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528 FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY BOTANY, VOL. XIX
Shrub or small tree, 1.5 to 4 meters high, the young branches
terete, or subangular at extremities, softly and finely cano-sericeotomentose;
petioles up to 1.5 cm. long, rufo-villous-tomentose;
leaves broadly oblong-ovate or slightly ovate, 7 to 11 cm. long, 5 to
7 cm. wide (extremes up to 30 cm. by 20 cm.), obtuse and occasionally
subemarginate at apex, rounded or subtruncate at base, penninerved
(lateral nerves 8 or 9 to a side, faint, the midrib biglandular
at base), subcoriaceous, bright green and glabrous above, paler and
densely appressed-pilosulous beneath; peduncles simple or bifurcate,
up to 2 cm. long, densely cano-tomentose; flowers white; calyx tube
subglobose, about 5 mm. long, 4 mm. in diameter, rufo-villoustomentose
without; sepals linear-spatulate, about 2 cm. long, 5 to
6 mm. wide, obtuse, pubescent without; petals slightly shorter than
the sepals; outer corona filaments about 1.5 cm. long, dilated above
middle, subdolabriform, the inner in 2 compact series, linear-clavate,
1.5 mm. long, subfalcate, densely ciliate at apex with soft, white
hairs; operculum erect, 2 mm. high, attached about 3 mm. below
corona, the margin lacerate-fimbriate; ovary subglobose, truncate
at apex, densely pilosulous; fruit globose, 1 to 1.5 cm. in diameter,
finely pilosulous or glabrescent; seeds broadly obovate, about 5 mm.
long and 4 mm. wide, reticulate.
TYPE LOCALITY: Matanza, Province of Pamplona, Colombia,
1,300 meters.
DISTRIBUTION: Eastern and Central Cordilleras of Colombia,
1,000 to 1,700 meters altitude.
COLOMBIA: Mutis 2891 (Ma, N), 5181 (Ma, N); Lehmann XVI,
in part (Bo). Magdalena Valley, Triana (HNC). Norte de Santander:
Matapira, Province of Ocafia, Schlim 1142 (Bo, Brux, Gen,
K, P). Santander: Matanza, Schlim 1709 (BM, type). Rio Surata
Valley, between Bucaramanga and Matanza, Killip & Smith 19050
(A, BM, G, N, V, Y), 19051 (A, G, N, Y), 19061 (A, G, N, Y). Between
El Roble and Tona, Killip & Smith 19400 (A, G, N, Y).
Cundinamarca: Icononzo, Dawe 39 (K, N). Tolima: Piedras,
Andre 1945 (K, type of P. sphaerocarpa var. pilosula, Y). Suaza,
Lehmann 8664 (G, K, Y). Huila: Neiva, Karsten (V). El Valle:
Schultze in 1924 (B). Roldanillo, Lehmann 3412 (B, Bo, K, N). La
Paila, Holton, 704 (Bo, G, Gen, K, Y).
The differences between this species and P. sphaerocarpa are
slight and perhaps Masters' treatment of it as a pubescent variety
of P. sphaerocarpa is preferable. The original description mentions
as a distinguishing mark, in addition to the indument, the sub-