Hypericum jaramilloi N. Robson

Shrub 1-1.5 m tall, erect, with branches strict, pseudo-dichotomous or occasionally lateral. Stems orange-brown, 4-angled when young, the subfoliar ridges broad, eventually terete, cortex exfoliating in strips; internodes 3-9 mm long. Leaves with ± distinct petiole 1-3 mm long, ± densely imbricate at first, soon outcurving then usually widely spreading above petiole, subtetrastichous, deciduous above petiole without fading; lamina 9-15(-20) x 2.5-5(-6.5) mm, usually narrowly elliptic, plane to subincurved, not cucullate, midrib not prominent beneath, margin not distinct, concolorous, glaucous, coriaceous; apex acute, base angustate, incurved but not sheathing, pairs united to form narrow interfoliar ridge; basal vein 1, with 3-4 pairs of ascending main laterals, obscurely branching distally, tertiary reticulation absent; laminar glands dense, sometimes obscure. Inflorescence 1-flowered, with pseudo-dichotomous branches from node below; pedicel 5-13 mm long, slightly incrassate distally; upper leaves broader but not transitional. Flowers 25-30 mm in diam., stellate. Sepals 9-14 x 3-6 mm, broadly to narrowly obovate or oblanceolate to elliptic-oblong or narrowly obovate or oblanceolate to elliptic-oblong or narrowly elliptic, acute to subacuminate, veins 5-7, unbranched, with midrib not or slightly prominent; glands linear to punctiform. Petals bright yellow, 12-17 x 6-10 mm, 1.2-1.5 x sepals, obovate; apiculus acute; glands linear, distally punctiform. Stamens c. 70-80, longest 6-8 mm, c. 0.5 x petals. Ovary 3.5-4 x 2 mm, cylindric-ellipsoid; styles 3, 6-7 mm long, c. 1.5 x ovary, distally outcurved; stigmas scarcely capitate. Capsule c. 8 x 4-5 mm, cylindric-ellipsoid to cylindric, shorter than sepals. Seeds not seen.