B. gracillima

Flora of Peru. by J. Francis Macbride. Chicago, Ill. Field Museum of Natural History, [1941] v. 13: pt. 4: no.1 (1941): Page 181- 202 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19800 Low stemless herb, presumably with a tuberous base. Leaves broadly ovate, obtuse, more or less cordate at base, palminerved, 12- 24 mm. long, 16-24 mm. wide, irregularly crenate-dentate, puberulent above and on the nerves beneath, purplish beneath, petiole 12- 24 mm. long, subglabrous. Peduncle flexuous, 75 mm. long, 2-4-flowered. Bracts 2, persistent, elliptic-ovate, entire, 3 mm. long, glabrous. Pedicels 10- 12 mm. long. Staminate tepals 5-8, subequal, elliptic or narrowly obovate, 6 mm. long, puberulent at base, purplish. Stamens free, anthers oblong, the connective not produced. Pistillate tepals 9, 4 mm. long. Ovary puberulent, styles 3, twice forked, the stigmatic tissue in separate spirals at the ends of the divisions. Capsule winged. Indefinite, Gay. Description compiled. This may be only a depauperate form of B. pleiopetala.
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• Classification: Species
• Plant Type: Tuberous
• Botanical Section: Eupetalum
• Origin: America, Peru
• Originator: A.DC.
• Date of Origin: 1859