Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . x beneath, articulate, pubescent; racemes 46 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 121 more or less conical, acute, 8-10 mm. wide, simple, terminal or axil-lary, pedunculate (peduncle 8-20 mm. long), the axis cm. long,hirsute, striate, bracteate, the bracts conspicuously filiform, , 1^- wide, deciduous, ciliate, i-nerved, puberulous be-neath; flowers mm. long, the pedicels mm. long, finelypuberulent; outer sepals free, lanceolate, ciliate, acute (apex involute),pubescent beneath, the two lower ones ^ mm.
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . x beneath, articulate, pubescent; racemes 46 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 121 more or less conical, acute, 8-10 mm. wide, simple, terminal or axil-lary, pedunculate (peduncle 8-20 mm. long), the axis cm. long,hirsute, striate, bracteate, the bracts conspicuously filiform, , 1^- wide, deciduous, ciliate, i-nerved, puberulous be-neath; flowers mm. long, the pedicels mm. long, finelypuberulent; outer sepals free, lanceolate, ciliate, acute (apex involute),pubescent beneath, the two lower ones ^ mm. long, n^^^-wide, 5-nerved, rarely 3-nerved, the upper sepal mm. long, i . mm. wide, 7-nerved, sometimes 5-nerved; wings blue, , 3-4 mm. wide, obovate, obtuse at base, 3-nerved, slightly pubes-cent beneath, rarely glabrescent, glabrous within, usually eciliate; keel4-5 mm. long, mm. wide, orbicular, plicate, slightly pubescentwithin, rarely glabrescent, obtuse at base, 3-nerved, 3-lobed, the middle. Fig. 27.—Monnina bracteata: Left to right, lower sepals, upper sepal, wing(inner), wing (outer), keel, upper petals and stamens, gynaecium, all X3;bract, X 2. lobe inconspicuous, obtuse-subemarginate; upper petals elongate-spat-ulate, pubescent; stamens 8, the filaments mm. long, almostentirely united, the free part mm. long, glabrous ; ovary ovoid, mm. long, mm. wide, glabrous; style mm. long,geniculate above base, glabrescent, rarely with a few inconspicuoushairs, more or less cylindric; stigma with 2 lobes, the lower one acute,the upper i-tubercled, the tubercle papillose; drupe ellipsoid, long, mm. wide, glabrous, reticulate. Distribution : In the Andes of central and northern Colombia,and the southwestern part of Venezuela, between 2,000 and 3,400meters altitude. Norte de Santander: Pica-Pica Valley, above Tapata, north of Toledo,Killip & Smith 20029 (NY, US). Caldas : Salento, Cordiller
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