Manettia hirtella M. Martens & Galeotti

Manettia hirtella Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux
II 1 : 238. 1844.
Lygistum hirtellum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 287. 1891.
Stems herbaceous, slender, tetragonous, glabrous; leaves petiolate, the blades ovate, 3.7 cm. long, 1.2 cm. broad, attenuate at the base, acute at the apex, hirtellous above, paler beneath, short-pilose along the nerves, elsewhere glabrous; flowers terminal, glomerate, subsessile, subtended by 4 leaves; calyx-lobes 4, linear-filiform, pilose, one-fourth as long as the corolla-tube; corolla red, about 3.7 cm. long, tubular-funnelform, hirtellous at the base, the lobes ovate-lanceolate, 6 mm. long; stamens exserted, inserted in the corolla-throat. (Description compiled.)
Type locality: Along streams in the forests of Tonaguia, eastern cordillera of Oaxaca, altitude 1200 to 1500 meters.
Distribution: Known only from the type locality.