B. velata

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 Herba ramosa, glabra sed utrinque sparse glandulosa; caule robusta, geniculata; foliis val de asymmetricis, -palm a tis, profunde 5-fidis, ad 16 cm. latis, laxe dentatis, basi late cordatis, lobis subtriangularibus, late acutis, petiolis ad 9 cm. longis, stipulis membranaceis, amplis, mox deciduis; pedunculis axillaribus, ad 9 cm. longis, paucifloris; bracteis maximis, amplis, fl.ores juniores occultantibus, pulchre rubris, glandulosis, integris, petaloideis; pedicellis ad 2 cm. longis; floribus fulgide rubris; tepalis masculinis 4, late ovatis, exterioribus ad 2 cm. longis, interioribus subduplo brevioribus; staminibus n11merosis, liberis, antheris crasse obovoideis, quam filamenta bene brevioribus; tepalis femineis verisimiliter 5, late ovatis, ad 25 mm. longis; stylis 3, breviter bis bipartitis, stigmatibus spiraliter cinctis; placentis bipartitis undique ovulif eris; capsulis immaturis ad 14 mm. longis, alis duabus parvis, tertia triangulari, ascendente, ad 11 mm. lata.
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• Classification: Species
• Plant Type: Shrub-like
• Botanical Section: Knesebeckia I
• Origin: America, Peru
• Originator: L. B. Smith & B. G. Schubert, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser.
• Date of Origin: 1941