Guettarda membranacea Sw.

Guettarda membranacea Sw. Prodr. 59. 1788
Mallhiola membranacea Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 288. 1891.
A shrub or small tree, the branchlets subcompressed, scabrous and hirsutulous, the internodes elongate; stipules acuminate; leaves opposite, the petioles 0.5-3 cm. long, hirsutulous; leaf-blades ovate, acuminate, membranaceous, hispidulous on both surfaces, the hairs curved, with dilated bases, the venation reticulate; cymes dichotomous, with as many as 15 flowers, the peduncles as long as the petioles, the flowers sessile, the bractlets minute or almost obsolete; calyx truncate or obscurely bilobate; corolla white or reddish, the tube 12 mm. long, the 4 lobes oblong, obtuse; fruit obovoid-oblong, tomentulose, 4-celled.
Type locality: Mountain thickets of Hispantola.
Distribution: Hispaniola.