Hamelia patens Jacq.

,	—HameliaRovirosae Wernh. “ClaviUo ” Small tree or a shrub,jith thm ^
.	opposite leaves tapered at both ends, and clusters of red flowers. Wood
orange, rather light, fairly hard, fine-textured. CoUected by Record &
—---lowlanfia near Progreso. (No. 41; Yale No. 9987.) TT . WflS . ftt*	----
.	Hamelia Rovirosae Wernh. Papamiel; Chupamiel. Shrub, 10 féét high, /
»	^ occurring with scattered frequency along banks of larger streams aria wher^i^ uji
1 ever any opening in forest permits abundant light. Fréquent in second-	,
growth on coastal plain. No. 227; Yale No. 13,266.	T l* » Wd S • I
¿©lia rovirosae Wernham, Journ. JBot. JBrit. & For. 49: 211. 1911.
àoronata Donn.'Smith, Bot, Gaz.-40 : 4. 1905.	Stdl. ONH
Central America.	23; 1379
1926
”2. Hamelia
Hameliii
Type from Río San Sebastián, Tabasco.
Large shrub/sómetimes scandent, the branches villous; leaves ternate, elliptic
or elliptic-oblong, 5 to 11 cm. long, short-acuminate, acute at base; corolla red,
1-8 to 24 mm. long.
Mex.
a 1	^cq*l vart?-??cpronata Bonn. Sm.- a. sp.-(B. G. 40:
nhtioa	2 seSßieiita patentla oblonga 4mm longa tubum aequantia
optusa eiliata ceterum glabra. Fructus segmentis calycinls paulo auc-
ttsqsix tis persistentibus coronatus.	^ p
Folla plerumque quaterna glabrescentia axillis subtus barbata.
btipulae setaceae.
Äta Venapaz, Guat., alt, 350m, Aug. 1903, von
TUerokneim, n* 8So2 ex PI. Guat* etc.T^g&as ed.. Donn. Sm.	a/y\
3. Hamelia Rovirosae Wernham, Jour. Bot. 49: 211. 1911.
Standl.N.A.]?1.32:184.
Hamelia patens var. coronata Donn. Smith, Bot. Gaz. 40: 4. 1905.
Hamelia purpurasccns Blake, Contr. Gray Herb. 52: 105. 1917.
A large shrub- or small tree as much as 5 meters high, sometimes clambering, the branches
slender, sparsely or densely villous; stipules deltoid, with a subulate tip 3-5 mm. long; leaves
ternate, the petioles slender, 0.4-1.4 cm. long, villous, the blades elliptic, elliptic-oblong, or
oval-elliptic, 4.5-15 cm. long, 2-5 cm. wide, acute or acuminate at the base, acute or obtusely
short-acuminate at the apex, membranaceous-chartaceous, deep-green above, glabrous or
sparsely villous, minutely papillose, paler beneath, sparsely or densely villous along the prin-
cipal veins, the lateral nerves slender, arcuate, about 8 on each side; inflorescence terminal,
few- or many-flowered, short-pedunculate, lax, the branches short or elongate, short-villous,
the flowers sessile or subsessile, usually secund; calyx and hypanthium sparsely or densely
villous, the hypanthium 3 mm. long, the calyx-lobes narrowly oblong, obtuse, .2-5 mm. long,
reflexed; corolla 1.8—2.4 cni. long, dull-red or orange-red, villous outside, cylindric below,
gradually ampliate upward, 6 mm. wide in the throat, the lobes rounded, 1.5-2 mm. long;
anthers 8-9 mm. long, nearly equaling the corolla-tube; fruit ovoid, 8 mm. long, red or purple,
sparsely or densely villous; seeds 0.6-0.8 mm. long, yellowish-brown, lustrous, foveolate.
Type i/k: ai.ity: Banks of San Sebastián River, Tabasco.'
Distribution: Forests and stream banks. Tabasco to Panama.
1934
Ik
16. Hamelia Rovirosae, §p. nov. Wemham. (J. 0. B. 49: 211, 1911).
Joliia glabratis vertiicillatis, calucis lobis revolutis pro rata
longiu8culis, corolla inter minores tubulosa extus pubescente-hiita.	.^j
Hab. Marshes on banks of S. Sebastian Hiver, Tabasco, Mexico, Hb»
¿ss teretiusoulis sparse pilosis, foli is
in que angustatis apice acuto, petlj||¡p,
ubtus praesertim super venaig^todiain
Ho vi rosa, 4991 in Hb. iCew.
Verisimiliter frute
|lliptici8 5~10 cm. X 2
^íH3éb3^1.4 cm. utrinque glab*
’in axillis cum coatis se'c’
JfpFtse pilosis., stipulis deltoideife'
apice in filamentum ad 5 mm.Nlongum acumin,atP., t,cjmis terminalibus laxiusculis
pubescentibus breviter pedicellatis, calyce sparse piloso lobis lineari-ob-
longis apice trimcato "ad 3 mm. longis revolutis, corolla tubulosa basi vix
ventrieosa extus subhispidula, staminibus linearibus, stylo filiforme basin
versus plus minus ampliato.
I have not seen a fully opened flower of this species; but it may be
Readily distinguished by the length and shape of the calyx-lobes and the in^*
"Ium«ntum of the corolla, (p.
Blake 0GH(N^UB^AIÌ05. 191?
Hamet.ta purpurascens, sp. nov. Frutex subscandens 3-13 m.
altus. Caulis teres dense sordido-pilosus pilis laxis patentibus
crispatis multiloculatis. Folia 3-verticilIata ovalia vel ovali-ovata
utroque acuta vel subacuminata integra supra viridia pilis spar-
sissimi« adspersa subtus ut caulis ubique sordide pilosula pilis ad
venas longioribus, nervis lateralibus ca. 11-jugis, caùlina 8-11 cm.
longa 2.8-4.2 cm. lata, ramealia minora; stipulae subulato-fili-
formes ad 5 mm. longae. Paniculae caulem et ramos terminante^
3-4-fidae, pèdunculo ut caule pubescente 1.5-2.5 cm. longo, ramis
ca. 7-floris 1.5-4 cm. longis, floribus sessilibus. Calycis lobi liberi
5 maturitate lanceolati acutiusculi sub-3-nervii ciliati et pilosi 5
106
Contributions from the Gray Herbarium
mm. longi 1.5 mm. lati. Corolla saturate rubra 2.2-2.4 cm. longa
extus dense sordido-pilosa, basi 2.3 mm. diametro, 8 mm. supra
basin 1.3 mm. diametro, deinde tubuloso-clavatus ad apicem 3
mm. diametro; limbi lobi deltoidei ad 1.2 mm. longi. Antherae
exsertae 9 mm. longae; filamenta glabra basi dilatata 5 mm. longa.
Stylus 2 cm. longus. Fructus rubro-purpurascens dense sordide
pilosus 5-lpculus polyspermus ad 8 mm. longus 3 mm. crassus. —
British Honduras : a partly climbing shrub 10-40 feet high, with
dark red- flowers and reddish-purple fruit, on pine ridge near Mana-
tee Lagoon, 6 Aug. 1905, M. E. Peck 104 (type in Gray Herb.). —
From its nearest relative, H. Rovirosae Wernham, the present
plant differs strongly in its very dense sordid pubescence, longer
more slender fruit, and various other characters.
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