Deppea umbellata Hemsl.

Deppea umbellata Hemsl. Diag. PI. Nov. 31. 1879
Shrub, the branches slender, grayish or brownish, bifariously puberulent when young, the internodes elongate; stipules broadly deltoid, about 1 mm. long; petioles slender, 0.4-2.5 cm. long, puberulent; leaf-blades ovate, oval-ovate, oval-elliptic, or lance-ovate, 4-11.5 cm. long, 2-5 cm. wide, acute or abruptly acuminate or attenuate at the base, subabruptly acuminate or attenuate at the apex, with an obtuse or acute acumen, very thin, bright-green above, very sparsely pilose or glabrate, the venation plane or prominulous, paler beneath, sparsely puberulent or glabrate, the lateral veins slender, prominulous, 5-7 on each side, arcuate, the margins plane, ciliolate; inflorescence axillary, umbellate, mostly 4-8-flowered, the peduncles 3-12 mm. long, the pedicels filiform, 2-5 mm. long; hypanthium less than 1 mm. long, sparsely puberulent, hemispheric; calyx-lobes minute, deltoid, acute or acutish; corolla 2-3 mm. long, glabrous, the tube very short, the lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse; anthers 1.5 mm. long, obtuse; capsule globose-turbinate, about 2 mm. in diameter, conspicuously 9-costate, glabrous; seeds minute, brownish-black.
Type locality: Orizaba, Veracruz.
Distribution: Veracruz.