FIGURE 3 in A new species of Varronia P. Browne (Cordiaceae) from central Colombia

FIGURE 3. Light micrographs of a dried specimen of Varronia teguorum. A. Insertion of the petiole in the branch, the base of the leaf blade, and the axillary bud. B. Adaxial surface of leaf blade: impressed venation and indumentum with conspicuous long hairs along the veins and cystolithic pustules. C. Abaxial surface of leaf blade showing prominent reticulate venation (2º, 3º, and 4º orders) and hairs with cystolithic pustules. D. Slightly adnate region of the petiole (right) with the inflorescence axis (left). E. Young inflorescence, showing the indumentum of the peduncle and the incurved appendages of the calyx lobes. F. Inflorescence rachis, showing its dense indumentum and the flower arrangement. G. Inflorescence with flowers at anthesis: G1. Two open flowers showing the corolla lobes and some dehisced anthers; G2. Open flower, showing the glabrous anthers covering the corolla throat. Scale bar in all cases = 5 mm long. (Voucher: Fernández-Alonso 24079, COL). Photos by J.L. Fernández-Alonso.