Macrocnemum roseum (Ruiz & Pav.) Wedd.

Macrocnemum pastoense Karst. Linnaea 30: 150. 1859
Tree, the branches stout, brownish, sparsely strigose when young; stipules oval or oblong, 1-2 cm. long, rounded at the apex, sparsely strigillose outside; petioles stout, 0.7-2.5 cm. long, strigillose; leaf-blades oval or obovate-oval, often broadly so, 8-15 cm. long, 4.5-8.5 cm. wide, subcordate to obtuse at the base, rounded or very obtuse at the apex and abruptly shortacuminate, with a very broad obtuse acumen, membranaceous, deep-green and sublustrous above, glabrous or very sparsely strigillose, thevenation plane or the costa sulcate, slightly paler beneath, strigose along the veins, minutely strigillose elsewhere or glabrate, the venation prominent, the lateral veins slender, 6-8 on each side, arcuate, ascending at an angle of 60° or more, the margin plane; inflorescence axillary and terminal, cymose-paniculate, many-flowered, 5-12 cm. broad, the peduncles 5-10 cm. long, subcompressed, the branches strigose, the flowers sessile or short-pedicellate; bracts often leaf-like, mostly triangular and reduced, the bractlets minute; hypanthium 3-4 mm. long, densely and minutely pilose; calyx-teeth minute, rounded, much broader than long; corolla pink, minutely pilose outside, the tube 7-10 mm. long, about 1.5 mm. thick, the lobes rounded, 3-4 mm. long, minutely papillose-puberulent within; anthers yellow, about 0.5 mm. long.
Type locality: Banks of the rivers Mayo and Juanambu, near Pasto, Colombia.
Distribution: Panama and Colombia.

Macrocnemum glabrescens (Benth.) Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat IV. 1: 76. 1854.
Lasionema glabrescens Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulph. 105. 1845.
Tree, 10-15 meters high, the branches stout, brown or grayish, minutely puberulent when young, the internodes short or elongate; stipules oval, oblong, or oblong-ovate, 1-1.8 cm. long, rounded at the apex, minutely strigillose outside; petioles stout, 5-15 mm. long, minutely puberulent or strigillose; leaf-blades obovate, obovate-elliptic, or oval-obovate, 7-21 cm. long, 3-8 cm. wide, usually cuneate or attenuate at the base, rarely obtuse, acute or broadly shortacuminate at the apex, sometimes rounded, membranaceous, dark-green above, sublustrous, glabrous, the venation plane or prominulous, or the costa sulcate, paler beneath, strigose along the veins and elsewhere sparsely strigillose or often nearly glabrous, usually sparsely barbate in the axils of the veins, the lateral veins slender, 7-10 on each side, subarcuate, ascending at
a broad angle, the margin plane; inflorescence cymose-paniculate, terminal and axillary,
many-flowered, 6-20 cm. broad, the peduncles 5-11 cm. long, the rachis subcompressed, the
flowers sessile or short-pedicellate; bracts often leaf-like but usually small, triangular, the
bractlets minute; hypanthium 3-4 mm. long, glabrous or nearly so; calyx-teeth minute, ovate,
acute, approximate; corolla pink, glabrous outside, the tube 4-10 mm. long, about 1.5 mm.
thick, the lobes rounded, about 4 mm. long, very minutely papillose-puberulent within; anthers
about 0.5 mm. long.
Tvpe locality: Nicoya, Costa Rica. Distribution: Costa Rica to Colombia.

Macrocnemum pilosinervium is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Peru.