B. altoperuviana

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, glabrous. Branches elongate, herbaceous, purplish. Leaves obliquely ovate, acute, cordate toward the middle with the lower lobe amply rounded, 75 mm. long, 25-40 mm. wide, crenate serrate, 10- 12 nerved from the base, petiole 25- 50 mm. long, stipules deciduous, ovate-oblong, subacute. Inflorescence dichotomous, much-branched, peduncle straight, 75 mm. long, exceeding the leaves. Bracts deciduous, the upper oblong, 2 mm. long, those beneath the pistillate flowers ciliate-dentate. Staminate tepals 2, obtuse, 6-8 mm. long. Stamens on a low torus, anthers elliptic, about equaling the filaments, the connective produced, ovate. Pistillate tepals 5 or 4(?), ovate, acute, 1- 2 mm. long. Styles 3, bifid, the stigmatic tissue linear, spiral, ·continuous. Capsule obtuse at base, 8-10 mm. long, 16 mm. wide, the styles tardily deciduous, wings very unequal, the largest ovate, obtuse.
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• Classification: Species
• Plant Type: Shrub-like
• Botanical Section: Cyathocnemis
• Origin: America, Peru, Bolivia
• Originator: A.DC.
• Date of Origin: 1859