Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . N AIISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 121 cent, striate ; leaves lanceolate, herbaceous, 35-170 mm. long, 8-47 , conspicuously acuminate, slightly pubescent above, becomingglabrescent, finely canescent-pubescent beneath, entire, attenuate atbase, the costa prominulous beneath, with 8 or 9 pairs of lateral veins;petioles mm. long, concave above, convex beneath, slightlywinged, canescent-pubescent; racemes elongate, acuminate, 8-10 , simple, terminal, pedunculate (peduncle 6-35 mm. long), theaxis 2-23 cm. long, canescent-pubescent, striate,
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . N AIISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 121 cent, striate ; leaves lanceolate, herbaceous, 35-170 mm. long, 8-47 , conspicuously acuminate, slightly pubescent above, becomingglabrescent, finely canescent-pubescent beneath, entire, attenuate atbase, the costa prominulous beneath, with 8 or 9 pairs of lateral veins;petioles mm. long, concave above, convex beneath, slightlywinged, canescent-pubescent; racemes elongate, acuminate, 8-10 , simple, terminal, pedunculate (peduncle 6-35 mm. long), theaxis 2-23 cm. long, canescent-pubescent, striate, bracteate, the bractslinear, acuminate, 7-14 mm. long, mm. wide, deciduous, ciliate,i-nerved, slightly puberulent beneath; flowers mm. long, thepedicels mm. long, finely puberulent; outer sepals free, triangu-lar, acute, ciliate, glabrous beneath, the two lower ones mm. long, mm. wide, usually 3-nerved, rarely 5-nerved, the upper ifi- I011&) mm. wide, usually 5-nerved, sometimes 7-. FiG. 31.—Monnina smithii: Left to right, lower sepals, upper sepal, wings(inner), keel, upper petals and stamens, gynaecium, all X 3; bract, X 2. nerved; wings deep blue, 4-5 mm. long, mm. wide, obovate,obtuse at base, 3-nerved, glabrous, eciliate; keel mm. long, mm. wide, orbicular, plicate, glabrous within, obtuse at base, 3-nerved, 3-lobed, the middle lobe inconspicuous, obtuse-subemarginate;upper petals short, spatulate, pubescent; stamens 8, the filaments long, almost entirely united, the free part mm. long, gla-brous ; ovary ovoid, mm. long, mm. wide, glabrous ; nim. long, geniculate above base, glabrous, more or less cylin-dric; stigma with 2 lobes, the lower one acute, the upper i-tubercled,the tubercle papillose; drupe ellipsoid, mm. long, , glabrous, reticulate. Distribution : In the Andes of northern Colombia, between 1,400and 2,500 meters altitude. Nor
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