-12 mm longo et apice diametro, tubo circiter 5 mm longo albido-villoso valde 5-angulato, limbo papyraceo suberecto ad basim 5-lobato extus parce villoso intus glabro utrinque inconspicue luteo-glanduloso, lobis ovato-deltoideis acuminatis 5-7 mm longis 4-6 mm latis, sinibus acutis; disco carnoso cupuliformi glabro; corolla carnosa 5-angulata, sub anthesi 37-45 mm longa et inferne circiter 10 mm diametro superne angustata, ut calyce albido-villosa, lobis 5 elongato-deltoideis subacutis; staminibus 10 corollam fere aequantibus, filamentis inter se liberis submembranaceis ligulatis 3-4 mm longis glabris, connectivo superne gradatim angustato, antheris 30-42 mm longis, thecis 11-12 mm longis basi subacutis, tubulis gracillimis quam thecis longioribus per poros obliquos circiter 0.5 mm longos dehiscentibus; stylo filiformi longitudine corollam subaequante, stigmate truncato.
Species Description - (stiff shrub 3 m. high; leaves dull on both surfaces; calyx conspicuously fluted; corolla carnose, deeply grooved, red, apically tinged with yellow). (climbing epiphyte in sotobosque; flowers pendulous; calyx angled; corolla angled, pale crimson, the tip greenish yellow).
Latin Diagnosis - Frutex interdum epiphyticus et scandens, ramulis teretibus primo pilis albidis 0.3-0.5 mm longis villoso-puberulis mox glabratis; stipulis intrapetiolaribus e basi incrassato subulatis 2-4 mm. longis; petiolis rugulosis crassis 2-5 mm longis mox glabratis; laminis siccitate fuscis subcoriaceis lanceolato- vel obiongoovatis, 2.5-4.5 cm longis, 1-3 cm. latis, basi rotundatis vel leviter cordatis, apice obtusis vel subacutis, margine valde recurvatis, utrinque primo pallide puberulis etiam parce glanduloso-strigillosis mox glabrescentibus, pinnatinerviis, costa supra plana vel leviter impressa subtus elevata, nervis lateralibus principalibus utrinsecus 2 vel 3 basim versus orientibus curvatis utrinque elevatis vel inconspicuis, rete venularum subimmerso; inflorescentiis axillaribus breviter racemosis 2-4-floris, rhachi angulata 4-6 mm longa pilis 0.2-0.3 mm longis albido-puberula, bracteis sub floribus deltoideis 1.5-3 mm longis acutis extus puberulis; pedicellis sub anthesi 10-16 mm longis parce villosis basim versus bibracteolatis, bracteolis bracteis similibus, articulatione manifesto; calyce sub anthesi 10-12 mm longo et apice diametro, tubo circiter 5 mm longo albido-villoso valde 5-angulato, limbo papyraceo suberecto ad basim 5-lobato extus parce villoso intus glabro utrinque inconspicue luteo-glanduloso, lobis ovato-deltoideis acuminatis 5-7 mm longis 4-6 mm latis, sinibus acutis; disco carnoso cupuliformi glabro; corolla carnosa 5-angulata, sub anthesi 37-45 mm longa et inferne circiter 10 mm diametro superne angustata, ut calyce albido-villosa, lobis 5 elongato-deltoideis subacutis; staminibus 10 corollam fere aequantibus, filamentis inter se liberis submembranaceis ligulatis 3-4 mm longis glabris, connectivo superne gradatim angustato, antheris 30-42 mm longis, thecis 11-12 mm longis basi subacutis, tubulis gracillimis quam thecis longioribus per poros obliquos circiter 0.5 mm longos dehiscentibus; stylo filiformi longitudine corollam subaequante, stigmate truncato.
Species Description - (stiff shrub 3 m. high; leaves dull on both surfaces; calyx conspicuously fluted; corolla carnose, deeply grooved, red, apically tinged with yellow). (climbing epiphyte in sotobosque; flowers pendulous; calyx angled; corolla angled, pale crimson, the tip greenish yellow).
Discussion:
The two cited specimens agree very closely in fundamental details, but no. 134 has somewhat the narrower leaves and the larger flowers. The floral dimensions are probably a matter of age; in the description the larger dimensions are probably to be taken as representative of the floral measurements at anthesis.
The new species superficially resembles C. nubigenum, differing, as noted in my key, in its villose flowers, its angled calyx-tube and corolla, the absence of marginal calycine glands, its free filaments, and the differently proportioned antherthecae and -tubules.
Distribution:
Ecuador South America|
Ecuador South America|