“Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter. 18614. Papua New Guinea: auf Bäumen in den Wäldern des Bismarck-Gebirges. Northeastern New Guinea, on trees in the forests of the Bismarck Mountains, 1100 m. Slender epiphytic half shrub with threadlike branches. Leaf blades erect, spreading, ovate, somewhat obtuse, margins recurved, reticulately nerved, leathery, glabrous, 1-2 cm long. Inflorescence umbel like, with up to 6 flowers. Sepals small, ovate, somewhat obtuse, glabrous, much smaller than those of the corolla. Corolla broadly campanulate, parted to the middle, outer surface glabrous, inner surface glabrous except for the puberulous margins of the Iobes, approx. 2 cm. in diameter, lobes somewhat orbicular, shortly acuminate, show white. Corona lobes spreading, somewhat horizontal, apex slightly acuminate, below the middle concave, under surface smooth margined, dark violet.”

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