Pilea ermitensis Britton
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Authority
Contributions from The New York Botanical Garden: Volume X 1921-1923.
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Family
Urticaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Stems slender, densely covered with linear raphides. Leaves oblong, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic, membranous, acute, entire, 3-nerved, glabrous, those of each pair unequal in size; larger leaves up to 3 cm. long, 6-7 mm. wide, with petioles 3 mm. long; smaller leaves 1-1.7 cm. long, 4-5 mm. wide, the petioles short; raphides of the upper leaf-surface minute, linear-filiform, those of the lower surface scattered, more conspicuous and stouter; inflorescence often shorter than the petioles, the flowers borne in globose heads 1.5-2 mm. in diameter; achenes elliptic-ovate, about 0.5 mm. long.
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Distribution
La Ermita, Oriente (Hioram 4921).
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