Faramea parvibractea Steyerm.
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Authority
Maguire, Bassett. 1967. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part VII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17: 1-439.
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Family
Rubiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Latin Diagnosis - Frutex vel arbor parva 2-4 m, ramis glabris; foliis petiolatis, petiolis 5-15 mm longis; laminis elliptico-lanceolatis vel oblongis vel lanceolato-oblongis apice abrupte subcaudatis vel subacuminatis acumine 6-12 mm longo obtuso vel subob-tuso ad acuto basi acutis 8.5-14 cm longis 1.5-5.5 cm latis glabris, nervis laterali-bus utroque latere 7-11 supra impressis subtus prominentibus elevatis tenuibus 2-4 mm ab marginibus conspicue anastomosantibus, venulis tertiariis subtus laxe prominenterque reticulatis; inflorescentia umbellatim ramosa, ramis 7-19 apice paullo dilatatis 11-30 mm longis, ramorum uno saltern vel nonnumquam duobus vel tribus apice bracteis foliosis dubous munitis, bracteis 1.5 mm longe stipitatis late ovatis vel elliptico-ovatis rarius linearibus vel subulatis obtusis vel subacuminatis basi cuneatim acutis 5.5-12 mm longis plerumque 3-7 mm (rarius 0.5) latis; ramis primariis umbellatim dispositis plerumque 3-5 floris nonnumquam 1-floris, floribus pedieellatis, pedicellis 1-2.5 mm longis; calyce hypanthioque 1.5-2 mm longo; calycis tubo 0.5-1 mm longo, lobis 4 subdeltoideis brevibus subacutis duobus longioribus ca 0.5 mm longis duobus brevioribus ca 0.1 mm longis; disco 1.1-1.2 mm longo depresso-hemisphaerico; corolla breviter cylindrica 12-16 mm longa, tubo 6-7.5 mm longo basi 3 mm lato fauee 3.5 mm lato utrinque glabro, lobis 4 lanceolato-ligulatis vel anguste oblongis obtusis 6-9.5 mm longis 2.5 - 3.5 mm latis utrinque glabris; staminibus exsertis, antheris linearibus apice obtuso-rotundatis basi truncato-rotundatis 3.5 mm longis; filamentis 3-3.5 mm longis prope medium vel paullo infra medium tubi 2.5-4.5 mm supra basim aflfixis; stylo 2 mm longo; baccis depresso-hemisphaericis 5-6 mm altis 8 mm latis calyce persistente 1 mm longo vel deciduo coronatis.
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Discussion
From Faramea corymbosa this species differs in the showy bracts, short pedicels, longer corolla, and toothed calyx, while from F. anisocalyx it is distinguished by the small bracts, many more peduncles per inflorescence, shorter corolla, and shorter calyx. So far as present records indicate, it is confined to the southwestern Amazonas section of Venezuela.