Rondeletia alaternoides A. Rich.

Rondeletia alaternoides A. Rich, in Sagra, Hist. Cub. 11: 13
1850.
Stipules broadly deltoid, short, acute; leaves short-petiolate, the blades usually obovate,
2.5 cm. long or shorter, 1.2-1.6 cm. wide, abruptly decurrent at the base, obtuse at the apex,
coriaceous, lustrous, glabrous, the veins reticulate on the upper surface; inflorescence terminal,
1-3-flowered, tomentulose, the peduncles elongate; hypanthium tomentulose; calyx-lobes 5,
spatulate-oblong, obtuse, about 1 mm. long; corolla sericeous, 6-8 mm. long, the tube three
times as long as the calyx-lobes, the lobes oval, obtuse.
Type locality: Mountains near Santiago, Oriente, Cuba. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.