Chrysothemis pulchella (Donn ex Sims) Decne.

INSTITUTO BOTANICO, CARACAS-NEW YORK BOTANICAL, GARDEN
Botanical Exploration
TERRITORIO DELTA AMACURO, VENEZUELA
No. 87123
Chrysothemis pulchella (Donn ex Sims) Dene.
Det.: A.J.M. Leeuwenberg, Nov. 1962.
Herb, on shaded mossy boulders above falls; leaves
membranous, rich green above, silvery green below; calyx
pale green at base, orange otherwise, sunken in middle
with edges forming keel; corolla orange-yellow on tube,
orange-vermilion on lobes within bordered by orange-
yellow.
San Victor* Rio Amacuro, Venezuela-British Guiana frontier.
Sierra Imataca, alt. 65-80 m.
Julian A. Steyermark_ _Oct. 31,1960
Field work supported in part by funds provided by the Instituto Botánico, the National Science Found-
ation and The New York Botanical Garden.
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