Monographs Details:
Authority:
Maguire, Bassett. 1978. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part X. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 29: 1-288.
Maguire, Bassett. 1978. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part X. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 29: 1-288.
Family:
Ericaceae
Ericaceae
Description:
Latin Diagnosis - Frutex 0.3-1 m altus; ramis tenuibus, glabris. Folia imbricata, conferta; laminis hneari- vel oblongo-ellipticis vel lanceolatis, glabris vel subtiliter puberulentibus, obtusis, vulgo 2-3.5 mm longis, 0.8-1 mm latis, marginibus 6-14 sessilibus subglobularibus glandulis instructis, dorsali anguste canaliculatis; petiolo ca 0.5 mm longo, subtiliter albo-ciliato. Flores 1-6 ad ramorum apices congesti; pedicellis 4-6.5 mm longis vel floribus sessilibus, puberulentibus et plerumque stipitatoglandulosis; sepalis 5-6, lineari-lanceolatis, 3-4 mm longis, 0.8-1.7 mm latis, apice rotundatis, in laminis ciliatis, marginibus subsessilibus vel brevi-stipitatus glanduhs instructis; petahs 5-6, ligulatis vel hneari-oblongis, apice rotundatis, luteis, 5-9 mm longis, 2-3.5 mm latis; staminibus 5-8, filamentis ca 4-5 mm longis, antheris ca 1-2 mm longis, oblongis; ovario 2 mm longo, stylo ca 3 mm longo.
Latin Diagnosis - Frutex 0.3-1 m altus; ramis tenuibus, glabris. Folia imbricata, conferta; laminis hneari- vel oblongo-ellipticis vel lanceolatis, glabris vel subtiliter puberulentibus, obtusis, vulgo 2-3.5 mm longis, 0.8-1 mm latis, marginibus 6-14 sessilibus subglobularibus glandulis instructis, dorsali anguste canaliculatis; petiolo ca 0.5 mm longo, subtiliter albo-ciliato. Flores 1-6 ad ramorum apices congesti; pedicellis 4-6.5 mm longis vel floribus sessilibus, puberulentibus et plerumque stipitatoglandulosis; sepalis 5-6, lineari-lanceolatis, 3-4 mm longis, 0.8-1.7 mm latis, apice rotundatis, in laminis ciliatis, marginibus subsessilibus vel brevi-stipitatus glanduhs instructis; petahs 5-6, ligulatis vel hneari-oblongis, apice rotundatis, luteis, 5-9 mm longis, 2-3.5 mm latis; staminibus 5-8, filamentis ca 4-5 mm longis, antheris ca 1-2 mm longis, oblongis; ovario 2 mm longo, stylo ca 3 mm longo.
Discussion:
Type. VENEZUELA. Edo. Bolivar: Chimanta Massif, locally frequent along banks of Caño Mojado, east of north escarpment Torono-tepui, below upper falls of Caño Mojado, 1895-1910 m elev, 20 Feb 1955, virgate shrub 0.3-1 m, flowers yellow, orange-tinged, Steyermark & Wurdack 953 (holotype NY, isotypes F, NY, VEN).
Type. VENEZUELA. Edo. Bolivar: Chimanta Massif, locally frequent along banks of Caño Mojado, east of north escarpment Torono-tepui, below upper falls of Caño Mojado, 1895-1910 m elev, 20 Feb 1955, virgate shrub 0.3-1 m, flowers yellow, orange-tinged, Steyermark & Wurdack 953 (holotype NY, isotypes F, NY, VEN).