B. hirta var. cordifolia

Stem and branches soon glabrous. F.M. Negs. 7315, 20853. otherwise as per species. 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 Suffrutescent, 3-6 dm. high, branching, ascending. Branches densely ferruginous-hirsute. Leaves obliquely ovate, acute or acuminate, unequally cordate at base with one side very broadly rounded, 5-20 cm. long, unevenly dentate, ciliate, pubescent especially beneath on the nerves, petioles 12-30 mm. long, stipules ovate-oblong, 6-20 mm. long. Cymes axillary, laxly 4-8-flowered, peduncles shorter than the leaves. Bracts deciduous, oblong or obovate, subentire. Staminate pedicels 2-4 cm. long. Staminate tepals 4, accrescent, elliptic, becoming 18-35 mm. long. Stamens on a low torus, filaments shorter than the linear anthers. Pistillate pedicels 5-10 mm. long. Pistillate tepals 5, like the staminate. Styles 3, much divided, the elongate linear branches covered with stigmatic papillae, placentae 2-parted. Capsule 18-22 mm. long and broad, obconic at base, the 3 conical lateral horns about as long as the columnar apex. - F. M. Negs. (cordifolia 20853, var. hirta 20854).
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• Classification: Species
• Plant Type: Shrub-like
• Botanical Section: Casparya
• Origin: America, Peru
• Originator: (A. de Candolle) L. B. Smith & B. G. Schubert, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Bot. Ser.
• Date of Origin: 1941