Cecropiaceae: Coussapoa and Pourouma, with an ... - CNCFlora

Pourouma 165
m.m,---
* _ . 1 2'. A . .. . . ;
FIG. 78. Pourouma hirsutipetiolata subsp. hispida. Leafy twig with staminate inflorescences (Little e a.
21225).
on the midrib, in scabrous leaves hispidulous
over the whole surface, lower surface rather
sparsely appressed-puberulous to strigose on the
(main) veins, arachnoid hairs in the areoles, usually
extending to the midrib, but on the main
veins ? disappearing with age; lateral veins 7-
25 pairs, the basal pair branched or sometimes
(in elliptic leaves) unbranched, the basal part of
these veins forming the basal part of the leaf
margin (thus not separated from the margin by
mesophyll), tertiary (and quarternary) veins often
rather prominent beneath; petiole 2-26 cm long,
white-puberulous or yellow-(sub)hirsute, and
usually also white, arachnoid hairs; stipules (2-)6-
18 cm long, outside whitish-strigose to yellowhirsute
or -hirtellous, and with dense to sparse,