Sabicea hirta Sw.

Sabicea hirta Sw. Prodr. 46. 1788
Schwenkfelda hirta Sw. Fi. Ind. Occ. 450. 1797.
Scandent shrub, the branchlets hirsute; stipules suborbicular, 10 mm. long and 14 mm. broad or smaller; petioles 1-3 cm. long; leaf-blades elliptic-oblong or oval-oblong, 8-12.5 cm. long, 3-5 cm. wide, obtuse or acute at the base, subabruptly acuminate at the apex, with an obtuse acumen, copiously hirsute, sublustrous above, paler beneath; inflorescence finally lax, umbellate, the peduncle 1.5 cm. long or shorter, the pedicels in fruit 6-9 mm. long; bracts ovate, often 1 cm. long, involucre-like; calyx and hypanthium hirsute, the calyx-lobes ovatelanceolate or elliptic, 6-8 mm. long, acute or obtuse; corolla white, sparsely hirsute outside, the tube about 1 cm. long, the lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, 4-5 mm. long; fruit white, sparsely hirsute, about 1 cm. in diameter; seeds minute, brown.
Type locality: Jamaica.
Distribution: Mountains of Jamaica.