Echites parviflora

Echites parviflora Sessd & Moc. Fl. Mex. 44. 1893
Suffruticose liana; leaves thinly membranaceous, ovate-ellipticto ovate, 3-7 cm. long, 1-2.5 cm. broad, acutely acuminate, rounded to obtuse at the base, glabrous throughout, the petioles 4-7 mm. long; inflorescences alternate-axillary, rather irregularly and repeatedly dichasial, about twice as long as the subtending leaves, bearing several to numerous, rather small, white or cream-colored flowers; pedicels 3-4 mm. long, glabrous; bracts ovate, minute; calyx-lobes ovate, acute, 1-1.5 mm. long, glabrous, the squamellae broadly ovate-deltoid, minutely erose; corolla salverform, essentially glabrous to minutely papillate externally, the tube 4.5-5.5 mm. long, about 1 mm. in diameter at the base, the lobes obliquely ovate-linear, narrowly acuminate, 12-14 mm. long, minutely papillate externally, densely puberulent within toward the base, widely spreading to reflexed; stamens inserted somewhat above the middle of the corolla-tube, the anthers 3.5 mm. long, glabrous; ovary about 1.5 mm. long, essentially glabrous ; nectaries narrowly oblong, separate, about equaling or somewhat surpassing the ovary, glabrous; follicles unknown.
Type locality: Apatzingan [Michoacan]. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.