Exostema myrtifolium Griseb.

Exostema myrtifolium Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 125. 1866
Shrub, 1-2 meters high, the internodes short; stipules deltoid, about 1 mm. long; petioles stout, 1-2 mm. long; leaf -blades oval or rounded-oval, 7-12 mm. long, 4—9 mm. wide, obtuse or rounded at the base, rounded at the apex, coriaceous, glabrous, lustrous above, paler beneath, the lateral veins impressed, 2 or 3 on each side, the margin revolute; inflorescence terminal, cymose-corymbose, fewor many-flowered, the pedicels 2-4 mm. long; hypanthium 1 mm. long, puberulent; calyx-lobes 5, triangular-subulate, acute, half as long as the hypanthium; corolla white, the tube 6 mm. long, the 5 lobes half as long; stamens exserted; capsule subglobose, 3-4 mm. long, brown, smooth, glabrate; seeds 1.5-2 mm. .long, brown, broadly winged.
Type locality: [Near Baracoa] Cuba. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.