Oreanthes fragilis (A. C. Smith) Luteyn, Fl. Ecuador 54: 334, fig. 23, pl. 4. 1996.  Semiramisia fragilis A. C. Smith, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 60: 112.  1933.  Type:  Ecuador.  Azuay: Huahuidocal, W of Cuenca, 1800-2500  m, Nov 1890 (fl), Lehmann K.276 (holotype: K, fragment NY ex K, photo NY neg. 10625).  Images:  Habit. Flowers. Line-drawing.
    Ceratostema longepedicellatum Sleumer, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 56. 1934.  Pellegrinia longepedicellata (Sleumer) Sleumer, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 289.  1935.  Type:  Ecuador.  Chimborazo: Along Río Chanchán, above Huigra, ca. 1600 m, 23 Sep 1933 (fl),  Diels 1172 [holotype: B†;  lectotype designated by Luteyn, 1996: fragment US ex B].
         Epiphytic shrub;  stem terete, striate, the bark cracking longitudinally, glabrous or densely puberulent then glabrate;  twigs subterete to bluntly angled, striate, glabrous or densely puberulent, cinereous and glabrate.  Leaves coriaceous, apparently succulent, elliptic to ovate-suborbicular, rarely somewhat oblanceolate-obovate, 1.5-4 x 1-2 cm, base rounded, apex rounded to obtuse, rarely short-apiculate, margin entire, thick and slightly (tightly) recurved, surface wrinkled, glabrous but provided with scattered, minute, brownish glandular fimbriae on both surfaces;  obscurely 5-plinerved from at or near the base, midrib and lateral nerves slightly raised above, raised or impressed beneath but obscure, reticulate veinlets slightly raised above, obscure beneath;  petiole subterete, sometimes broadly canaliculate above, rugose, 1.5-3 mm long, subglabrous.  Inflorescence axillary, of solitary flowers, sometimes on older wood, surrounded at the base by a series of numerous, imbricate, ovate, acuminate, glabrous but marginally glandular-fimbriate bracts to 1 mm long;  floral bract as above;  pedicel terete, striate, to sharply angled, muricate, 15-30 mm long, elongating to 40 mm post anthesis, moderately to densely short-pilose with pale hairs to 0.8 mm long;  bracteoles medial to submedial, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 0.7-2 mm long, margin glandular-fimbriate, glabrous or sparsely hirsute.  Flowers with calyx 4-7.5 mm long, short-pilose;  hypanthium obconic to hemispheric, terete or slightly pentagonal, 2-4 mm long, sometimes tomentose, sometimes densely glandular-fimbriate (but obscured by hairs);  limb erecto-campanulate, 1-3.5 mm long;  lobes triangular to ovate-deltate, acuminate to acute, 1-3 mm long;  sinuses obutse;  corolla thinly carnose, cylindric, broadest at base and slightly narrowed distally, 20-24 mm long and 4-5 mm diam. when dry (ca 9.5 mm fresh), densely short-pilose with pale white hairs ca. 0.3 mm long, the lobes spreading, oblong-ovate, acute to subacute, 1.5-2.5 x 2-2.5 mm;  stamen nearly equal to corolla, 17-22 mm long;  filaments basically distinct but slightly coherent at base, 2.5-5 mm long, glabrous;  anthers 15.5-19 mm long;  thecae 2-3.5 mm long, the base rounded to subacute;  tubules 12.5-18 mm long, the tips acuminate, dehiscing through oblique clefts ca. 0.5 mm long;  style slightly exserted, thicker distally.  Berry not seen.

         Distribution.  Endemic to S Ecuador;  montane forest at 1800-3290 m altitude.  Rare and endangered.