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(Last Modified On 9/5/2013)
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(Last Modified On 9/5/2013)
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Species
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Hillia chiriquiensis Dwyer.
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Note
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TYPE: Panama, Mori & Kallunki 5810 (MO, ho- lotype).
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Description
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Trees to 5 m tall, branching freely, ericoid in appearance, ultimately black when dry, the branchlets thick, the nodes well spaced or crowded, ultimately
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Habit
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Trees
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Description
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angular, nodose in appearance. Leaves crowded at the apex of the twigs, nar- rowly obovate oblong, 2.0-6.5 cm long, 0.6-2.8 cm wide, rounded at the- apex, acute or cuneate toward the base, the costa scarcely prominulous above, only visible on the proximal side of the blade, the lateral veins ca. 4, inconspicuous, at times invisible above, arcuate, the margin lightly revolute, coriaceous, discol- orous, smooth, drying tan beneath, glabrous; petioles to 0.8 cm long, thick, to 0.25 cm wide; stipules deciduous, persistent only at the tips of the twigs, oblong, to 1.5 cm long, obtuse, coriaceous, glabrous. Flowers terminal, solitary, calycine lobes 4, oblong, 4-6 mm long, 2-4 mm wide, obtuse, coriaceous, glabrous; corolla green, the tube infundibuliform, 6-7 cm long, to 0.3 cm wide, dilated toward the apex, the lobes 4-5, white with a pink tinge, ovate oblong or oblong, to 2.5 cm long, to 1.3 cm wide, obtuse, glabrous; stamens 4-5, the anthers sub- sessile, oblong, ca. 1.2 cm long, the acumen to 1 mm long, sagittate at the base, attached about 1.5 cm below the mouth; style linear, to 5.5 cm long, ca. 0.1 cm wide, lignose when dry, glabrous. Fruits not seen.
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Distribution
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known only from Panama.
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Note
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It is remarkable in being a fair-sized tree and in having the longest corolla among the Panamanian Hillia.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUi: N of San FMlix, Chiriqui-Bocas del Toro border, on Cerro Colorado Copper Mine Road, lower montane rain forest, 5000-5500 ft, Mori & Kallunki 5810 (MO).
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