Arachnothryx secundiflora (B. L. Rob.) Borhidi

Rondeletia secundiflora B. L. Robinson, Proc. Am. Acad. 45:
403. 1910.
Shrub, the branches terete, densely grayish-strigillose ; stipules triangular-subulate, 2 mm. long, erect; leaves opposite, the petioles slender, 4-6 mm. long, grayish-strigose, the blades ovate-lanceolate, 7-9 cm. long, 2-3.5 cm. wide, acute at the base, acuminate or attenuate at the apex, very thin, appressed-pilosulous, slightly paler beneath, the lateral veins about 8 on each side; inflorescence terminal, secund, 6-8 mm. long, the flowers subsessile in few-flowered cymes, these arranged in a spike-like panicle; hypanthium subglobose, densely hirsute; calyxlobes 4, spatulate-linear or narrowly lanceolate, 1.4-2 mm. long, unequal, hirsute, erect; corolla 9 mm. long, strigillose outside, the tube slender, the throat naked, the 4 lobes rounded, 1.3 mm. long, spreading.
Type locality: In woods, along the road from Patfn to Escuintla, Guatemala. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.