Rondeletia incana Sw.

Rondeletia incana Sw. Prodr. 41. 1788
Arachnimorpha incana Hatnilt. Prodr. 28. 1825.
Shrub, 0.5-3 meters high, the branches densely pilose when young; stipules triangular,
7-12 mm. long, brown, densely pilose, deciduous; leaves opposite, the petioles 5-12 mm. long,
the blades oval to oblong, 3.5-7 cm. long, 2-4 cm. wide, obtuse at the base, obtuse or rounded at
the apex, coriaceous, pilose above when young with long soft hairs, finally lustrous and glabrate,
the venation impressed, beneath densely pilose or tomentose with brownish hairs, the venation
prominent; inflorescence axillary, subcapitate, 3-flowered, the peduncles 1-2.5 cm. long, the
flowers short-pedicellate; bracts distinct, ovate, acute, 5-6 mm. long; calyx-lobes 5, 4-6 mm.
long, ovate-lanceolate, loosely pilose or lanate, much longer than the hypanthium; corolla
pilose, the tube clavate, 8 mm. long, the lobes puberulent within.
Type locality: Rocky, calcareous mountains, Jamaica. Distribution: Jamaica.