Manettia zimapanica Hemsl.

Manettia zimapanica Hemsl. Diag. PI. Nov. 30. 1879
Lygistum zimapanicum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 287. 1891.
Branches slender, terete, striate, minutely puberulent or glabrate; stipules glandular-
ciliate, 3-aristate; petioles 2-3 mm. long; leaf-blades ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 6-9.5 cm. long,
2-4 cm. wide, attenuate at the base, attenuate-acuminate at the apex, thin, puberulent above
along the veins, beneath short-pilose along the veins and elsewhere puberulent, the lateral
veins 3 or 4 on each side, excurrent near the apex; inflorescence terminal, cymose, 3-5-flowered,
the pedicels slender, 1-2 cm. long, minutely puberulent; hypanthium short-campanulate,
2 mm. long, glabrous, the 4 calyx-lobes linearsubulate, attenuate, 12-15 mm. long, ciliate;
corolla clavate-tubular, glabrous outside, villous within near the base, the tube 2.6-3.1 cm.
long, the lobes ovate-oblong, 5-6 mm. long; stamens inserted 1 mm. below the top of the
corolla-tube, the filaments 0.5 mm. long, the anthers 3.5-4 mm. long, subexserted; style 2.2-
2.5 cm. long, the lobes 1.3-1.7 mm. long.
Type locality: Zimapan, Hidalgo. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.