Pseuderanthemum maguirei Leonard

• Authority

  Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1961. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part IV (2). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 1-87.

• Family

  Acanthaceae

• Scientific Name

  Pseuderanthemum maguirei Leonard

• Description

  Latin Diagnosis - Frutex gracilis, caulibus subquadrangularibus, glabris; lamina foliorum elliptica vel oblongo-obovata, usque ad 16 cm longam et 5 cm latam, graciliter acuminata, basi angustata, aliquando firma, integra, utrinque glabra vel parce et minute hirsuta, costa et venis (6-8 paribus) subtus aliquanto prominentibus, supra obscuris, cystolithis nullis; petioli graciles glabri vel parce hirtelli; racemi terminales, usque ad 7 cm longos, rhache hirtella, pilis ascendentibus, albis, usque at 0.6 mm longos; bracteae rigidae, basi 1.25 mm latae, sursum subulatae, subulata, basi 0.75 mm lata, hirtella, pilis eglandulosis, patulis vel ascendentibus, usque ad 0.16 mm longos, pilis glandulosis, patulis, usque ad 0.66 mm longos; corolla 15 mm longa, alba, lobo medio labii inferioris purpureo-macnlato, tubo 1 cm longo, basi 1.25 mm lato glabro, sursum dense puberulo, pilis glandulosis et eglandulosis intermixtis, ca. 0.03 mm longis, ad os 3 mm lato, labio superiore bilobato, lobis anguste ovatis, 4 mm longis, 2 mm latis, apice obtusis, labio inferiore trilobato, lobis obovatis 4 mm longis, 2 mm latis, apice rotundatis, minute et graciliter pubescentibus; stamina vix exserta, filamentis 6.5 mm longis, basi minute pilosa, sursum glabris, antheris 2 mm longis, glabris; staminodia 0.75 mm longa, subulata; ovarium glabrum; capsulae ignotae; stylus 19 mm longus, basi minute hirtellus, sursum glaber; stigma minutum, bilobatum.

• Discussion

  Fig. 41.