Asketanthera dolichopetala (Urb.) R. E. Woodson

Asketanthera dolichopetala (Urban) Woodson, Ann
Mo. Bot. Gard. 19: 47. 1932.
Echites dolichopetala Urban, Symb. Ant. 7: 335. 1912.
I^ruticose or suffruticose liana, densely and minutely ferruginous-hispidulous to glabrate throughout; leaves ovate-elliptic, 6-10 cm. long, 4^6 cm. broad, abruptly acuminate, rather abruptly obtuse at the base, the petioles 15-20 mm. long; inflorescence corymbose, about equaling or somewhat longer than the leaves, bearing 8-12 congested greenish-creamcolored flowers; pedicels 5-8 mm. long; bracts broadly lanceolate, 10-15 mm. long, conspicuously foliaceous; calyx-lobes broadly lanceolate, acuminate, 12-17 mm. long, distinctly foliaceous; corolla salverform, densely ferruginous-hispidulous externally, the tube 15-22 mm. long, about 2 mm. in diameter at the base, the lobes obliquely ob ovate-lanceolate, acute, 25-27 mm. long, spreading; anthers inserted near the base of the corollatube, wholly included; nectaries somewhat shorter than the ovary; follicles unknown.
TypS locality: Near Barahona, on the road to Maniel, southern Santo Domingo; alt. 100
meters.
Distribution; Santo Domingo.