Monographs Details:
Authority:
Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1958. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part III. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 1-156.
Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1958. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part III. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 1-156.
Family:
Melastomataceae
Melastomataceae
Description:
Latin Diagnosis - G. hitchoockii Gl. remote affinis sed foliis minoribus acuminatis. Ramulorum novellorum petiolorum foliorum novellorum alabastrorumque pubescentia rufescentia densa granulosa. Petioli 8-15 mm; lamina integra 3.5-6.5 X 2—4 cm, ovata apice breviter gradatimque acuminata basi paulo cor data 5-nervia, nervis secundariis supra inconspicue impressis subtus paulo elevatis, supra et subtus primum dense granuloso-puberula, supra demum glabrata et nitidula, subtus demum persistenter dense subtiliterque cinereo-furfuracea. Inflorescentia terminalis pluriflora; alabastra elliptica apice hebetiacuta 5-mera. Staminum connectivum postice cum appendice acuta antice exappendiculatum. Ovarium 3-loculare, dense granulosum apice in collum breve protractum. Fructus 1-2 mm pedicellatus; fructuum sepala (vel dentes exteriores ?) ca. 2 mm longa, acuta; hypanthium fruetiferum 4-4.5 X 3.5 mm; semina pyramidata laevia 0.7-0.8 X 0.3 mm.
Latin Diagnosis - G. hitchoockii Gl. remote affinis sed foliis minoribus acuminatis. Ramulorum novellorum petiolorum foliorum novellorum alabastrorumque pubescentia rufescentia densa granulosa. Petioli 8-15 mm; lamina integra 3.5-6.5 X 2—4 cm, ovata apice breviter gradatimque acuminata basi paulo cor data 5-nervia, nervis secundariis supra inconspicue impressis subtus paulo elevatis, supra et subtus primum dense granuloso-puberula, supra demum glabrata et nitidula, subtus demum persistenter dense subtiliterque cinereo-furfuracea. Inflorescentia terminalis pluriflora; alabastra elliptica apice hebetiacuta 5-mera. Staminum connectivum postice cum appendice acuta antice exappendiculatum. Ovarium 3-loculare, dense granulosum apice in collum breve protractum. Fructus 1-2 mm pedicellatus; fructuum sepala (vel dentes exteriores ?) ca. 2 mm longa, acuta; hypanthium fruetiferum 4-4.5 X 3.5 mm; semina pyramidata laevia 0.7-0.8 X 0.3 mm.
Discussion:
Type: shrub to 4 ra, in bud, rare in eumbre between between Summit Camp and southwest escarpment, elev. 1850 m, Cerro Huachamacari, Terr. Amazonas, Venezuela, Dec 17, 1950, Bassett Maguire, R. S. Cowan, & J. J. Wurdack 30282 (NY).