Manettia calycosa Griseb.

Manettia calycosa Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 330. 1861
Lygistum calycosum Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 287. 1891.
Stems slender, glabrous or minutely pilose on the angles; stipules short, deltoid, denticulate; leaves short-petiolate, the blades ovate or lance-ovate, 2-8 cm. long, 1-3 cm. wide, obtuse or acute at the base, acutely acuminate at the apex, membranaceous, glabrous, or short-pilose beneath along the costa; inflorescence axillary, cymose, fewor many-flowered, subsessile, the pedicels slender and elongate; calyx-lobes 4 or 5, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 4-6 mm. long, spreading, often 4 mm. wide; corolla salverform, red, 1.6 cm. long, thinly short-pilose or puberulent outside, barbate within in the throat.
Type locality: Haiti.
Distribution: Hispaniola; also in Colombia and Venezuela.