Hoffmannia tetrastigma Donn. Sm.

Hoffmannia tetrastigma Donn. Smith, Bot. Gaz. 27: 336. 1899
A shrub, the branches stout, subterete, densely ferrugino-villous, the internodes short;
stipules triangular, caducous; leaves opposite, the petioles stout, 1.5-5 cm. long, ferruginous-
villous, the blades obovate or oblong-elliptic, 15-35 cm. long, 7.5-10cm. wide, acute, acuminate,
or attenuate at the base, acute or acuminate at the apex, membranaceous, bright-green above,
villosulous or puberulent with ferruginous hairs, slightly paler beneath, copiously ferruginovs-
villous, especially along the veins, the venation prominent, the lateral nerves 14 or 15 on each
side, the veins prominently reticulate; cymes fasciculate, many-flowered, 9 cm. long or usually
shorter, the peduncles usually very short, the flowers 4-parted, short-pedicellate, bracteate;
calyx and hypanthium 3 mm. long, villosulous, the calyx-lobes minute, deltoid; corolla 11-14
mm. long, ferruginousvillosulous, the lobes oblong-triangular, 4-5 mm. long; anthers 4 mm.
long, obtuse; ovary 4-celled.
Type locality: Damp forests near Zamorora, Santa Rosa, Guatemala, altitude 1800 meters. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.