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
Discussion:
The cited specimens represent another species of Disterigma with a lax habit, leaves comparatively spaced on the branchlets, and subsessile solitary flowers. They closely resemble the preceding new species (D. micranthum) in foliage, but the calyx-lobes are comparatively elongate (about 2 mm. long) and hispidulousciliolate on the margins; the leaves also are persistently ciliolate-margined. Although I feel certain that these two collections represent an undescribed species, in the absence of corollas I think it best to await more complete material.
The cited specimens represent another species of Disterigma with a lax habit, leaves comparatively spaced on the branchlets, and subsessile solitary flowers. They closely resemble the preceding new species (D. micranthum) in foliage, but the calyx-lobes are comparatively elongate (about 2 mm. long) and hispidulousciliolate on the margins; the leaves also are persistently ciliolate-margined. Although I feel certain that these two collections represent an undescribed species, in the absence of corollas I think it best to await more complete material.