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Calyptracara = Diplecrum
= Hopppia without coalesced scales.
See No 66 (p.102).
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Colombia : Cuatrecasas 15794, Rio Yaruwajapi
Rio Calima (Choco) 5-50 ft. alt.
yaruwajapi
entre Colombia y
Kisergala : ?
Flowering ?
app? 2 stilet
later
2 or 3
Staminate Spikes.
Note "kerugynia"
Stamen 5-6
Staminete
spikelet
about 5 sterile
scales, 2or 3
stomate spikelets
(as in Hopppia)
and an achene
nut. teltate spikelet
side spikelet rigitus
from below disc.
de la Cruz 4067
Cuatrecasas 7/123
Pucaron R, Vaupes, Colombia
Calyptracara
3 staminate spikes
in spiral succession
each subtended by
a scale with 2-3
stamen, 1 in axil
of each scale ; ?
then 8 sterile
scales surrounding
the protal, the in-
nermost having
the style i. e.
a ligging ? the
Hopppia type of
Pentaphyllum.