Biophytum panamense Lourteig

Leaves 9-20, pseudoverticillate at the end of the stem, linear subcuneate, 18 cm long, 2.2 cm wide, 20-32 jugate; lower leaflets ovate triangular, 3-4.5 mm long, 3-4 mm wide, middle leaflets oblong, asymmetric, slightly curved, 5-12 mm long, 6.5-7 mm wide, basally the posterior side curved, the anterior side truncate, the midrib emerging from the center or near the posterior angle, the terminal leaflets narrowly elliptic to semiobovate, 8-11.5 mm long, 4-5.5 mm wide, oblique basally the posterior side lobulate, the anterior side truncate, the leaflets somewhat over-lapping, minutely fine pubescent, glabrescent, ciliate, the mucro ca. 1/2 mm long, minor venation reticulate. Inflorescences 1-3, contracted, globose to cylindric, ca. 5 cm diam., 1-2(-5) flowers seen at a time, opening successively; peduncle erect, ca. 5 mm long, violaceous, short pubescent; bracts subulate, 2-2.5 mm long, violaceous, situated at the insertion of the peduncles; bracteoles ovate to linear, to 4 mm long, 1 mm wide, green, violaceous at the base, strongly keeled, glabrate; pedicels 10-13 mm long, violaceous, minutely pubescent and glandular. Flowers with the sepals linear, to 7 mm long 1 mm wide, sharp, 5-7-nerved, pubescent and glandular, the base violaceous, the margin subhyaline; petals white, linear oblong, obtuse, twice as long as the calyx; longer stamens ca. 4.5 mm long, sparsely glandular, and the anthers ovoid, basally cordate, the shorter stamens ca. 1 mm long, larger basally, the anthers sterile or obsolete; pistil about equalling the longer stamens, the ovary 5-lobed, apically slightly pubescent, the carpels 2-3-ovuled, the styles pubescent and glandular, the stigma bifid, papillose. Capsule globose, ca. 3.5 mm diam., slightly pilose apically, shorter than the calyx, the style persistent, elongate, the carpels 1 seeded; seeds (immature) tawny, semiellipsoidal, ca. 1.5 mm long, obtuse, perhaps longitudinally striate or tuberculate.