Faramea pseudospathacea 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; stipulis in aristam 2-4mm longam desinentibus; foliis petiolatis, petiolis 3-4 mm longis; laminis minus pellucidis firmis oblanceolatis apice suba-brupte obtuse aeuminatis 5.5-7.5 cm longis 1.7-2 cm latis, nervis lateralibus utroque latere ca 9 tenuibus vix cernendibus supra impressis, venulis tertiariis subtus parce cernendibus supra nequaquam vel vix manifestis; inflorescentiis axillaribus ramos laterales terminantibus; calyce hypanthioque tubuloso 4-5 mm longo 2.5 mm lato, calyce 2.5 mm longo ore truncato quater denticulis munito, denticulis leviter deltoideis rotundatis 0.1 mm longis 0.1-0.2 mm latis; disco in anthesi vix cernendi; corollae tubo 13 mm longo basi 2 mm lato utrinque glabro, lobis quater lanceolatis subacutis 10 mm longis 2.5 mm latis sursum versus angu-statis; staminibus paullo inaequalibus in parte superiore tubi corollae inclusis, antheris linearibus apice appendiculato 0.1 mm longo basi rotundatis 5 mm longis; filamentis 1 mm longis infra faucem 4.5-5 mm insertis; stylo 2.5 mm longo; stigmatibus lanceolatis acuminatis 4 mm longis.
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Discussion
COLOMBIA. Prov. Ocana, Peric-os, alt 1210 m, May 1846-52, L. Schlim 531 (holotype F; photo from K at NY).
The holotype specimen cited above was included by Standley as a paratype specimen in his description of Faramea spathacea. It obviously differs from F. spathacea in the shorter corolla-tube and lobes, the more acute and less attenuate corolla-lobes, the firmer, less pellucid, smaller and narrower leaf-blades with shorter, less abrupt, and more obtuse acumen, and with the flowers at the tip of the branch.