Habracanthus cyaneus Lindau
Habracanthus cyaneus Lindau in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5: 668. 1897. Type collected. in "páramos," in the province of Ocaña, Department of Norte de Santander, Colombia, 2,700 to 3,300 meters altitude, by Schlim (No. 381).
Suffrutescent plants; young branches pubescent, becoming bi- fariously pilose, the lowermost portions glabrate; leaf blades ovate, up to 8 cm. long and 2 cm. wide, but mostly smaller, long-acuminate, narrowed at base, sparingly pilose, the cystoliths conspicuous; petioles 5 to 15 mm. long, pubescent; panicles lax, the peduncles and pedicels long and pubescent; bracts filiform, 3 to 5 mm. long; calyx segments 8 mm. long and 1 mm. wide, becoming about 12 mm. long in fruit, pubescent; corolla blue, ventricose, the tube 9 mm. long, 5 mm, broad at middle, 4 mm. at mouth, pilose without, the upper lip obtuse, 4 mm. long and 2 mm. wide, the lower lip 5 mm. long, 5 mm. wide at middle, trilobate, the middle lobe 2 mm. long and wide, the lateral lobes 1.5 mm. long and wide; filaments 12 mm. long, attached near the base of the corolla tube; anthers 3 mm. long, slightly exserted; style 15 mm. long; capsule 14 mm. long, 3 mm. wide, glabrous, the stipe 5 mm. long; seeds 4.
Herbarium material not seen. Description compiled from the original.